Degree Requirements:
MS in Environmental Policy Required Courses:
The master’s candidate must complete 30 credit hours, including 2 credits of seminar; and at least 6 credits of research. Additionally the master’s candidate must take:
- POL 570 (Environmental Policy) or POL 571 (Energy Policy)
- EC 660 (Environmental Economics)
- SS 580 (Research Methods) or EC 611 (Econometrics) or EV 612 Directed Study (Methods)
- Two different elective courses from two separate categories. Electives are divided into four categories: Environment & Society; Environmental Philosophy & Theory; Environmental Policy; and Environmental Science (see below)
- If an introductory course on Environmental Science has not been taken then EV 280 (Environmental Science) must be taken for no graduate credit, or an Environmental Science graduate elective must be taken (for credit)
- If a course on American Politics or American Society (sociology) has not been taken, then POL 220 (American Politics) must be taken (this cannot be used for graduate credit)
- Complete Thesis
Example Elective Courses:
Environment and Society
- ANTH 570 Environment, Technology and Society
- ANTH 581 Culture & Consumption
- ANTH/SOC 586 Food and Society or What to Think About What you Eat
- SOC 530 Health, Wealth, Inequality and the Environment
Environmental Philosophy & Theory
- POL 592 Environmental Political Theory
- PHIL 505 Sustainability Theory & Practice: A Critical Assessment
- PHIL 510 Where the Wild Things Are; Environmental Philosophy & the Ecosphere
Environmental Policy
- POL 571 Energy Policy
- POL 572 Biofuel and Farm Policy
- POL 575 Environmental Law
Environmental Science
- CE/EV 535 Groundwater Hydrology & Geochemistry
- CE 577 Atmospheric Chemistry
- CE 580 Environmental Chemistry
- CE 584 Chemo-dynamics
- CE 586 Industrial Ecology
- ES 532 Risk Analysis
- ES 531 Environmental Sustainability & Risk Analysis
- EV 536 Global Climate Change: Science, Eng., & Policy
MS/MBA EP Double-Degree Option
- There are 16 credits of overlapping coursework between the MBA and MSEP programs, allowing for the MBA and MSEP degree requirements to be completed in a combined 52-credit program of study spanning two years, including an MS thesis (6 credits) supporting the MSEP degree.
