Students enroll in four courses.
Three of the courses vary by program. Each program includes the Directed Research course, involving over 150 hours of coursework including instruction in research design and completion of an individual field project addressing a component of the semester's research objective. Detailed course descriptions for each program can be found in the SFS Brochure. In each case study, students seek to identify ways in which natural resources can be developed economically in a manner which can be sustained indefinitely, a concept known as sustainable development. Actual case study questions for each program can be found in the SFS brochure.