To respond to the increasing demand for a workforce equipped to meet the sustainability challenges of the 21st century, City College of New York offers the Sustainability in the Urban Environment graduate program. This innovative, interdisciplinary program draws upon emerging approaches in  the disciplines of architecture, engineering, science, and social sciences. 

The Sustainability Masters degree program consists of 30 credits of coursework. All students who successfully complete the program requirements receive a Master of Science in Sustainability degree from CUNY/The City College of New York. As a rule, earning the degree requires at least three semesters of full-time study (typically Fall-Spring-Fall), and more for those who study part-time. Costs of the program will differ depending on whether a student is a New York state resident or nonresident. The tuition rates that apply are those designated “Masters in Architecture & Engineering” in the CCNY schedule of tuition and fees.

Most applicants will hold a Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, or in the sciences from an accredited US college or university. Foreign applicants and applicants with degrees in other fields (e.g. environmental studies or social sciences) may also possibly qualify for admission and are encouraged to apply. For all applicants, the expectation is a cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0. Scores on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) are not required. More information can be found on the Eligibity & Applications page. 

Multidisciplinary degree program focusing on the critical issues of sustainability in the world’s largest industry – tourism. It consists of 4 core courses, an independent study, internship and a thesis. Our Center for Sustainable Tourism emphasizes research, policy development and management.

This program combines hands-on learning and field experience with rigorous training in a broad range of academic disciplines to meet the challenges of our time in sustainable development: global poverty, political and ethnic conflict, a degrading natural resource base, and irreversible climate change.

We aims to produce a new generation of development professionals – prepared and committed to serve as catalysts to help vulnerable, marginalized communities pursue livelihood security, economic opportunity, political empowerment, and enhanced human capabilities.

We have partnerships with international development and research organizations like CARE, the Carter Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This graduate program is for impassioned people who want to work towards the creation of a more just, humane, democratic and sustainable world. It is ideal for business people, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, community organizers, environmental stewards and social justice advocates.

This low-residency Masters can be taken as a 48 credit program or as a 1-year, 24-credit certificate of graduate study. Students define their topic of inquiry and then, in close collaboration with a faculty advisor, self-design their own course of study. This approach assures the focus is deeply engaging and meaningful to students’ lives.

The program is designed for working adults. At the beginning of each semester students attend an 8-day residency at Goddard, during which they create that semester’s study plan. They then return home to work independently on their plans, in concert with a faculty advisor.