Graduate degrees

This traditional master’s program, offered on ASU’s Tempe campus, is best suited to students interested in knowledge generation and designing new ways to address sustainability challenges, and requires a thesis or academic paper as a culminating experience. The MA is geared toward students interested in social sciences, humanities, planning or related fields.

This traditional master’s program, offered on ASU’s Tempe campus, is for students interested in knowledge generation and designing new ways to address sustainability challenges, and requires a thesis or academic paper as a culminating experience. The MS is designed for those inclined toward the natural sciences, economics, engineering or related fields.

The MSUS is an applied master’s degree in sustainability, offered on ASU’s Tempe campus, designed to prepare students to apply sustainability principles and approaches to careers in a variety of fields. MSUS students complete a capstone experience in lieu of a thesis.

The MSL is a fully online degree program that teaches organizational leadership skills through the lens of sustainability. MSL students can pursue electives related to their specific area of interest in addition to the core areas of strategy, communication, leadership and global context. A group capstone experience is required in lieu of a thesis. The Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership and Master of Sustainability Leadership degrees were established thanks to an investment by the Rob and Melani Walton Foundation.

The MS in sustainable food systems is an online degree program with an immersive component focused on food policy and production. Students learn about food trends and agricultural innovations and build relationships with farmers, ranchers, and influential policy leaders. An individual capstone research project and professional paper is required in lieu of a thesis.

The PhD in sustainability, offered on ASU’s Tempe campus, engages scientists and leaders in research to investigate the urgent sustainability challenges of this century. The flexible, interdisciplinary nature of the program allows students to focus on problems of interest to them, drawing upon relevant knowledge from a variety of disciplines.

Today’s global energy transitions demand leaders who can seamlessly navigate interwoven technical, societal and environmental challenges. The PhD in sustainable energy, offered on ASU’s Tempe campus, transcends the boundaries of traditional methodologies and disciplinary viewpoints to achieve a sustainable energy future.

Complex adaptive systems science (CASS) is the study of interactive and dynamic systems that change over time. The School of Sustainability, the School of Human Evolution and Social Change and the School of Life Sciences offer a complex adaptive systems science concentration for six doctoral programs. Each program is tightly integrated with diverse, ongoing research on complex adaptive systems at Arizona State University. This program is offered on ASU’s Tempe campus.