Collaborative Specialization in Environment and Sustainability
Home Degree Program + Collaborative Specialization in Environment and Sustainability
The Collaborative Specialization in Environment and Sustainability is an interdisciplinary enrichment program designed for current graduate students (MSc/MA/MESc or PhD) who wish to become specialists in specific aspects of environment and sustainability, and who also wish to gain an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of environmental problems and solutions. The student earns a degree in the home department plus credit for participation in the collaborative specialization.
The collaborative specialization was designed with three goals in mind:
- to build upon and complement the discipline-based programs relevant to environment and sustainability;
- to promote an appreciation on the interdisciplinary nature of environmental problems; and
- to develop a community of students and faculty across Western who are interested in environment and sustainability.
Program Progression
Registration and enrolment is always concurrent and in addition to participation in a home degree program; the student earns a degree in the home department plus credit for successful completion of the specialization on their transcript and parchment.
