Program Details
Department: Environmental Science and MBA
Modality:
Concentrations: n/a
Semester Hours: 60
Total Years: 3 years
The mission of the Dual Degree MS in Environmental Science/MBA program is to educate working engineers and scientists in the engineering and business disciplines that will make them leaders of highly complex technical endeavors within their sponsoring organizations.
The dual degree MS/MBA program will confer two degrees upon its graduates: an MBA and an MS in Environmental Science. Pursuing the dual degree program saves the student several courses compared to pursuing the two degrees separately.
The dual degree MS in Environmental Science/MBA program is designed to be completed in approximately three years. Typically, the Environmental Science classes are completed first, followed by taking the required classes in the MBA program.
Learning Outcomes
For the Environmental Science M.S.
- Apply scientific, mathematical, and sustainability principles to analyze and develop solutions to problems in environmental science and engineering;
- Critically assess, evaluate, and understand sustainability, ethics, and social justice in environmental science and engineering; and
- Effectively communicate scientific and engineering principles related to the environment and sustainability.
For the M.B.A.
The program learning outcomes are to create leaders who can:
- Bring an ethical and diverse perspective to their management of organizations, teams, and individuals through a deep understanding of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and SDG’s (Sustainable Development Goals) and what it means to lead “business for good” and create societal impact.
- Demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset, through creative approaches to managing change, innovation and opportunities emerging on the business landscape. Leaders with this mindset can pivot and understand the importance of strategic agility.
- Apply financial savvy and “know-how” to ensure that the business can operate profitably while making a triple bottom-line impact.
- Build a deep understanding of brand, markets, and customers to analyze and apply principles related to the value chain of product and service development from conception to implementation.
- Utilize advances in technology and operations to impact organizational effectiveness and manage technological change to ensure value creation in the firm.
- Develop organizational and interpersonal skill sets and competencies to effectively lead people and organizations.
- Advance their critical thinking skills and abilities and demonstrate strategic and systems thinking for identifying organizational opportunities and solving business challenges.
- Demonstrate significant advances in communicating and collaborating with a diverse set of stakeholders within and across organizations and communities in which they do business.
- Apply a global perspective to understand and manage opportunities and challenges faced by business in a globally connected world.
Program Admission
Applicants for the Engineering/MBA Dual Degree program will submit the standard application for their chosen engineering program of study. After receiving acceptance and completing the first year of their engineering degree, students are granted admission to the dual degree program and may begin enrolling in MBA courses provided they are in good academic standing (minimum GPA 3.0) and receive approval from their respective program director.
Visit Seaver College of Science and Engineering for more information and to apply.
Current LMU engineering graduate students should contact the Director of Academic Affairs for Graduate Business Education to discuss enrolling in the dual degree program.
Questions?
Graduate Business Education
310.258.8707
CBAGrad@lmu.edu
mba.lmu.edu
Graduation Requirements
Students enrolled in the Dual Degree MS/MBA Program are jointly advised by their academic advisor for Environmental Science in Seaver College and the MBA Program advisor in the College of Business Administration. It is recommended that incoming students take 12 semester hours of Environmental Science courses per fall and spring semester and complete the MS in year one of the dual-degree program, then begin the MBA curriculum in year two.
Dual degree students will take a total of 24 semester hours of Environmental Science courses and 36 semester hours of MBA courses. 12 semester hours from the Environmental Science courses will also count towards the elective requirement for the MBA degree. 6 semester hours of the MBA courses that are taken as part of the MBA coursework will also count toward the MS in Environmental Science. Separately, the MS degree requires 30 semester hours and the MBA degree requires 42 semester hours, for a total of 72 semester hours.
Suggested Curriculum Flowchart for the MS in Environmental Science/MBA Dual Degree Program
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Semester Hours |
| CIVL 601 | Sustainable Water Quality and Resources | 3 |
| CIVL 605 | Aquatic Chemistry | 3 |
| ENVS 606 | Applied Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
| ENVS 696 | Thesis Defense | 0 |
| CIVL 696 | Thesis Defense | 0 |
| ENVS 690 | Comprehensive Oral Exam | 0 |
| CIVL 690 | Comprehensive Oral Exam | 0 |
| ENVS 607 | Environmental Engineering and Science Lab | 3 |
| ENVS 651 | Remote Sensing with Civil Engineering and Environmental Science Applications | 3 |
| ENVS 652 | Spatial Data Analysis and Geographical Information Systems | 3 |
| ENVS 680 | Engineering Geology | 3 |
| ENVS 681 | Ecosystem Services in Urban Landscapes | 3 |
| ENVS 682 | Urban Coasts: Habitats, Stressors, and Resilience | 3 |
| ENVS 683 | Environmental Toxicology and Health Risk | 3 |
| ENVS 684 | Climate Change and Impacts | 3 |
| ENVS 686 | Climate Change Mitigation | 3 |
| ENVS 687 | Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience | 3 |
| ENVS 688 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| ENVS 689 | Sustainability, Health, and Equity | 3 |
| CIVL 608 | Contaminant Fate, Transport, and Remediation | 3 |
| CIVL 617 | Water Treatment Processes | 3 |
| CIVL 618 | Water Reuse and Desalination | 3 |
| CIVL 619 | Advanced Integrated Water Treatment Systems | 3 |
| CIVL 625 | Applied Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| CIVL 626 | Surface Water Hydrology | 3 |
| CIVL 627 | Urban Water Systems and Stormwater Management | 3 |
| CIVL 629 | Groundwater Contaminant Transport and Remediation | 3 |
| CIVL 637 | Building Information Modeling | 3 |
| CIVL 653 | Modeling Environmental and Water Resources Systems | 3 |
| CIVL 671 | Air Quality, Control, and Management | 3 |
| CIVL 672 | Sustainable Waste Management | 3 |
| CIVL 673 | Economics of Water and the Environment | 3 |
| CIVL 674 | Sustainable Engineering | 3 |
| CIVL 636 | Nonlinear Structural Analysis | 3 |
| CIVL 639 | Design of Masonry Structures | 3 |
| CIVL 655 | Computational Fluid Dynamics | 3 |
| CIVL 657 | Finite Element Methods | 3 |
| CIVL 675 | Renewable Energy Systems | 3 |
| CIVL 678 | Research in Civil Engineering & Environmental Science | 3 |
| 24 |
| MBAA 6011 | Leadership and Organizational Dynamics | 3 |
| MBAA 6021 | Financial and Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| MBAA 6031 | Ethics and the Entrepreneurial Mindset | 3 |
| MBAA 6041 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| MBAA 6061 | Global Strategic Management | 3 |
| MBAA 6071 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| MBAA 6081 | Business and Performance Analytics | 3 |
| MBAA 6091 | Technologies in Business Management | 3 |
| 12 |
| 36 |
Notes: The Civil and Environmental Engineering Chairperson has the discretion to substitute other Environmental Science coursework based on availability and Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering Dean’s office approval.
Note: When the course requirements outlined above are completed, the student should submit an application for degree to be awarded both the MBA and the MS in Environmental Science. Students must file separately for each degree and both degrees must be awarded in the same term.
