SMP: A Professional Science Master's in Climate Science and Solutions for Nothern Arizona University

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。 这个新的气候科学和解决方案科学硕士课程提供跨学科和有针对性的培训，为学生在应对气候变化影响，适应和缓解的新兴经济部门的职业生涯做好准备。它将强调发展与设计、执行、核查和评估减排和抵消项目、可再生能源、碳固存技术、碳足迹管理和公司环境责任有关的技能。 该SMP是围绕气候变化科学，自然资源经济学，可持续系统工程以及温室气体科学和管理的跨学科核心课程而建立的。通过其他现有的课程，拟议的计划将纳入“加”学科的课程（生物学，商业，工程，环境科学，林业，地质学，政治学），这将使学生专业化取决于需求和兴趣。与行业合作伙伴的创新暑期实习将提供经验，使学生了解他们的课程与现实世界应用的关系，进一步发展学生在与劳动力需求直接相关的领域的技能，并将学生与毕业后可能雇用他们的企业和组织联系起来。该计划将根据学生，实习主持人以及学术界和工业界的咨询委员会的反馈进行自适应管理。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This new Science Master's Program in Climate Science and Solutions provides interdisciplinary and focused training to prepare students for careers in emerging sectors of the economy that deal with climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation. It will emphasize development of skills related to the design, implementation, verification and assessment of emission reduction and offset projects, renewable energy, carbon sequestration technology, carbon footprint management, and corporate environmental responsibility. This SMP is built around an interdisciplinary set of core courses in the science of climate change, natural resources economics, sustainable systems engineering, and the science and management of greenhouse gases. Through other existing courses, the proposed program will incorporate "plus" disciplines into the curriculum (Biology, Business, Engineering, Environmental Science, Forestry, Geology, Political Science) that will enable student specialization depending on needs and interests. An innovative summer internship with an industry partner will provide experience that grounds students' understanding of the relationship of their coursework to real-world applications, further develop our students' skills in areas directly related to workforce needs, and connect students with businesses and organizations that may hire them upon graduation. The program will be managed adaptively with feedback from students, internship hosts, and an advisory board from academia and industry.