Higher Education - São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
The Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences (PPGCAm) is designed to provide graduate education and research on these environmental issues. Interdisciplinary training to overcome disciplinary barriers, as well as cutting-edge research in the Environmental Sciences provide resources and experiences for scientists and professionals to contribute with environmental research and solve environmental problems. The program provides comprehensive training to deal with the different dimensions of sustainability, developing competences to investigate emergent environmental patterns and providing abilities to foster actions for the development and sustainability of systems. Training in the program involves critical and autonomous learning, aiming to contribute to scientific and technological development, so that he or she will be qualified to diagnose and contribute to the resolution of environmental problems, produce new knowledge, contribute to the development of sustainable practices, make advanced original and independent research, identify new areas of professional activity, and propose creative solutions for environmental questions and challenges. http://www.ppgcam.ufscar.br/?set_language=en