University of Vermont
AC-4: Graduate Program

Unlike other Green MBA programs, the University of Vermont’s one-year Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA (SEMBA) was designed from the ground up to challenge the traditional MBA. We enlisted some of the greatest leaders in the field to design and shape our program. The result? We’ve fundamentally reinvented business education and the MBA degree by addressing the environment, ethics, entrepreneurship, poverty and inequality. LEARNING GOAL 1: UNDERSTAND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS L.O. 1.1 Show an understanding of sustainability practices and how businesses maximize shareholder value over the long run with leaders who are innovative and who manage interactions across the economic, social, environmental, and political spheres LEARNING GOAL 2: ENTREPRENEURSHIP L.O. 2.1 Demonstrate command of business fundamentals to build an actionable Business Plan for a new venture L.O. 2.2 Show an understanding of the distinction between incremental and disruptive innovation and their roles in creating better products, services, and/or processes LEARNING GOAL 3: CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING L.O. 3.1 Solve business problems by acquiring, interpreting, and synthesizing data LEARNING GOAL 4: BUSINESS COMMUNICATION SKILLS L.O. 4.1 Demonstrate effective written communication skills L.O. 4.2 Demonstrate effective oral communication skills LEARNING GOAL 5: REFLECTIVE THINKING L.O. 5.1 Show an understanding of the impact of one's actions and behaviors on others

This Low-residency Master of Science in Natural Resources with a concentration in Leadership for Sustainability is designed for emerging leaders who are committed to deepening their capacity to catalyze change and transcend boundaries. Our two-year, 30-credit program offers an innovative blend of intense residential and online learning experiences. The program features four residential modules ranging from 3 to 7 days in Vermont and around the United States. These gatherings provide an opportunity for intensive experiential learning opportunities as well as relationship-building among cohort members and with distinguished professional affiliates.

CDAE's master of science degree focuses on community development both locally and globally. The hallmark of this program is its transdisciplinarity and flexibility. Student research and theses are in diverse areas including food systems, sustainable development, transportation, and consumer information and behavior both in the US and abroad.CDAE graduate programs emphasize research and scholarship that build resilient communities through social responsibility, ecological sustainability, and development in communities and businesses.

MS & PhD in Food Systems- http://www.uvm.edu/foodsystemsprogram/ MS & PhD in Plant and Soil Sciences- http://www.uvm.edu/~pss/?Page=grad_intro.html&SM=grad_prog_menu.html MS & PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering- http://catalogue.uvm.edu/graduate/civilenvironengineering/civilandenvironmentalengineeringms/ http://catalogue.uvm.edu/graduate/civilenvironengineering/civilandenvironmentalengineeringphd/

Transportation is a transdisciplinary field of study that broadly examines the movement of people and goods over space as well as the economic, public health, environmental and social impacts of those systems. Local, regional and global transportation systems are vital to building community, the economy, and quality of life. Transportation designs, programs and policies impact the environment, energy, culture, equitable mobility between regions and groups, as well as quality of life. Critical transportation system issues and problems in the 21st century will require interdisciplinary teams to design innovative solutions. The overall goal of the STSP Certificate is to establish a baseline of transportation system knowledge and to develop advanced critical thinking around interdisciplinary partnerships addressing problems in transportation and mobility. The academic merit of the STSP Certificate is multifaceted. It includes the development of technical knowledge of transportation and mobility systems as well as research skills, academic writing, direct experience with transdisciplinary work and the development of a scholarly and practitioner-based student cohort around transportation research. We envision three important outcomes of the study and application of sustainable transportation system. (1) Knowledge; wherein we employ original data gathering, analysis and modeling to gain fundamental insights regarding how humans make travel decisions and how transportation systems function, (2) Innovative Solutions; wherein we explore how combinations of policy, education, design and technology intersect to advance new or improved systems of mobility and access, and (3) Informed Decision-Making; wherein we provide transportation research results, education and outreach to inform the development of sustainable transportation policies.

Ecological Economics is a transdisciplinary field that examines the relationships between ecological and economic systems while working to solve humanity's current environmental challenges. It is based on the understanding that the economy is a subsystem of a larger ecological life support system, and it strives to create an ecologically sustainable, socially equitable, and economically efficient future. The Certificate is a problem-based, interdisciplinary program focused on developing a practical framework for integrating economic and ecological systems. Students will acquire a theoretical and pragmatic basis to carry these skills into the world of practice.