The Right Skills to Land Your Dream Job!
The Resource Management and Administration degree (RMA) is more than just a degree, it embraces an interdisciplinary approach to addressing complex challenges, and it is designed to prepare students to lead and manage projects and organizations in the environmental field. RMA is specifically training students for professional positions within a regulated environment to lead solutions that prioritize the most vulnerable and address historical inequities of black, indigenous, and people of color.
This degree is offered by AU New England.
Program Overview
The RMA program embraces regenerative approaches that ensure the security of water, energy, and food resources for future generations. In every course you take at Antioch University as part of this degree program, the competencies, and skills acquired will further enable you to analyze, assess, and help create strategies and solutions to create a sustainable, equitable, and resilient world. You will further refine or acquire a skill set, not only throughout your coursework but through experiential learning opportunities in your internship and capstone project. All your work while a student will culminate in a professional portfolio you can share with existing or future employment opportunities.
By the end of your program, you can be confident that you will have gained the following skills:
- Become a wholistic systems thinker
- Effectively manage complex projects and associated budgets and timelines
- Draw on theory to inform the practice of change management at multiple organizational scales
- Understand the interrelationships among and between public policy, science, economics, and law
- Apply quantitative, spatial, and qualitative research approaches to addressing science-based problems
- Critically assess scientific and economic research
- Demonstrate and apply skills in stakeholder capacity building and communication
- Understand how best to facilitate organizational sustainable practices
- Identify and understand the scientific and social complexities within the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies, including ethics, sustainability, and social justice
- Facilitate and work with diverse teams and collaborate with various stakeholders.
- Develop inspirational leadership skills to advocate solutions
Multiple Pathways for RMA Students
The RMA program is structured with three curricular paths to prepare students to compete and flourish in the professional environmental field. Sustainable Development and Climate Change (SDCC) and Leadership and Management of Sustainable Systems (LMSS) concentrations have been designed with flexibility in mind. Students will have access to one-on-one mentorship, and coursework can be tailored to these concentrations to meet their professional and personal career goals.
The concentrations have fewer required courses and allow for more autonomy in selecting the courses to complete the degree. From water resources and conservation to regenerative and sustainable communities and applying your passion for building resiliency in your organization, the Resource Management program and its concentrations are tailored to meet your professional goals.
- If you are an existing professional and wish to build project and organizational management skills on top of your former education and experience, check out the LMSS curriculum: Leadership and Management of Sustainable Systems (LMSS)
- If you are new to this field, the Sustainable Development and Climate Change (SDCC) might be the right fit.
- If you are new to this field and want to travel and learn from international examples, the International Development and Climate Change (ISDCC) curriculum might be the right pathway for you.
Additional Professional Designations
In addition to the Master of Science degree that the RMA program offers, there are additional professional designations that students can attain before they enter the environmental profession.
Environmental Studies Alumni Career Spotlight: Emily Hague
Name: Emily Hague Job title: Assistant Director of Land Conservation at The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Pronouns: she/her Program: MS in Resource Management and Administration Graduation year: 2005 What are you passionate about? I believe land conservation is a tool for helping humans think and act differently in their relationship to land and it is extremely beneficial to other species. It’s a non-partisan, optional, and typically fun way to get people to engage with the natural world and take needed steps to become stewards. It also provides access to folks who might not otherwise get out into nature. We have a long way to go, but so far there are 61 million acres of conserved land nationally. Read the full article here.
Environmental Studies Alumni Career Spotlight: Shameika Hanson
Name: Shameika Hanson Job title: Community Protection Specialist at The Nature Conservancy Pronouns: she/her Program: Professional Science Masters in Environmental Studies, Sustainable Development, and Climate Change, Professional Certification in Climate Resilience Graduation year: 2020 What are you passionate about? Put simply—helping to bring equity to climate adaptation work. As a child, I just knew I wanted to help people. I got into climate adaptation by following what I enjoyed and found interesting. That took me from community organizing into my current work as a climate adaptation specialist, managing adaptation efforts locally by working with community members and other stakeholders to engage in developing a plan that empowers and educates communities to become more resilient to the effects of climate change. Many of the communities most vulnerable to climate change and sea level rise are where they are because of historically racist practices such as redlining. Read the full article here.
Environmental Studies Alumni Career Spotlight: Claire Bosch Zuazo
Name: Claire Bosch Zuazo
Pronoun: she/her
Program: MS in Resource Management and Administration; Certificate in Climate Resilience
Title: Associate Director, Global Strategy Practice at the Anthesis Group
Graduation year: 2021
What skills did you learn at Antioch that helped you achieve your professional goals?
Antioch helped me hone my understanding of systems thinking and how to apply that in a resource management setting. The program’s ability to explain and give us the hands-on experience of the nexus of organizational leadership and operations had a significant impact on me and helped shape my career trajectory. Antioch empowered and equipped me with the right balance of theory, practical organizational examples and case studies, and applied thinking to identify ways in which it is possible to align sustainability issues within an organization’s priorities and gain stakeholder buy-in. Read the full article here.
Career Opportunities
RMA graduates have secured positions in the following areas after graduating from the program:
- Nonprofit conservation and advocacy organizations at the local, national, and international level
- Government departments that manage natural resources regulate pollution or monitor environmental compliance
- Public agencies concerned with local and regional land use planning or which acquire and manage open space
- Environmental consulting businesses engaged in land management and sustainable development, wetlands protection, water resource management, and environmental impact assessment
- Private industry and institutions engaged in meeting regulations for environmental compliance and developing ecologically sustainable management systems
- Entrepreneurship and business start-ups
International Service Program
Combine this degree program with Peace Corps service. Through the AUNE International Service Program, you can earn credit for your service, apply what you are learning to create positive change across the world, and save thousands of dollars on your degree.
Admissions
How to Apply
- Complete the online admissions application, including:
- Essay questions, admissions and program-specific
- Resume/curriculum vitae (CV)
- Non-refundable $50 application fee
- Submit official transcripts from all colleges or universities where you earned a degree or certificate.
- email transcripts to [email protected], or
- mail to: Office of Admissions Antioch University New England 40 Avon Street Keene NH 04341-3516
- Two letters of recommendation are required, from people who are in a position to evaluate your professional or academic work. The person making the recommendation may not be related to you.
- There are additional requirements for International applicants and applicants without a Bachelor’s degree
- Interview with a faculty member of the department to which you seek entry if selected. This can be in person, by phone, or via Skype.
- Master’s and Certificate Programs do not require the GRE or any other standardized test for admissions. We consider all of your application materials, and evaluate your academic potential in a variety of ways.
Official transcripts should be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to: Office of Admissions Antioch University New England 40 Avon Street Keene, New Hampshire 03431-3516 All application materials submitted become part of an applicant’s file and cannot be returned.
Application Deadlines
Antioch University New England processes applications for most programs on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply as early as possible. All application materials should be received in Admissions by the dates listed below. If you have any questions, please contact the Admissions Department. Environmental Studies Master’s Programs:
| Program | Term | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| MS in Resource Management and Administration | Fall | July 15 |
| Spring | December 1 | |
| Summer | April 1 |
Tuition & Financial Aid
A college education is an investment in your future. Let us help you understand the costs and explore the resources available to help make your college education even more affordable. The majority of AUNE students finance their education through some form of financial aid. You may not be sure which federal, state, public, and private aid packages – such as loans, scholarships, and grants – are right for you. Our staff is here to help you, so you can focus on what’s most important: beginning your academic program at AUNE.
Cost
| Department/Program Name | Tuition Cost per Credit | Total Program Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | ||
| Degrees: | ||
| Resource Management and Administration, MS Leadership & Management of Sustainable Systems | $1,122 | 30 |
| Resource Management and Administration, MS *concentrations in International Sustainable Development & Climate Change, or Sustainable Development and Climate Change | $1,122 | 36-38 (with Professional Science Management designation) |
| Environmental Studies, MS *consult academic catalog for concentrations available within the degree | $1,122 | 36 |
| Environmental Studies, PhD | $1,502 | 69 |
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