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PhD Transdisciplinary Leadership and Creativity for Sustainability at University of Vermont

University of Vermont, United States

Programme overview

The Ph.D. in Transdisciplinary Leadership & Creativity for Sustainability (TLCS) program will prepare students to sustain rigorous, collaborative, and original scholarly knowledge production practices across community, organizational, ecological, and social movement settings to address complex challenges from a place of creativity. This Ph.D. program is rooted in a tradition of engaged scholarship that recognizes the inseparability of environmental and social challenges, as well as the interdependence of cultural and biological diversity.

Department: Transdisciplinary Leadership and Creativity for Sustainability  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Burlington, VT, United States

What you will study

The Doctor of Philosophy requires 75 total credits (including NR 6110: Leadership for Sustainability (3 credits), NR 6880: Ecological Leadership Seminar (6 credits), NR 6120: Power, Privilege, and Catalyzing Change (3 credits), NR 6720: Transdisciplinary Leadership & Creativity (6 credits), NR 6730: Transdisciplinary Methods and Modes of Inquiry (3 credits), and NR 7740: Creative Practice and the Dissertation (6 credits). Students may transfer up to 24 approved master’s credits. Of the remaining 51 required credits, 15 total graded course credits are required. At least 9 graded credits must be

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate College-wide: at least 2 letters of recommendation (individual programmes may require up to 3); applicants whose first language is not English need TOEFL iBT 90, IELTS 6.5 or Duolingo 110 minimum; admission tests, GPA and other criteria vary by programme.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications go through the UVM Graduate College online application; deadlines vary by programme. The application fee is $65 for master's and doctoral programmes. At least two letters of recommendation are required by the Graduate College.

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