MS in Environmental Science
Degree Requirements
- 36 credit hours of approved graduate work, including 6 credit hours of ENVS-681, ENVS-690, and ENVS-691 in lieu of a thesis
Students are required to take ENVS-681 during the spring semester of their final year; they write a paper based on an internship, research, or independent study and present the paper during a venue approved by the graduate advisor. - One comprehensive examination; a maximum of two attempts is permitted.
Course Requirements
Core (18 credit hours)
- CSC-610 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3)
- ENVS-580 Environmental Science I (3)
- ENVS-581 Environmental Science II (3)
- ENVS-681 Environmental Practicum (3) and ENVS-690 Environmental Science Research (3) or ENVS-691 Internship (3)
- STAT-514 Statistical Methods (3)
Electives (18 credit hours)
- 18 credit hours chosen in consultation with the graduate advisor from each of the two clusters below. A statistics course (STAT-515, STAT-516, STAT-520, or STAT-524) may be substituted for one of the courses; other courses may be substituted with permission of the graduate advisor.
- 9 credit hours from the following environmental science courses:
- BIO-562 Field Methods (3)
- BIO/ENVS-596 Selected Topics: Nonrecurring (approved topics)
- ENVS-500 Ecohydrology (3)
- ENVS-520 Biogeochemistry (3)
- ENVS-572 Topics in Conservation Biology (3)
- ENVS-575 Environmental Risk Assessment (3)
- ENVS-675 Water Resources (3)
- 9 credit hours from the following environmental policy/economics courses:
- ECON-579 Environmental Economics (3)
- ENVS-582 Environmental Law (3)
- PUAD-606 Foundations of Policy Analysis (3)
- SIS-620 Studies in Global Environmental Politics (3) (topics)
- SIS-649 Environment and Development (3)
- SIS-660 Environment and Politics (3)
- SOCY-689 Environmental Sociology (3)
