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.
Environmental Law Course (3 credit hours)The following course:
| 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 (MPA: 6 credit hours; MPA-MSES: 3 credit hours)
In consultation with a concentration advisor, MPA students should choose two from the following list of courses; and MPA-MSES students should choose one from the following list of 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 (MPA: 6 credit hours; MPA-MSES: 3 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 of the following courses:
| SPEA-E 535 | International Environmental Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 543 | Environmental Management (cannot count for MPA-MSES) | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 532 | Water Policy and Economics | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 564 | Environmental and Natural Resource Policy Implementation | (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 | Domestic Environmental Policy | (3 cr.) |
Electives (6 credit hours)
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.
Natural Sciences:
| SPEA-E 517 | BMP Design for Healthy Urban Watersheds | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 522 | Urban Forestry | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 527 | Applied Ecology (foundation course, cannot count for MPA-MSES) |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 528 | Forest Ecology and Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 540 | Wetlands Ecology and Management | (4 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 545 | Lake and Watershed Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 546 | Stream Ecology | (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/R 591 | Climate Change Impacts on Natural Resources | (3 cr.) |
Physical Sciences:
| SPEA-E 514 | Changing Landscape of Toxic Chemical Regulation | (3 cr.) |
| 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 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.) |