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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

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CURRICULUM

• Area 1: Integrative Sustainability Science
• Capstone Workshop
• Area 2: Earth Observation and Measurement
• Area 3: Environmental Analysis and Modeling
• Area 4: Scientific Response Tools
• Area 5: Sustainability Policy and Management

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Area 3: Analysis And Modeling Environmental Conditions And Impacts

3 COURSES (9 CREDITS)

Courses in this area train students to analyze and model scientific data to understand current and future environments and their interactions with human systems. By learning analysis and modeling, students are better able to inform sustainability policy, management, and decision-making.

REQUIRED COURSES

• SUSC PS5060 Scientific Programming for Sustainability Science
  Area 2 or 3

ELECTIVE COURSES

• SUSC PS5010 Climate Science for Decision Makers: Modeling , Analysis, and Applications
• SUSC PS5050 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Sustainability Science
• SUSC PS5070 Machine Learning in Sustainability Science: AI-Assisted Coding Projects
• SUSC PS5080 Monitoring and Analysis of Marine and Estuary Systems
• SUSC PS5210 Environmental Sustainability Indicators
• SUSC PS5400 Sustainability and Resilience of Tropical Coastal Ecosystems

For other approved courses in this area, please refer to the relevant section.