Sustainable Communities

Overview

You create your own course of study, focusing on your personal, intellectual, ethical, and practical concerns. Through the Sustainable Communities program of the Northern Arizona University, you will take an integrated approach to several areas of study, such as anthropology, business, economics, the performing arts, and many more. Building your expertise in sustainable community practices will prepare you for a wide range of employment opportunities.

The M.A. program in Sustainable Communities (SUS) at NAU integrates many areas of study, including anthropology, the arts, business, humanities, economics, education, environmental science, history, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, women's studies, and technology. Students gain both depth and breadth in understanding issues important to sustaining community life by choosing from among our own courses and those from across the university. This is a 36-credit-hour program that culminates in a thesis or final project and encourages you to pursue social and environmental sustainability issues. Our guiding principles are:

• Inter-disciplinary inquiry

• Linking theory and practice

• Issue-based research

• Learner-based curriculum

• Working with community

• Flexible pedagogy

Career

With further education, one of these paths is possible:

• Community organizer

• Non-profit administrator

• City planner

• Ecological restoration professional

• Journalist

• Ecological entrepreneur