Learn more about the Online Master of Sustainability, Security, and Resilience.
The online Master of Sustainability, Security, and Resilience degree program equips working professionals with specific skills and hands-on experience to lead planning, policy, and communication in the face of rapid environmental change. The program is focused on policy and social subject matter and connection with sustainability, security, and resilience.
Learn from Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service, ranked one of the Top 50 Most Innovative Public Service Schools in the U.S., and nationally recognized for its commitment to collaborative, innovative solutions to economic, environmental, and social challenges.
Certificates are combined to create the MSSR degree or taken as standalone certificate programs.
Students examine resiliency as a general concept, critique the concept as a management approach, and focus on concrete applications. Students will discuss concepts of justice and equity in risks to human security, risk management, and communication. Students will gain an understanding of the implications of climate change science for public policy making and hands-on experience in using climate information for preparing a climate change plan.
Students are empowered with tools for addressing environmental issues integral to economic development, infrastructure, and broader regulatory frameworks. Students will learn the conceptual foundations and applied techniques of sustainability assessment. Students will explore many environmental leadership models, engage with public leaders, for profit and nonprofit sectors and apply insights to developing the students’ environmental leadership skills.
Students gain an overview of the diverse portfolio of agricultural products that drive essential systems in the United States, and the major challenges that exist for achieving resiliency in the agricultural sector. Students will learn how to pitch venture proposals to address criteria evaluating efficacy, feasibility, sustainability, and potential “Return on investment” for both financial and social impacts. Students will learn to understand the implications of energy systems and the policies that govern them.
* U.S. News and World Report