Management & Innovation: Sustainability Management MScSM; Concentration: Science

MScSM; Concentration: Science

Minimum Admission Requirements

  • Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy the Institute for Management & Innovation's additional admission requirements stated below.

  • An appropriate undergraduate degree from a recognized university in any area of natural science, environmental science, social science, management, and engineering with a standing equivalent to at least a mid-B in the final year of the program.

  • Successful completion of an undergraduate statistics or mathematics course (0.5 full-course equivalent [FCE] or equivalent).

  • Resumé/curriculum vitae (CV).

  • Letter of intent outlining the applicant's interest in sustainability issues (750 words).

Completion Requirements

Students must complete 9.5 graduate full-course equivalents (FCEs) over a 2-year period:

  • Coursework. 9.0 FCEs as follows:

    • 6.5 FCEs including:

    • 2.5 FCEs in elective courses selected by chosen concentration as follows:

      • 2.0 FCEs from the Science elective courses

      • 0.5 FCE from the Management elective courses.

  • Internship. SSM1110H Sustainability Management Internship.

Program Path
Year 1: Fall

  • SSM1010Y Principles of Sustainability Management

  • SSM1020H Decision Making for Sustainability Management

  • SSM1050H Ecosystem Science

  • SSM1060H Managing Sustainable Organizations

Year 1: Winter

  • SSM1030H Environmental Science

  • SSM1040H Managerial Economics for Sustainability Management

  • SSM1070H Sustainability Law and Policy

  • SSM1080H Strategies for Sustainability Management

  • SSM1120H Social Dimensions of Sustainability

Year 1: Summer

  • SSM1110H Sustainability Management Internship

Year 2: Fall
Year 2: Winter

  • SSM1090H Capstone Course — Sustainable Enterprise

  • SSM1100Y Research Paper I or SSM1101Y Research Paper II

  • Plus 1.0 FCE elective

Mode of Delivery: In person
Program Length: 5 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: FWS-FW)
Time Limit: 3 years full-time

 

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