StudyQA — Master: Climate Change — University of Waterloo

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Global climate change is considered by many scientists and high-level decision makers in government, business and civil society to be one of the most pressing challenges facing humankind.

The University of Waterloo’s groundbreaking new Master of Climate Change (MCC) program will be the first of its kind in Canada and will join only a handful of programs worldwide to focus on the multiple ways climate change interacts with society and the environment.

The MCC program provides a unique educational experience to students interested in the rapidly evolving fields of climate change research and diverse career paths in climate change science, policy and management. The program is designed with the flexibility to meet the needs of recent graduates who endeavour to become part of the first generation of climate change professionals by building on their undergraduate degree with advanced training and experience specific to climate change. The program will also be of interest to mid-career professionals looking to upgrade their current knowledge and skills to take on the challenges climate change poses to their field.

Core Courses

Climate Change: Physical Science Basis
Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
Climate Change Mitigation

Electives

Climate Prediction, Modeling and Scenarios
Climate and Society
Advanced Climatic Change Adaptation
Climate Change, Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
Land Use and the Carbon Cycle
Climate Policy, Law and Institutions
Climate Compatible Development
Environmental Change and Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing and Earth System Science
Micrometeorology
Paleolimnology
Energy and Sustainability
Global Health (online delivery)
Site Planning and Design Studio
Environmental Finance

Open Electives

Climate change and international development
Climate change and water
Climate change and geomatics
Climate change governance
Climate change and sustainable tourism
Climate change and business
Climate change and Northern development
Climate change and biodiversity conservation
Climate change and planning

Requirements

Students must have completed a four‐year honours Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a humanities, social science, health, engineering, science, or business discipline with an overall average of at least 75% in the final 20 courses (or last 2 years).
In some instances, students with a three‐year degree are accepted into a "qualifying period" whereby they take one or two terms of prescribed undergraduate courses and then, if grades on these are high enough (usually 75%), the student is allowed to proceed into the MCC program. Please contact the Department Coordinator for more information on qualifying years.
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