Program Requirements

Accepted students are expected to have had college-level chemistry and calculus or their equivalents. If potential students are deficient in either discipline, they will be allowed to take the course simultaneously at another institution.  Students who already hold either an MBA or an undergraduate business degree may substitute other recommended graduate management courses for all or some of the program’s management courses.

In order to earn an MS in Environmental Management and Sustainability, students must complete 33 credit hours of courses which may be 3.0 hours or 1.5 hours each.

Required Courses (full semester)

EM 501 – Environmental Law and Regulation

EM 502 – Environmental Law and Compliance

EM 507 – Industrial Ecology

EM 508 – Pollution Control and Remediation

EM 530 – Energy, Environment and Economics

MBA Elective I

MBA Elective II

Required Courses (half-semester each)

EM 506 – Environmental Risk Assessment and Management

EM 511 – Industrial Health and Safety

EM 514 – Carbon Management and Climate Change (new)

EM 540 – Environmental Economics (new)

Electives (half-semester each – choice of two)

EM 515 – Decision Tools and Modeling Applications for Environmental Managers

EM 516 – Water Policy and Management (new)

EM 525 – Sustainable Communities (new)

EM 535 – Environmental Communications (new)

EM 597 – Independent Study

Capstone

EM 590 – Business Strategy: The Sustainable Enterprise

Certificate Programs

Pollution Prevention and Compliance

• EM 501 – Environmental Law and Regulation

• EM 502 – Environmental Law and Compliance

• EM 508 – Pollution Control and Remediation

Sustainable Enterprise

• EM 507 – Industrial Ecology

• EM 590 – Business Strategy: The Sustainable Enterprise

And choice of:

• EM 530 – Energy, Environment and Economics (3 hours)

or

• EM 514 – Carbon Management and Climate Change (1.5 hours) and

• EM 525 – Sustainable Communities (1.5 hours)

To learn more about the program and the application process, please call us at 312.906.6576 or email us at admission@stuart.iit.edu and we will be happy to assist you.