This program will provide memorable experiences that develop in-demand skill sets across environmental sciences, cultural heritage, business, and leadership. Students will also learn how to:

• Use cultural resources as a tool for community capacity building and changemaking
• Communicate cross-culturally to create teams that function at the intersection of equality, diversity, inclusion, and social justice
• Act locally and think globally to make sound, ethical decisions
• Direct an organization confidently with the business and marketing experiences required of twenty-first century leadership
• Take an organization to the next level of sustainability for people, heritage, and the environment
• Develop second language skills within the context of the heritage and business management fields (an optional component).

The heritage sector is a growing industry both in the United States and Britain*, and graduates will be prepared for careers in either nation or beyond. Job growth for management occupations is projected to be 7% from 2018-28, (median annual wage for these positions in 2018 was $104,240).

• Job growth for social and community service managers is projected to be 13 percent from 2018-28 (median wage for these positions in 2018 was $65,320).
• Job growth for top executives and organizational leaders is projected to be six percent from 2018-28 (median wage for these positions in 2018 was $189,600).
• The UK-job market reported an anticipated rate of £250 earnings per day for heritage managers, with a UK median wage of £52,500 (2020).
• The heritage sector represents one percent of the total workforce in England, a number set to increase by 3.6 percent annually.

Career opportunities and heritage-related institutions include but are not limited to:

• Advisory Council for Historic Preservation
• American Anthropological Association
• Archaeology management
• British Museum
• English heritage
• Environmental consultancy
• Environmental Protection Agency
• European Historic Houses
• Events coordination and management
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Heritage consultancy
• Historic England
• Infrastructure management
• Museum and collections specialist
• National Geographic
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• National Park Service
• Policy analysis and development
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Smithsonian
• The Getty
• The National Trust
• The Science Museum Group
• Tribal Access Program
• UNESCO
• United States Department of the Interior
• United States Department of Tribal Affairs
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• World heritage site management

*Data sourced from the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. CW Jobs, UK, and Historic England, UK