Ecosystem Management American University of Beirut

Overview

The American University of Beirut's Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program was launched in 1997 as a mean of addressing salient issues on the environment and development in Lebanon and the Arab World using an interdisciplinary approach. The programme adopts a student-centred learning approach and aims to develop critical and systems thinking skills to produce socially and environmentally conscious leaders and agents of change in the Arab World.​​

Key facts

​​​​​​​​​​​The Ecosystem Management Program is a multidisciplinary field of study which leads to the Master of Sciences degree in Environmental Sciences with four possible majors namely, Environmental Technology, Ecosystem Management, Environmental Health, and Environmental Policy Planning. Together, these majors ensure adequate coverage of all environmental and sustainable development issues prevailing in Lebanon and the Arab World, in their various ecological, economic and social dimensions.

The Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program aspires to be the leading interdisciplinary program bridging environmental education, research and service through close partnership with academic institutions and civil society actors.