| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 49.76 |
| Liaison | Aurora Sharrard |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Pittsburgh
AC-4: Graduate Program
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Gena
Kovalcik Codirector Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation |
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Majors and Degree Programs
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Name of the sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program:
Master's of Science in Sustainable Engineering
A brief description of the graduate-level degree program:
The M.S. Degree in Sustainable Engineering (MS SE) is housed within the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation (MCSI), with the degree granted from the Swanson School of Engineering. The 30-credit degree was designed to integrate with current M.S. programs in engineering, providing students with the opportunity to complete two M.S. degree programs with a limited time increase.
Program Objectives:
Provide advanced education to graduate students to identify and solve sustainability issues using systems approaches in the context of the triple bottom line of environmental, societal, and economic problems.
Create a rigorous program with breadth and depth to propel graduate students to foster sustainable technologies, science, and practices in the U.S. and abroad.
Create regional and nationally scalable sustainability solutions through service learning projects with a cohort of students.
Provide students with experiences that enable them to communicate sustainability issues and solutions to multiple audiences.
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Additional Degree Programs (optional)
Master's in International Development, Energy and Environment
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A brief description of the graduate degree program (2nd program):
Energy and Environment explores the politics and policies of the worldwide energy industry, examining ways to meet global energy needs in a sustainable, environmentally conscious way. Pittsburgh is a global epicenter of one of the biggest energy revolutions of the 21st century – the shale gas boom. New technologies like “fracking” are making billions of dollars of natural gas accessible to world markets for the first time, generating thousands of new jobs from Europe to North America. Western Pennsylvania sits atop one of the largest and most productive shale deposits anywhere on the planet, raising major questions about how to extract the gas responsibly, how to protect communities from environmental harm, and how to tax and regulate the rapid growth. GSPIA Students study the economics of the global energy industry, environmental sustainability, and regulatory policy in one of the world’s best living laboratories. Graduates are prepared for jobs at environmental protection agencies, energy corporations, and a host of local, state, and national government offices that make energy policy.
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Name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (3rd program):
Master's in Geology and Planetary Science with a focus in human-environmental interactions
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A brief description of the graduate degree program (3rd program):
Graduate study in the Department of Geology and Planetary Science provides students with a strong foundation in various aspects of the geosciences. Areas of specialization may include environmental and isotope geochemistry, applied geophysics and tectonics, paleoclimatology, planetary science, remote sensing and GIS, volcanology, and human-environmental interactions. The department offers degree programs which lead to an MS or PhD in geology and planetary science, as well as a professional MS degree in geographic information systems and remote sensing.
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The website URL for the graduate degree program (3rd program):
The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused graduate-level degree programs:
Master's In Public Administration, Energy and Environment
http://gspia.pitt.edu/Academics/Degree-Programs/Master-of-Public-Administration/Major-in-Energy-and-Environment
Minors, Concentrations and Certificates
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