GRADUATE PROGRAMS
MAS
MASTER OF ARTS IN SUSTAINABILITY
EARN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ONE YEAR MASTERS DEGREE IN SUSTAINABILITY
A distinctive, interdisciplinary one-year program combining the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, management and law providing unparalleled opportunities to engage with the professional community.
JD/MA
JD/MA IN SUSTAINABILITY
EARN TWO ADVANCED DEGREES IN AS FEW AS THREE YEARS
JD/MA in Sustainability dual degree program provides students a pathway for succeeding in professional roles where legal scholarship and practice intersect with sustainability.
GCIS
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN SUSTAINABILITY
CERTIFICATE COURSES CAN BE APPLIED TO MASTERS PROGRAMS
Exposure to sustainability issues in the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, business management, law, and policy. Offered as a stand-alone certificate or alongside another Wake Forest master’s degree program.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
PARTNERSHIPS & NETWORKS THAT FUEL YOUR CAREER
Active Networks Build Experience & Develop Lasting Career Connections.Your Success thrives in the right context. Bring academic studies to life through travel programs, impact partnerships, and professional development. Work with partners at the nexus of your calling and engage in solutions to real challenges faced by organizations from government to corporations, from grassroots to C suites.
Build Career Momentum Through Personalized Industry Partnerships.Working Professionals: champion your calling through your organization.
Applied Projects: gain exclusive access to organizations from the Fortune 500 to local conservation groups.
Independent Studies & Consulting: act on unprecedented flexibility to work with thought leading faculty and bleeding-edge innovations.
Internships & Mentorships: contextualize the classroom.
Career Development: network to your dream job and empower your career through personalized consulting.
Travel: spend three days in DC discussing policy on the national level or tackling local challenges on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Build Career Momentum Through Personalized Industry Partnerships.Working Professionals: champion your calling through your organization.
Applied Projects: gain exclusive access to organizations from the Fortune 500 to local conservation groups.
Independent Studies & Consulting: act on unprecedented flexibility to work with thought leading faculty and bleeding-edge innovations.
Internships & Mentorships: contextualize the classroom.
Career Development: network to your dream job and empower your career through personalized consulting.
Travel: spend three days in DC discussing policy on the national level or tackling local challenges on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS
- Full-time, part-time and evening course options
- Travel courses to Washington, D.C. and the North Carolina coast
- Courses offered in Charlotte and Winston-Salem
- Core courses in humanities, natural sciences, and business
- Electives offered in academic departments across campus and professional schools
Elective Examples
- Intro to GIS
- Water and Global Health
- Ecology
- Literature and the Environment
- Food, Faith, and Health
- Land Use Regulation and Planning
- International Environmental Law
- Food Law and Policy
- Climate Change
- Intro to Six Sigma
- Entrepreneurship and Venture Formation
- Sustainability, Energy and Non-Financial Reporting
