Programs
Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management
(21 credit hours) The environmental policy and natural resource management concentration integrates public policy and environmental science perspectives covering a range of topics including the economic analysis of natural resource utilization and allocation.
Required Courses (12 credit hours)
| SPEA-V 507 | Data Analysis and Modeling for Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 625 | Environmental Economics and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 643 | Natural Resource Management and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 645 | Environmental Law | (3 cr.) |
Electives (9 credit hours)
In consultation with your advisor, select one course in public policy and/or public management. A partial list includes:
| SPEA-E 560 | Environmental Risk Analysis | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 510 | Government Regulation in Market Economies | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 518 | Intergovernmental Systems Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 539 | Management Science for Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 541 | Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public and Environmental Policies | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 640 | Law, Public Management, and Public Policy | (3 cr.) |
In consultation with their advisors, students select two courses from one of the following groups or an equivalent course cluster:
Environmental Management
| SPEA-E 536 | Environmental Chemistry | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 539 | Aquatic Chemistry | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 542 | Hazardous Materials | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 552 | Environmental Engineering | (3 cr.) |
Resource Management
| SPEA-E 460 | Fisheries and Wildlife Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 461 | Fisheries and Wildlife Management Laboratory | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 527 | Applied Ecology | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 528 | Forest Ecology and Management | (3 cr.) |
| BIOL-L 575 | Ecosystem Structure and Function | (3 cr.) |