Skills and Concepts

Graduates of this program will be able to:

• apply cross-disciplinary knowledge in the health sciences, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences to problem-solving;

• integrate science and technology in the development of sustainable development policy and implementation;

• communicate effectively with sustainable development practitioners;

• develop effective policy strategies for sustainable development interventions;

• analyze a variety of information and its impact on sustainable development;

• utilize a variety of management and leadership models for the implementation of effective development interventions;

• design a variety of data collection methods and statistical analysis for planning, monitoring, and evaluating sustainable development challenges; and

• acquire a firm grasp of the political and sociocultural context of development.

The program has an intrinsic interest in recruiting outstanding applicants from the developing world who will return to advance sustainable development practice in their own societies.