(18 credit hours) The Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management concentration draws on economics, statistics, and other quantitative fields to help students develop analytical skills to interpret and use data for the formation and evaluation of policy for environmental protection and natural resources management. The concentration draws on the study of law, politics, public policy, and management to build an understanding of the institutions through which society manages the formation and implementation of its policies. Students acquire a set of skills and insights that they will use in careers in government and consulting, in the regulatory and government relations offices of corporations, and in the advocacy and analysis operations of not-for-profit organizations. Students can focus their studies on either domestic or international environmental and natural resource issues. Students may not use MPA core courses to fulfill concentration requirements.

Environmental Policy (3 credit hours)
In consultation with your advisor, select one of the following courses:

Analysis and Skills Courses (3 credit hours)
In consultation with a concentration advisor, choose one of the following courses:

Context Courses (3 credit hours)
In consultation with a concentration advisor, choose one from the following list of courses:

Note: MPA students with a concentration in Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management who want to take SPEA-E 543 must take both V502 and E543. Students can count E543 as a concentration elective.

Science Courses (3 credit hours)
Students who are not in the dual MPA-MSES 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.


In consultation with a concentration advisor, choose one from the following list of courses: