USF Master’s International Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering
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- One year on campus.
- Two years serving in the Peace Corps.
- Three Year Master's Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering.
Welcome to our vision, a world where all have access to sanitation and potable water, where all children are able to learn in well built classrooms, where there is sustainable transportation, where families no longer suffer from disease, starvation and poverty, where renewable energy has replaced fossil fuels, and engineers are leaders of the sustainability revolution.
At the University of South Florida, we have personal and professional goals to nurture and educate young people to value and implement this vision of a better world. The USF Peace Corps Master’s International program in Civil and Environmental Engineering has a strong focus on sustainability and humanitarian engineering. Students are allowed to explore and innovate at the interface of engineering design and technology with people, society, and health. In addition to traditional engineering coursework, students are required to take classes in sustainable development engineering, global health assessment, and research methods in applied anthropology.
Our program differs from other Master’s International Engineering Programs. 1) knowledge creation is critical to our work, we require completion of a research thesis; 2) we require 9 credits of coursework in global health, applied anthropology, and sustainable development engineering; 3) students can obtain a Graduate Certificate in Water, Health, Sustainability; 4) students without a first degree in engineering can take an International Capstone Design experience set in Bolivia; and, 5) we have many faculty with international and sustainability experience that works its way into the classroom and research.
Come experience and help us implement this vision of a better world.
