Resilience Studies

• Earn your degree online—with access to leading employers and industry innovators.
• Gain hands-on experience with co-ops, capstone, and research projects.
• Access university partners, including the Global Resilience Institute, The Social Impact Lab, and the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy.
• Learn from renowned resilience experts who have advised presidents, Congress, and key organizations.
• Build a robust knowledge of the essential policy and technical areas that are key to building resilience.
• Tailor your degree to your career goals and passions.

As a graduate of the program, you will be able to:

• Speak cogently about contemporary issues in resilience studies.
• Communicate effectively in written formats relevant to the field.
• Synthesize, analyze, and critically evaluate major arguments in contemporary debates involving key resilience topics.
• Design and complete a policy memo, independent research paper, or applied project relevant to employers.

• Students have worked in co-op positions and jobs at organizations, including Vertex, the Federal Reserve Bank, the Cadmus Group, the MBTA, the Port Authority, and Boston City Hall, along with positions in academia.
• Graduates work in roles such as resilience manager, risk operations manager, and senior analyst.

• $97K—Average salary for business continuity managers. (PayScale, 2021)

• $166K—Average salary for resilience managers. (PayScale, 2021)

Resilience is the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems to survive, adapt, and grow despite what kind of environmental and societal threats, stresses, and shocks they may experience.

In the 21st century, communities, companies, and countries face threats of all kinds. These include terrorism, cyberattacks, natural hazards like floods and fires, migration, bioterrorism, climate change, and pandemics. Each hazard poses immediate and real social, economic, and physical challenges.