Sustainability is offered as a concentration within the professional science master's program described under Business and Science 137. The objective of the master of business and science (M.B.S.) degree with a concentration in sustainability is to help students identify, analyze, and better understand connections among social, environmental, technological, and economic systems and promote strategies that meet short-term personal and organizational needs while promoting sustainable, long-term outcomes.
All students in the sustainability concentration must take the following courses:
Courses are available at either Rutgers University-New Brunswick (NB) or Rutgers University-Newark (NW).
14:332:402 (NB) Sustainable Energy: Choosing among Options (3)
16:137:554 Fundamentals of Sustainability (3)
16:375:523 (NB) Environmental Fate and Transport (3)
or 16:215:603 (NB) Ecosystem Ecology and Global Change (4)
or 26:375:590 (NW) Introduction to Environmental Biophysics (3)
or 26:375:534 (NW) Biological Invasions (3)
16:375:534 (NB) Environmental Sustainability (3)
or 26:120:522 (NW) Resource Sustainability (3)
34:970:571 (NB) Industrial Ecology (3)
or 26:120:507 (NW) Computational Ecology (3)
16:137:555
Concepts in Corporate Sustainability (3)
Economic principles and incentives that support market-based
approaches to proactive sustainability. The historical context of corporate environmental engagement; strategies
and frameworks within which companies perform carbon management. Aspects of sustainability; synergies.
16:137:556
Integrated Energy Challenges and Opportunities (3)
Challenges and opportunities related to society's demand for energy
and the resulting environmental impact, from the perspective of
physical, biological, and social sciences and engineering.
Prerequisite: IGERT fellowship or permission of instructor.
Full course descriptions can be found under the respective departments/graduate programs. Electives are listed at http://psm.rutgers.edu.
Concentration Coordinators:
Rutgers-New Brunswick
Professor Uta Krogmann
krogmann@aesop.rutgers.edu
Rutgers-New Brunswick
Professor Clinton Andrews
cja1@rci.rutgers.edu
Rutgers-Newark
Professor Edward Bonder
ebonder@andromeda.rutgers.edu
