The purpose of the Resilience and Sustainability Concentration of the Technological System Management (TSM) Master’s program is to prepare future interdisciplinary professionals and leaders to address critical issues that arise from the interaction of human society and the natural environment.  Students will receive rigorous training in both underlying theories and practical approaches to problems in energy and environmental systems.  We emphasize quantitative and analytic skills (e.g., data analysis, probability and statistics, decision making), and deep knowledge in specific subjects (e.g., environmental assessment, environmental or energy planning, energy management).  The flexible curriculum is intended to serve students with various length of working experience including mid-career professionals (for example, those who want to advance in or transfer to an energy or environmental career, or to expand their skills by introducing environmental components into their main area of expertise, new college graduates who take this program either as the final formal education in support of a professional career or as a step to Ph.D. program. 

Students entering this program are expected to have a technical or scientific background, although those with an affinity for environmental studies may be considered in special circumstances. 

Selected courses are offered as traditional evening classes and as web-based synchronous and asynchronous distance learning courses to reach students who find it difficult to attend classes on campus.

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Required Courses:  EMP 501, EST 502, EST 581, EST582 and EST 590

Elective Courses: EST 535, EST 536, EST 558, EST 559, EST 569, EST 583, EST 592, EST 593, EST 597, EST 599, EST 603, EST 605, EST 694, Masters Project (EST 598 zero credit course)

Please refer to the Graduate School's Bulletin for EST and EMP course descriptions.

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Master’s Project (EST 598 zero credit course)

Students typically address the Master’s project in one of three ways: 

1) a literature search on a technical issue in the concentration area.

2) a project that combines some form of technical training from two or more classes in the program.

3) by addressing a professional problem where there is not sufficient time or available effort to address in the working environment and which requires additional technical information.

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Please check SOLAR for current scheduling information.