Master's degree in

Environmental Management for Sustainable Development

About the program

+ To promote the knowledge and reaffirmation of human values, the expansion of the areas of creation and enjoyment of culture, the integral incorporation of Colombians to the benefits derived from it, and the protection, research and use of natural resources to adapt them to the satisfaction of human needs and the preservation of life on the planet.

+ To promote research on the natural resources of the Cundinamarca department, identifying their potential and the rational means of exploitation and conservation that allow the sustainable development of society.

+ To promote professional training, culture, research and innovation in higher education, and the provision of research, technical assistance and social promotion services aimed at raising the level of development required by the department and the country.

+ Advance Academic Programs that respond to the interests of vulnerable populations at the urban and rural levels of the Cundinamarca department.

+ To comprehensively foster students on scientific, ethical and humanistic foundations for occupation, work and the free development of personality, so that they responsibly exercise the axiological, professional, investigative, artistic and social service functions required by the department and the country, generating processes of change.

+ Continuously evaluate the various activities that make up the academic, research and administrative life of the University, taking into account the institutional educational project and its development plan.

+ To consolidate and strengthen the university community in order to integrate into the national and international scientific and academic community, through the development of skills and solid knowledge.

+ To promote the integration of the University with the different social sectors at the local, regional, departmental and national levels, in order to be a factor of social, scientific, cultural, economic, political, ethical, ecological and environmental development.

+ To contribute to the development of the educational levels that precede it, in order to facilitate their articulation and the achievement of their corresponding goals

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Institution

University of Cundinamarca.

Program Name

Master's Degree in Environmental Management for Sustainable Development.

Degree to be awarded

Master's degree in Environmental Management for Sustainable Development.

Educational level

Postgraduate.

Type of training

University Professional.

Methodology

Information on classes: synchronous and asynchronous meetings from Monday to Friday from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm and Saturday mornings.

Academic Credits

40 credits.

Estimated duration

4 semesters.

Investment

6 SMLMV per semester. 20% discount applies for graduates and/or 10% with voter registration certificate. Discounts are cumulative.

Location of development

Virtual

Resolutions: SNIES 117716 - Resolution No. 17790 of January 30, 2025 MEN.

Professional profile

The Master's Program in Environmental Management for Sustainable Development at the University of Cundinamarca produces leading professionals distinguished by their ability to solve environmental problems through the development and application of tools for the environmental management of natural resources, sectoral environmental management, and territorial environmental management. This is achieved from a broad ethical and humanistic perspective that considers the challenges to be overcome in a translocal and transmodern manner. This is accomplished through the integration of policies, plans, programs, and projects within the framework of environmental management, contributing to sustainable development.

Occupational profile

The Master's in Environmental Management for Sustainable Development has a systemic and translocal approach to solving environmental problems that change over time. It is capable of working transdisciplinarily in the fields of environmental management to promote sustainable development, from the following occupations:

+ Director and coordinator of public and private entities, for the implementation of environmental management projects, accessing science, technology and innovation tools, and capturing opportunities that allow overcoming the limitations that challenge the achievement of sustainable development in a contextual way.

+ Consultant for the development and strategic articulation of planning processes from environmental management, following the guidelines for territorial planning, disaster risk management and climate change and the environmental regulations that are attributed to advance towards the vision of sustainable development at the international, national, regional and local levels.

+ Advisor for the generation of institutional capacities at the intra and intersectoral level, from sustainable environmental planning, translocal governance, environmental economic valuation, multilevel environmental education, and other tools that allow the sustainable management of the territory and contribute to the well-being of society as a whole.

Entry profile

The Master's Degree in Environmental Management for Sustainable Development is aimed at professionals in the fields of environmental sciences, agricultural sciences, administrative sciences, social sciences and engineering, who, from their professional work, are interested in deepening, developing and appropriating knowledge in environmental management to contribute to sustainable development, whether from the public, private, productive and/or academic sector, where they work.

Mission and Vision

Mission: The University of Cundinamarca is a local and translocal public institution of the 21st century, characterized as a democratic, autonomous, educational, and transmodern social organization of knowledge. It incorporates global consensuses and best practices in university governance, whose quality is generated from the processes of education and learning, research and innovation, university interaction, internationalization, and student well-being (Educational Project of the University of Cundinamarca, 2016).

Vision: The University of Cundinamarca will be recognized by society, at the local, regional, national and international levels, as an educator for life, democratic values, civility and freedom; an agent of transmodernity and a generator of relevant and pertinent knowledge and learning, focused on the care of life, nature, the environment, humanity and coexistence (Educational Project University of Cundinamarca, 2016).

Learning path

View the subjects and phases that make up your postgraduate program.

Fundamentals of Sustainable Development
Fundamentals of Environmental Management
Systemic Approach
Sustainable Rural and Urban Development
Information management and analysis

Elective (GEOPOLITICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES, FORMULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS)
Foreign Language B.2
Science, Technology and Innovation
Geographic Information Systems Applications
Environmental Legislation

Environmental management of the territory
Integrated water resource management
In-depth study (Sustainability of livelihoods, Management of protected areas for sustainability)
Foreign Language B2.2
CAI Science, Technology and Innovation

Disaster risk management and climate change
Translocal governance
Environmental economics and ecological economics
In-depth study (Agroecosystems for food security, GHG mitigation and adaptation to climate change)
CAI Science, Technology and Innovation

To promote the knowledge and reaffirmation of human values, the expansion of the areas of creation and enjoyment of culture, the integral incorporation of Colombians into the benefits derived from it, and the protection, research and use of natural resources to adapt them to the satisfaction of human needs and the preservation of life on the planet.

To promote research on the natural resources of the Cundinamarca department, identifying their potential and the rational means of exploitation and conservation that allow the sustainable development of society.

To promote professional training, culture, research and innovation in higher education, and the provision of research, technical assistance and social promotion services aimed at raising the level of development required by the department and the country.

Advance Academic Programs that respond to the interests of vulnerable populations at the urban and rural levels of the Cundinamarca department.

To comprehensively foster students on scientific, ethical and humanistic foundations for occupation, work and the free development of personality, so that they may responsibly exercise the axiological, professional, investigative, artistic and social service functions required by the department and the country, generating processes of change.

To continuously evaluate the various activities that make up the academic, research and administrative life of the University, taking into account the institutional educational project and its development plan.

To consolidate and strengthen the university community in order to integrate into the national and international scientific and academic community, through the development of skills and solid knowledge.

To promote the integration of the University with the different social sectors at the local, regional, departmental and national levels, in order to be a factor of social, scientific, cultural, economic, political, ethical, ecological and environmental development.

To contribute to the development of the educational levels that precede it, in order to facilitate their articulation and the achievement of their corresponding goals

Duration	4 semesters
Degree	Master's Degree in Environmental Management for Sustainable Development
Investment	Methodology: Information on classes: synchronous and asynchronous meetings from Monday to Friday from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm and Saturday mornings. Investment: 6 SMLMV per semester. 20% discount applies for graduates and/or 10% with voter registration certificate. Discounts are cumulative.
Payment methods	Bank payment, PSE, card or ICETEX Loan
Methodology	Virtual
Qualified status	Resolution No. 17790 of January 30, 2025 MEN. Faculty Agricultural Sciences.
Academic credits	40 Credits

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