Graduate Programs

Portland State offers the following graduate certificates related to sustainability:

Graduate sustainability programs are offered by the following departments and schools:

• Environmental Sciences and Management
• Graduate School of Education
• Mark O. Hatfield School of Government
• Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science
• School of Business
• School of Urban Studies and Planning

Environmental Sciences and Management

• Master of Environmental Management - teaches students how to analyze and manage natural environments for human benefit and ecosystem health.

Graduate School of Education

• Leadership for Sustainability Education - The Educational Leadership and Policy Department (ELP) offers a Master of Science or Master of Arts in Education with a specialization in Leadership for Sustainability Education (LSE).

Mark O. Hatfield School of Government

• Master of Public Administration - focuses on preparing students for administrative positions in governmental and nonprofit organizations.
  • Local Government Specialization - for students who are moving toward a career in local government administration
  • Global Leadership & Management Specialization - uses multidisciplinary and multicultural lenses to provide students with an understanding of responsible leadership and to prepare them for a career with an international nonprofit or governmental agency.
  • Natural Resources Policy and Administration Specialization - for students interested in environmental and natural resources policy and administration

Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science

• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering - include options for a focus on building science with elective courses in Heating Ventilation and Air conditioning (HVAC), Building Science, Building Energy Modeling, and Solar Energy Engineering.
• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering - include options for a focus on building science with elective courses in Heating Ventilation and Air conditioning (HVAC), Building Science, Building Energy Modeling, and Solar Energy Engineering.

School of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration

The MBA+ is a two year full time and 2 1/2 year part-time program that recognizes the value of technical skill mastery and leadership competence in tomorrow's business leaders. Unlike any other MBA program, the MBA+ places dual emphasis on the hard and soft skills of successful business management, and integrates the two skill sets in its core curriculum. And it does so within the context of managing for innovation and change, values inherent in the Northwest economy.

For more information, see www.gradbusiness.pdx.edu/graduate_business_programs/mba+.

Master of International Management

The PSU MIM program provides you with international as well as general business skills, proficiency in a foreign language and an understanding of political and economic environments in which global business leaders work. Both full-time and part-time programs are available.

For more information, see www.gradbusiness.pdx.edu/graduate_business_programs/mim.

Urban Studies and Planning

The School of Urban Studies and Planning is the nation's oldest continuously operating instructional program in urban studies. Beginning with an undergraduate certificate in 1959, the School now offers a bachelor degree in community development, master degrees in urban and regional planning and urban studies, and doctoral degrees in urban studies and urban studies: regional science. Understanding metropolitan regions and their problems, and analyzing policies to shape their evolution and overcome obstacles are major concerns of the School's degree programs.

For more information about these programs, see www.pdx.edu/usp/.