NEW! Dual-Degree Pathway
Earn your MBA in Sustainability Leadership and MS in Sustainable Food Systems
The dual MBA-MSFS program is designed for students interested in transforming food systems. Students gain sustainable leadership skills and tools with the knowledge of systems science needed to build and change businesses that contribute to equitable and sustainable food systems.
In addition to earning two degrees in less time, graduates of the dual-degree program develop a more comprehensive set of sustainability skills, have more robust interactions in the classroom, and benefit from a stronger network post-graduation.
MAKE CONNECTIONS
Our MBA faculty are practitioners in sustainable business with connections to an extensive network of sustainability leaders. Our MSFS faculty are internationally known and recognized for their work with biodiversity, nutrition, food justice, and food systems finance. Working closely with your faculty and peers, you’ll make connections that solidify your position in two growing areas of sustainability.
EARN A DUAL-DEGREE
With our 45-credit Dual-Degree, you'll have the opportunity to realize your goals in business, food systems, and sustainability. Fast-track your pathway to acquiring two complimentary degrees by taking advantage of our one-of-a-kind dual MBA-MSFS degree program.
100% ONLINE
Create balance across your schoolwork, and current life demands like work, home, and family. You'll take classes when and where it fits your schedule. Explore your area of interest within your bioregion, providing you with the opportunity to apply your knowledge within your home community.
Our MBA in Sustainability Leadership
Our MS in Sustainable Food Systems
Deepen your understanding of foundational management techniques that are critical for leaders in business, nonprofits, and governmental organizations.
- Become a change agent within your organization by building successful strategies for sustainability-focused on social and environmental performance.
- Sustainability is integrated at the deepest level in every course with a triple bottom line-based curriculum.
- Apply what you learn in each course to your local community and your career while linking your organization’s economic objectives to people and the environment.
Earn your Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems (MSFS) and support the strengthening of communities by helping people re(build) healthy, just, and sustainable food systems.
- By supporting healthy, diversified, and culturally appropriate diets, understand how agroecological efficiencies and synergies contribute to food security and nutrition.
- Develop food system transformation strategies that protect and improve livelihoods, equity, and well-being as essential elements for sustainable food systems.
- You’ll graduate with knowledge and skills that you can directly apply to impactful work that can transform local and global food systems.
Hava Villaverde, Faculty Director, M.B.A.
Ms. Villaverde has been a practicing attorney, sustainable business advocate, and educator over the course of her career. After earning her Sustainable MBA from Green Mountain College, her quest for knowledge and love of teaching has fueled her interest in making business ever better for the planet. Upon coming to Prescott College as the Director of the MBA in Sustainability Leadership, she focuses on the practical application of sustainability principles and the development of toolkits and networks to equip graduates for the opportunities they will have to make change. With a focus on current events, social media, and interactive exercises, Ms. Villaverde encourages Prescott’s MBA students to engage to the fullest with course materials, instructors, and each other in learning the essential building blocks of sustainable business.
Dr. Robin Currey, Faculty Director, Sustainable Food Systems
Dr. Currey is an ethnoecologist specializing in agrobiodiversity conservation in small-scale agricultural systems, or home gardens. Before coming to Prescott College, Dr. Currey served as faculty and Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems (MSFS) program at Green Mountain College. In addition to her experience at GMC, Dr. Currey is the former Director of Mercy Corps in Kyrgyzstan, an international development and humanitarian organization, and the current non-executive Director for Community Development Financial Institution in Kyrgyzstan. Her work with Mercy Corps in Kyrgyzstan grew from her efforts to understand and influence the sustainability and resilience of small-holder agro-pastoral systems to address inequalities in the food system.
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Mary P. Scarpa Regional Director of Admissions
Mary is available to connect with prospective students interested in our Dual-Degree Online Graduate MS in Food Systems Sustainability and our MBA in Sustainable Leadership
mary.scarpa@prescott.edu Call: 928-350-4106
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