Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.55
Liaison Daryl Pierson
Submission Date Feb. 11, 2011
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Portland State University
ER-11: Graduate Program in Sustainability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 Shpresa Halimi
Academic Sustainability Program Manager
Center for Sustainable Processes and Practices
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Does the institution offer a graduate degree program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

The name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (1st program):
Masters of Environmental Management - Environmental Science and Resources

The website URL for the program (1st program) :
The name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (2nd program):
Leadership for Ecology Culture and Learning - Graduate School of Education

The website URL for the program (2nd program):
The name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (3rd program):
Master of Urban and Regional Planning/Ph. D Urban and Regional Planning

The website URL for the program (3rd program):
The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program(s):

Masters of Public Administration - Hatfield School of Government: http://www.pdx.edu/hatfieldschool/

Masters of Business Administration (MBA+) - School of Business:
http://www.gradbusiness.pdx.edu/graduate_business_programs/mba+
PSU's MBA program aims to integrate economics with environmental and social justice issues. Students can choose a concentration in the area of "sustainability".

Transportation Studies Graduate Certificate - School of Urban Studies and Planning:
http://www.pdx.edu/usp/trans_cert.html
Transportation solutions with a focus on equity and access to transportation and also environmental impacts and mitigation strategies of transportation planning.

Graduate Certificate in Sustainability: This certificate program gives graduate students in depth course work in the three thematic areas of sustainability. Core classes are, Economics of Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability and Social Sustainability. The program culminates with a course on sustainable development and requires two elective classes: http://www.pdx.edu/sustainability/sustcert.html

Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science:

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering - include options for a focus on building science with elective courses in Heating Ventilation and Air conditioning (HVAC), Building Science, Building Energy Modeling, and Solar Energy Engineering: http://www.me.pdx.edu/programs/grad/MSME/

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering - includes options for a focus on building science with elective courses in Heating Ventilation and Air conditioning (HVAC), Building Science, Building Energy Modeling, and Solar Energy Engineering: http://www.me.pdx.edu/programs/grad/PhDME/

Master of International Management

The PSU MIM program provides you with international as well as general business skills, proficiency in a foreign language and an understanding of political and economic environments in which global business leaders work. Both full-time and part-time programs are available: www.gradbusiness.pdx.edu/graduate_business_programs/mim.

Systems Science Graduate Programs
The Systems Science Graduate Program offers Doctorate and Masters degrees, and two Graduate Certificates. The Program encompasses both applications and theory-oriented aspects of the field. It is designed to prepare students for professional practice in industrial, governmental, and public service organizations and for research and teaching in academic institutions.
http://www.pdx.edu/sysc/program-systems-science-graduate-programs


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