MS-ESM Academics
Over 10 months, students in Georgetown’s STEM-designated M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management (MS-ESM) program complete 16 courses (30 credits), covering a range of science and business topics. Courses are delivered in person on Georgetown’s Washington, D.C., campus in a module format, with skill-building courses spanning six weeks and science-oriented courses running for a full semester.
Summer
(Opening Residency Early/ Mid-August)
- Environment, Business & Sustainability Management (3 credits)
- Leading Teams for Performance & Impact (1.5 credits)
Fall Semester
(Mod 1 & Mod 2)
- Finance for Sustainability Management (1.5 credits)
- ESG Investing (1.5 credits)
- Environmental Science I: Earth Systems & Natural Processes (3 credits)
- Accounting for Sustainability Management (1.5 credits)
- Climate Impact & Measurement (1.5 credits)
- Drawing Inference Environmental Data to Lead Change (1.5 credits)
- Environmental Data and Visualization & Storytelling (1.5 Credits)
- March ILE (Early March)
- The Economics of Climate Change (1.5 credits)
Spring Semester
(Mod 3 & Mod 4)
- Environmentally Sustainable Operations and Business Models (1.5 credits)
- Firm Analysis & Strategy (1.5 credits) Environmental Science Il: Natural & Human Interactions (3 credits)
- Capstone Course (3 credits)
- Energy Transitions (1.5 credits)
- Business of Sustainable Energy & Technology (1.5 credits)