Steering Committee: K. Abdelhalim (GAPP), S. El-Hagger (SSE), A. Ismail (BUS), G. Marquis (HUSS), T. Purinton (GSE), A. Ramadan (Dean of Graduate Studies), H. Sewilam (Program Director), and the Associate Deans of the SSE, HUSS, BUS, GAPP and GSE.
Master of Science in Sustainable Development
The MSc program in Sustainable Development is designed to take advantage of sustainable development as an economic growth opportunity. This MSc program aims to create a whole new generation of business and social entrepreneurs with the skills will allow them to start up green businesses, launch innovative ventures and products, and put in place public policy and social entrepreneurship innovations that, together, address society’s environmental and natural resource challenges. The program aims to provide students with a sound theoretical and practical understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship in all three sectors-private, governmental and non-profit- in preparation for careers as entrepreneurs and “intrapreneurs” in a range of organizations.
Through this program, students will learn how to identify, assess and shape environmental ideas into real business opportunities and how to support such ventures through entrepreneurial private, government and civil society initiatives. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the course work combines a conceptual review of the relationships among business, industry, environment, policy and society, with a much more applied examination of the wide range of initiatives that relate to environmental management and sustainable economic development.
The MSc is facilitated by the available state-of-the-art equipment and facilities available at the SSE, BUS and GAPP.
A minimum of 33 credit hours is required for the MSc. The degree to be awarded is an “AUC MSc in Sustainable Development.”
Objectives
The graduates of the MSc in Sustainable Development will
- Have the multi-disciplinary knowledge of green innovation and the key aspects and dimensions of sustainable development.
- Foster a strong culture of green entrepreneurship and business in Egypt and the region
- Engage in advanced green industry careers
- Excel in an interdisciplinary environment both as individuals and within a team
- Seize and develop commercial opportunities in the fast advancing green technologies field locally and globally.
Admissions
A candidate for the program must have a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, policy, business or social background. Admission is also subject to the general university requirements for graduate study, including English language proficiency. A minimum GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 is required for full admission into the program. Students who have some deficiency in their undergraduate training but are well-qualified in other aspects maybe admitted provisionally. The program director and track coordinators may prescribe a program of non-credit work to make up for the deficiency.
Courses (24 credit hours)
The program of study is planned with the program director, and should include a minimum of 9 credit hours of core courses and a minimum of 15 credit hours of electives from three of the four sustainable development sub-modules. A maximum of 3 credits hours may be taken as independent study ( GREN 000/5910 - Independent Study in Sustainable Development (3 cr.) ) with prior approval of the program director. Students might be asked to take additional non-credit courses from the balance module to qualify them for this program.