Universidad San Francisco de Quito
AC-4: Graduate Program
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3.00 / 3.00 |
Maria Jose
Ayala Innovation and Sustainability Officer Innovation and Sustainability Office |
Does the institution offer at least one sustainability-focused major, degree program, or the equivalent for graduate students?:
Name of the sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program:
A brief description of the graduate-level degree program:
The Masters in Public Health of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito seeks to contribute to improve the health conditions of diverse population groups in the country, through the implementation of a postgraduate professional training program in Public Health oriented to a multidisciplinary, demanding and contextualized human resource that combines Effectively and under a comprehensive approach, theoretical, practical and investigative aspects, through the application of learning and various methodologies aimed at working with populations. The students take courses such as Design Thinking, Conflict Resolution and Environmental Health and Environmental Economics to take into account all aspects of sustainability.
The Master's Degree in Public Health will promote the development of professionals capable of interdisciplinary work, whose areas of work are articulated with deconcentrated government institutions, decentralized autonomous governments, and private institutions oriented towards a public logic.
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Name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (2nd program):
A brief description of the graduate degree program (2nd program):
This professional master's degree is based on an integral approach to environmental management, based on four axes: Biophysical Environment, Human Environment, Environmental Management, and Institutional Environment. In this inter and multidisciplinary scheme, the conservation needs of natural resources and the social demands of the populations that depend on these resources are linked throughout the program, allowing the understanding, analysis, and solution of environmental problems from a social perspective. This orientation is combined with a solid training in the use of environmental and organizational planning tools, understanding of current environmental policy and legislation, as well as environmental communication and negotiation tools, which tend to achieve participatory management of natural resources and the environment. All this, together with the academic experience and relations with the authorities and the community that Universidad San Francisco de Quito has achieved in almost two decades of presence, experience, and work in the islands.
Website URL for the graduate degree program (2nd program):
Name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (3rd program):
A brief description of the graduate degree program (3rd program):
The objective of this master's degree is to train professionals who contribute to the understanding of the ecological processes that regulate tropical populations, communities and ecosystems in an evolutionary context. It also seeks to train professionals who can contribute to the design of conservation actions, based on high-level scientific research. The program focuses mainly on providing the theoretical, practical and methodological tools necessary for graduates to work as part of inter- and multidisciplinary research groups.
Website URL for the graduate degree program (3rd program):
The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused graduate-level degree programs:
PhD in Microbiology
Masters in Microbiology
Masters in Chemistry
Masters in Public Health
Masters in Environment, Health and Safety
Information on all graduate degree programs can be found at: https://www.usfq.edu.ec/es/posgrados
Does the institution offer one or more graduate-level sustainability-focused minors, concentrations or certificates?:
Name of the graduate-level sustainability-focused minor, concentration or certificate:
A brief description of the graduate minor, concentration or certificate:
Website URL for the graduate minor, concentration or certificate:
Name of the graduate-level sustainability-focused minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
A brief description of the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
Website URL for the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
Name of the graduate-level sustainability-focused minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
A brief description of the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
Website URL for the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
The name and website URLs of all other graduate-level, sustainability-focused minors, concentrations and certificates:
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