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-P 507 |
Data Analysis and Modeling for Public Affairs |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 625 |
Environmental Economics and Policy |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 643 |
Natural Resource Management and Policy |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 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 555/V 550 |
Topics in Environmental Science or Public Affairs (only topics approved by concentration advisor will count) |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 560 |
Environmental Risk Analysis |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-M 518 |
Intergovernmental Systems Management |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-P 539 |
Management Science for Public Affairs |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-P 541 |
Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public and Environmental Policies |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 640 |
Law, Public Management, and Public Policy |
(3 cr.) |
Group I: Environmental Management
In Consultation with a concentration advisor, select two courses from one of the following groups
| SPEA-E 431 |
Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment (permission of Instructor) |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 529 |
Application of Geographic Information Systems |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 536 |
Environmental Chemistry |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 539 |
Aquatic Chemistry |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 542 |
Hazardous Materials |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 543 |
Environemental Management |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 552 |
Environmental Engineering |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 555/V 550 |
Topics in Environmental Science or Public Affairs (only topics approved by concentration advisor will count) |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 555 |
Toxicology in the 21st Century |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 560 |
Environmental Risk Analysis |
(3 cr.) |
Group II: 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.) |
| SPEA-E 555/V 550 |
Topics in Environmental Science or Public Affairs (only topics approved by concentration advisor will count) |
(3 cr.) |
| BIOL-L 575 |
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning |
(3 cr.) |
