Academic Program

Master of Science in Sustainability Management

(Coming Fall 2025)

The M.S. in Sustainability Management provides key concepts to students to gain knowledge and skills related to Sustainable Business Finance, Managing Organizations for Sustainability, Sustainable Supply Chains and Circularity, Policy and Regulations, and ESG implementation/reporting. With this degree students will dig deeper into the sustainable, environmental, and social aspects of running a business, as well as gain expertise in specific sustainability domains of choice including sustainable energy, food, and water.

Since sustainability requires interdisciplinary knowledge, this degree is designed to ensure students walk away with the breadth and depth of sustainability knowledge – beyond traditional business disciplinary knowledge – needed to be successful. The program is a collaboration of courses offered at PCGS and Muma College of Business.

Pre-requisites for students without a degree or background in business (4 credit hours)

  • MAR 6815 Marketing Management (Credit Hours: 2)
  • FIN 6406 Financial Management Credit Hours: 2

 

curriculum Requirements (30 total credit hours)

shared core curriculum (12 Credit hours)

  • IDS 6233 Concepts and Principles of Sustainability (Credit Hours: 3)
  • IDS 6234 Systems Thinking: The Key to Sustainability (Credit Hours: 3)
  • IDS 6235 Economics and Finance for Sustainability (Credit Hours: 3)
  • IDS 6272 Research Methods for Sustainability (Credit Hours:3)

 ADDITIONAL REQUIRED COURSES (6 CREDIT HOURS)

Select two of the following:

  • IDS 6163 Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) for Sustainability (Credit Hours: 3)  
  • IDS 6239 Principles of Six Sigma for Sustainability (Credit Hours: 3)
  • IDS 6275 Policy for Sustainability (Credit Hours: 3)

BUSINESS ELECTIVES (6 CREDIT HOURS)

Select two of the following:

  • ENT 6805 Sustainable Entrepreneurship (Credit Hours: 3)
  • ENT 6116 Business Plan Development (Credit Hours: 3)  
  • ENT 6619 Creativity & Design (Credit Hours: 3)
  • ENT 6606 New Product Development (Credit Hours: 3)
  • GEB 6224 Improvisation in Business Organizations (Credit Hours: 3)
  • GEB 6457 Ethics, Law and Sustainable Business Practices (Credit Hours: 3)
  • SCM 6169 Supply Chain Sustainability (Credit Hours: 3)
  • ISM 6136 Data Mining (Credit Hours: 3)
  • ISM 6419 Data Visualization (Credit Hours: 3)  

SUSTAINABILITY ELECTIVES (3 CREDIT HOURS)

Select one of the following:

  • IDS 6206 Energy and Resources: Policy, Society and Innovation (Credit Hours: 3) 
  • IDS 6207 Renewable Transportation Fuels (Credit Hours: 3) 
  • IDS 6208 Renewable Power Portfolio (Credit Hours: 3)
  • IDS 6245 Sustainable Water Resource Management (Credit Hours: 3)

INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENT (3 CREDIT HOURS)

  • IDS 6946 Sustainability Internship (Credit Hours: 3)

Course Descriptions 

For Admissions Related Inquiries: 

Randall Pape
Assistant Director of Academic Services
rpape@usf.edu

For Advising Related Inquiries:

Emily Boyko
Academic Services Administrator
eboyko@usf.edu