Programs
Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management
(MPA: 24 credit hours, MPA-MSES: 18 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. Students may not use MPA core courses to fulfill concentration requirements.
Environmental Law Course (3 credit hours)
SPEA-R 645 | Environmental Law | (3 cr.) |
Economics and Policy Course (3 credit hours)
In consultation with your advisor, select one of the following courses.
SPEA-R 625 | Environmental Economics and Policy | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-S 596 | Sustainable Development | (3 cr.) |
Analysis and Skills Courses (6 credit hours)
In consultation with a concentration advisor, select two MPA or one MPA-MSES of the following courses.
SPEA-E 529 | Application of Geographic Information Systems | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 560 | Environmental Risk Analysis | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-M 547 | Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution for Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-P 507 | Data Analysis and Modeling for Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-P 541 | Benefit Cost Analysis | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-P 562 | Public Program Evaluation | (3 cr.) |
Context Courses (6 credit hours)
Note: MPA students with a concentration in Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management who want to take SPEA-E 543 must take both SPEA-V 502 and SPEA-E 543.
In consultation with a concentration advisor, select two MPA or one MPA-MSES of the following courses.
SPEA-E 535 | International Environmental Policy | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 543 | Environmental Management (cannot count for dual degree) | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-R 590 | Energy Policy from a Nation-State Perspective | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-R 643 | Natural Resources Management and Policy | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-V 550 | Environmental and Natural Resource Policy Implementation | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-V 550 | Domestic Environmental Policy | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-V 550 | Water Policy and Economics | (3 cr.) |
In consultation with a concentration advisor, select any two courses from the following lists. Students who are not in the dual-degree program are strongly encouraged to take one of the foundational courses that matches their area of interest (applied ecology, environmental chemistry, or environmental toxicology), unless they have previous environmental-science training in these areas.
Science Courses (6 credit hours)
Take two courses from the following lists (selections need not both come from the same list).
Natural Sciences:
SPEA-E 522 | Urban Forestry | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 527 | Applied Ecology (foundation course, cannot count for dual degree) |
(3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 528 | Forest Ecology and Management | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 540 | Wetlands Ecology and Management | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 545 | Lake and Watershed Management | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 546 | Stream Ecology | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 555 | Best Management Practices for Healthy Urban Watersheds | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 555 | Urban Ecology | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 556 | Limnology | (4 cr.) |
SPEA-E 557 | Conservation Biology | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 591 | Climate Change Impacts on Natural Resources | (3 cr.) |
Physical Sciences:
SPEA-E 515 | Fundamentals of Air Pollution | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 536 | Environmental Chemistry (foundation course, cannot count for dual degree) |
(3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 539 | Aquatic Chemistry | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 542 | Hazardous Materials | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 544 | Subsurface Microbiology & Remediation | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 552 | Environmental Engineering (cannot count for dual degree) | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 554 | Groundwater Flow Modeling | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 555/V 550 | Toxicology for the 21st Century | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 562 | Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 564 | Organic Pollutants: Environmental Chemistry and Fate | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 570 | Environmental Soil Science | (3 cr.) |
SPEA-E 574 | Energy Systems | (3 cr.) |