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At this time the Graduate Program in Sustainability is not accepting applications. For questions please contact Vicky Zickmund.

The program’s mission is to educate the next generation of leaders in sustainability and place them where they can be most effective. We provide students with a high caliber education and prepare them to enter the workforce or create new ventures to address the social, economic and environmental demands in their respective fields.

  • Full-time, part-time and evening course options
  • Travel courses to Washington, D.C. and the North Carolina coast
  • Courses offered in Charlotte and Winston-Salem
  • Core courses in humanities, natural sciences, business, and law
  • Electives offered in academic departments across campus and professional schools

MA Program

A distinctive, interdisciplinary one-year program combining the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, management and law providing unparalleled opportunities to engage with the professional community.

MA Program

Our Mission

We are committed to advance a shared mission aimed at developing solutions to some of the world’s most intractable problems..

Our Mission

Program Partners

We challenge ourselves and students to work with diverse organizations in a number of capacities that champion our drive for a sustainable future.

Program Partners

Partnerships & Networks that fuel your career.

Working Professionals:
champion your calling through your organization.

Applied Projects: 
gain exclusive access to organizations from the Fortune 500 to local conservation groups.

Internships & Mentorships: 
contextualize the classroom.

Career Development: 
network to your dream job and empower your career through personalized consulting.

Independent Studies & Consulting: 
act on unprecedented flexibility to work with thought leading faculty and bleeding-edge innovations.