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.)

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