Advance Your Career with Our Online Sustainability Concentration
The MBS Sustainability concentration prepares students to address complex challenges in today’s interconnected world. Through our online sustainability program, students gain the skills to identify, analyze, and understand the links among social, environmental, technological, and economic systems, including environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.
This online sustainability concentration curriculum blends cutting-edge methods for measuring, predicting, and influencing sustainability outcomes with essential business skills in finance, entrepreneurship, leadership, intellectual property, ethics, regulatory affairs, and artificial intelligence (AI). Graduates are equipped to drive innovation and lead change at the intersection of science, business, and sustainability.
The Benefits of Our Online Learning Experience
Access to online networking and professional events
Hotel accommodations are covered for in-person events if you live 150+ miles away
Virtual academic advising and executive coaching
Skills Gained
See the Big Picture
Understand how local actions shape global systems and outcomes.
Think Across Systems
Connect social, environmental, and economic impacts.
Lead With Purpose
Create strategies that drive results today and sustainability tomorrow.
Bridge Business and Sustainability
Apply core business skills to make a lasting impact.
Where our Sustainability Alumni Work
There are numerous job opportunities and career paths available to individuals with advanced knowledge of Sustainability.
Titles
- Commercial Energy Advisor
- Environmental Specialist
- Energy Efficiency Outreach Manager
- Environmental Compliance Specialist
- and more!
Companies
- The Chemours Company
- TRC Companies, Inc.
- Tesla, Inc.
- Samsung C&T
- and more!
“The Master of Business and Science (MBS) is without a doubt one of my best academic decisions...The classes I have taken, particularly the business classes, have given me so much knowledge and insight on how to be a better and more efficient member of an organization." - Adolfo Pertuz, Master of Business and Science (MBS) degree Graduate
Recommended Experience For Admission
Applicants who are unsure of their eligibility for this concentration should schedule an appointment with an enrollment specialist.
Academic
It is strongly recommended that applicants possess at least a bachelor’s degree in a scientific or engineering discipline. In some cases, promising students without science or engineering degrees may be accepted to the program.
It is also recommended that students have completed: one semester of calculus, one year of chemistry, one year of another science (e.g., environmental science, ecology, biology, physics, meteorology, air or water pollution, geology), and one semester of statistics.
Professional
All professional experience will be considered as part of the application process.
Previous education in environmental sciences is not required.