Sustainability Leadership (MBA)

• Lead Sustainability Specialist
• Sustainability Advisor/Director/Specialist
• Sustainable Design Consultant
• Chief Sustainability Officer
• Sustainable Business Consultant
• Corporate Responsibility Coordinator/Specialist/Officer
• Social Responsibility Coordinator/Specialist/Officer
• Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility Planner/Administrator

• Admissions Essay: This essay will allow the admissions committee to assess your academic writing skills to succeed in an academically rigorous graduate level program. We understand current and previous academic preparation, professional work experience, and personal life experience often informs a student’s decision to aspire to enroll into a graduate program. Therefore, in order for us to gain a better understanding of your personal and professional motivations and readiness for applying, we ask you to submit a well thought out essay of two to five pages, double- spaces that responds to the following essential aspects to be successful in our graduate program. Applicants are free to frame their response within the context of a proposed thesis topic, if they wish. Please email your essay to admissions@prescott.edu.
  -Your motivations for pursuing a graduate degree in this field of study.
  -Your background, experience, skills, and qualifications in the field, if any.
  -Your professional, academic, or personal aspirations as a result of obtaining this degree.
  -Your readiness to thrive in a graduate program which requires high levels of self-direction, motivation and academic rigor.
  -Your strengths and weaknesses as related to being successful in the program.
  -Your functional knowledge of an online learning module (Moodle), video conferencing (Zoom), electronic communications (Gmail), and desktop publishing software (MS Office suite).
• List of References: Applicants must submit a list of two to four academic or professional references who could be called upon to address your capability to complete graduate-level work. The list must contain the reference's contact information and must briefly explain the relationship to you. You can email your references to admissions@prescott.edu. Professors, supervisors, and employers are often the best sources. 
• Pre-requsite coursework: Applicants for the MBA in Sustainability Leadership Program must demonstrate basic competency in the subjects of accounting, economics, and quantitative methods (e.g. statistics) preferably prior to commencing the MBA Program.  As an exception - students may be permitted to satisfy this requirement during the first year of the MBA Program. This demonstration of competency can be accomplished in one or a combination of the following ways for all three subjects: 
  • Submission of official transcripts demonstrating completion of undergraduate courses in any or all of accounting, economics, or quantitative methods; and/or
  • Submission of official transcripts demonstrating completion of any or all of accounting, economics or quantitative methods course(s) through a local community college prior to or during enrollment in the MBA Program; and/or
  • Evidence of completion of any or all of accounting, economics or quantitative methods course(s) through StraighterLine online course offerings which can be found at https://www.straighterline.com/; and/or
  • A Quantitative Analytical Skills Statement accompanying the Application for Admission describing how the applicant’s work experience has included any or all of accounting, economics or quantitative methods in a substantive manner; and/or
  • Completion of Prescott College’s online MBA Preparation Course by the end of the student’s first year of enrollment in the MBA program.
    
    For example, to demonstrate the required competency in all three subjects, a student may use one method listed above, or alternatively, a combination of an official undergraduate transcript demonstrating completion of an accounting course, evidence of the completion of a StraighterLine course in economics, and a Quantitative Analysis Skills Statement demonstrating the use of quantitative methods during the applicant’s work experience.
    
    Should a student fail to demonstrate these competencies as required above by the end of the first year of the MBA Program, student continuation in and/or graduation from the MBA Program may be delayed until such time as the student presents evidence of meeting the requirements set forth above.
• Current Resume or Curriculum Vitae: Please email to admissions@prescott.edu.
• Official Transcripts: Official college transcripts showing undergraduate degree conferral will be required prior to beginning courses with Prescott College. Official transcripts can be submitted electronically by the issuing institution via Parchment or through the mail at:

Office of Admissions
Prescott College
220 Grove Avenue
Prescott, Arizona 86301

• All transcripts submitted by mail must arrive in an official sealed envelope from the issuing institution.
• While unofficial transcripts may be submitted for the admissions committee to begin a preliminary evaluation of an application, official transcripts will be required to provide an official offer of admission.