East Lansing,
MI,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
MSc in Community Sustainability- Natural Resources and the Environment in East Lansing United States | Michigan State University
Michigan State University
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East Lansing United States
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Qualification
Masters Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
30,663
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
18 months
This interdisciplinary field bridges social and physical sciences with planning, governance, and policy challenges related to natural resource and environmental utilization, focusing particularly on land and water systems. Key aspects encompass diverse resource demands and applications, including stakeholder perspectives and governance processes, along with assessing socioeconomic and ecological consequences of different policy and management approaches. Findings guide decision-making across public, private, and nonprofit sectors while supporting both structured and informal environmental education initiatives. The program examines and implements principles of environmental equity and socio-ecological adaptability across all focus areas. Academic studies, investigations, and extension activities tackle concerns at local, regional, national, and global scales.
The CSUS graduate curriculum caters to students pursuing community sustainability challenges in domestic or global contexts. Generally, faculty researchers and graduate candidates in this program concentrate on community food and agricultural networks, environmental resource management, tourism and recreational systems, educational outreach and civic participation, and global development initiatives. These expansive themes intersect with each other and with sustainable tourism and conservation area administration - central focuses of the department's additional MS and PhD programs. Our work in these domains applies to both domestic and international scenarios, with many faculty and students engaged in global development contexts.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
All Official Transcripts. Bachelor Degree is required for Admission. TOEFL PBT - 550. TOEFL IBT - 80. IELTS - 6.5.
Personal Statement
Academic Statement
Resum
Three Letters of Recommendation
GRE Scores
TOEFL Scores
Official Transcripts
Official Diplomas
Academic records must be sent directly by the principal/registrar of each school you have attended, or by the Ministry of Education in your country, directly to the CSUS Department.
Academic records are deemed official if they are sent in a sealed envelope via postal, FedEx or other delivery service, and sent directly to the CSUS Department from the respective institutions.
Photocopies or scanned copies of academic records are considered unofficial and will not be accepted or reviewed.
Any academic record received by the Department from an applicant or from an entity other than the institution or Ministry of Education is considered unofficial and will not be accepted or reviewed.
Official English translations of academic records originally in a language other than English must be submitted with the original documents. A translation is deemed official if it is sent with the official academic record in a sealed envelope via postal, FedEx or other delivery service directly to CSUS from the institution. (All must arrive by the application deadline.)
Applicant must order academic records (and translations, if applicable) long before the application deadline and ensure that each institution/Ministry sends the documents directly to the Department of Community Sustainability. Academic records can take 2-8 weeks (or more) to arrive at the Department, especially from international locations. Plan accordingly.
Personal Statement
Academic Statement
Resum
Three Letters of Recommendation
GRE Scores
TOEFL Scores
Official Transcripts
Official Diplomas
Academic records must be sent directly by the principal/registrar of each school you have attended, or by the Ministry of Education in your country, directly to the CSUS Department.
Academic records are deemed official if they are sent in a sealed envelope via postal, FedEx or other delivery service, and sent directly to the CSUS Department from the respective institutions.
Photocopies or scanned copies of academic records are considered unofficial and will not be accepted or reviewed.
Any academic record received by the Department from an applicant or from an entity other than the institution or Ministry of Education is considered unofficial and will not be accepted or reviewed.
Official English translations of academic records originally in a language other than English must be submitted with the original documents. A translation is deemed official if it is sent with the official academic record in a sealed envelope via postal, FedEx or other delivery service directly to CSUS from the institution. (All must arrive by the application deadline.)
Applicant must order academic records (and translations, if applicable) long before the application deadline and ensure that each institution/Ministry sends the documents directly to the Department of Community Sustainability. Academic records can take 2-8 weeks (or more) to arrive at the Department, especially from international locations. Plan accordingly.
Tuition
USD
30,663