Sustainability + Development Program

  • Minor, GD

    Undergraduate Minor in Global Development

    This minor provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in the S+DP program. The minor requires you to take core courses in subjects such as environmental engineering, sustainable design, and social and economic thinking. Participation in an internship or capstone project is also required.

  • Master of Arts, S+D

    Master of Arts in Sustainability + Development.

    This interdisciplinary project-based graduate program welcomes strong students from a variety of backgrounds including engineering, planning and architecture, government and public policy, geography, environmental studies, education, human-rights, design, landscape and art.

  • Master of Science, CEE

    Civil or Environmental Engineering MSc with a specialization in Sustainability + Development

    Make a difference and set apart your MSc qualification with an equitable and resilient approach to engineering. Building on a CEE MSc, students can add a minimum of three S+DP courses, and the S+DP Capstone for a Secondary Specialty in Global & Sustainable Development.

  • BA/BSc + MA (4+1)

    Bachelor of Arts/Science with Master of Arts in Sustainability + Development

    Accelerated Pathways for SMU Lyle Undergraduates to work towards an MA S+D while completing their Bachelors degree. Earn both degrees in less time by co-applying up to 9 credits during your undergrad. You are applicable to apply to the program early in your junior year.

 

Key Features of S+DP Degrees

 
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Creative Design Thinking

Approaching global development through the prism of a sustainable vision, SMU’s MASD program is focused on creative approaches to the design and development of the built environment. This includes energy, natural resources, landscape, transportation, buildings, and infrastructure systems.

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DFW As Our Sitelab

Fully project-based, the MASD program takes advantage of its location in the DFW metroplex to engage with local professionals and government agencies both within the classroom and on site projects, focusing on smart urban solutions.

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Resilient Urban Infrastructure

Our multidisciplinary approach embeds environmental science and design within the context of global development, urban planning, energy, transportation, infrastructure, and sustainable construction. These approaches are supported by our alignment with the Hunt Institute for Engineering & Humanity and the Deason Innovation Gym (DIG).

 
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Global Vision

Site-based work engages students to participate in sustainable re-visioning both locally and globally, seeking strategies to counterbalance long-term trends toward environmental inequality and spatial fragmentation.