Master of Science - Environmental Leadership
- 2 years
- Duration
- 29,928 USD/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Master
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Fort Collins / USA
- Location
- Colorado State University
- School
Program description
The Master of Science in Environmental Leadership equips leaders to tackle complex conservation challenges at local, regional, and global levels. The curriculum is founded on the ideas of experiential learning, interdisciplinary training, and applied methodologies. Students collaborate with an academic adviser and a conservation group to complete a research-oriented thesis or project.
Learning Objectives
- Examine conservation challenges from several disciplines and stakeholder viewpoints.
- Engage with a variety of stakeholders and people.
- Employ systems thinking to analyze conservation challenges.
- Utilize transdisciplinary methodologies to address conservation challenges.
- Utilize investigative techniques and methodologies to tackle conservation challenges.
- Convey conservation effectively via many media, scholarly publications, and presentations.
- Demonstrate leadership abilities to collaborate efficiently in group settings.
Program structure
Year 1:
- Conservation Governance
- Catalyzing Change: Collaborative Conservation
- Conservation Methods: Spatial Information
- Conservation Methods: Integrative Field Work
- Multilevel Views: Society and Conservation - Global
- Conservation and Systems Leadership
- Conservation and Systems Leadership: Field
- Ecosystem Services in a Changing World
- Systems Thinking and Biodiversity
Year 2:
- Thesis or Research
Price
- Tuition Fees: 29,928 - 32,734 USD
- Accommodation: 9,750 - 11,420 USD
- Meals: 6,410 - 7,890 USD
- Insurance: 3,222 - 3,222 USD
ESTIMATED TOTAL: 49,310 - 55,266 USD
Requirements for applicants
GPA requirements
- An undergraduate or graduate GPA of 3.00 or better (on a 4.00 scale) is preferred
English Language Requirements
- IELTS Academic (including the IELTS OneSkills Retake) minimum score – 6.5
- TOEFL iBT (including the TOEFL My Best Score) 80
- Duolingo minimum score – 120
- PTE minimum score – 58
About the university
Established in 1870, Colorado State University (CSU) ranks among the premier public research universities in the United States. The university is situated in the foothills of the picturesque Rocky Mountains near Fort Collins, just an hour from Denver, Colorado.
CSU is internationally acknowledged in various essential subjects, including cancer research, atmospheric science, animal science, climate change, forest and wildlife management, engineering, and water management.
At CSU, you will have the option to build a distinctive academic trajectory tailored to your objectives. You will become part of a nurturing campus featuring distinguished instructors, over 2,500 international students from 112 nations, and access to tools that will assist you in exploring your interests.
