Programs
Sustainability and Sustainable Development
(15 credit hours) In the sustainability and sustainable development concentration students study the relations among productive activity and social and environmental impacts. They consider the role of markets and related institutions in the efficient and equitable delivery of goods and services, and develop skills to analyze and address the systematic strengths and weaknesses in the various social systems. Students examine the many factors, including social, economic, legal and political forces that promote or deter sustainability. The concentration encourages students to examine the interrelationship of environmental and social systems, the regenerative capacity of both, and the institutional change that will be required to develop greater sustainability. Graduates will be prepared for employment in government and international programs, corporate sustainability offices, and not-for-profit sustainability campaigns. Students may not use MPA core courses to fulfill concentration requirements.
Required Courses (3 credit hours)
In consultation with a concentration advisor, choose one of the following three courses:
| SPEA-R 563 | Sustainability in a Tri-Sectoral World | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-S 515 | Sustainable Communities | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-S 596 | Sustainable Development | (3 cr.) |
Electives (12 credit hours)
Group I - Context for Sustainability (6 credit hours):
In consultation with a concentration advisor, select two courses from one of the following areas:
- Development, Policy and Entrepreneurship
- Natural Environment
- Environmental Protection
Development, Policy and Entrepreneurship:
| SPEA-D 576 | Approaches to Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-D 669 | Economic Development, Globalization, and Entrepreneurship | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 530 | Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-L 622 | Local Economic Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 512 | Energy and Climate: Law and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 516 | Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Governance | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 517 | Environmental Justice | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 532 | Water Policy and Economics | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 535 | International Environmental Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 643 | Natural Resource Management and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 590 | Energy Policy from a Nation-State Perspective | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 625 | Environmental Economics and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 643 | Natural Resource Management and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 674 | Energy Economics and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-S 515 | Sustainable Communities | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-S 596 | Sustainable Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 527 | Urban Sustainability (This course is offered at IUPUI) | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 550 | Food Policy in a Changing World | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 559 | Principles and Practices of Social Entrepreneurship | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-X 511/ SPEA-E 501 |
Human Behavior and Energy Consumption | (3 cr.) |
Natural Environment:
| SPEA-E 517 | BMP Design for Healthy Urban Watersheds | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 522 | Urban Forest Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 528 | Forest Ecology and Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 534 | Restoration Ecology | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 540 | Wetlands Ecology and Management | (4 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 545 | Lake and Watershed Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 555 | Sustaining Urban Ecosystems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 557 | Conservation Biology | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 563 | Wildlife Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 591/R 591 | Climate Change Impacts on Natural Resources | (3 cr.) |
Environmental Protection:
| SPEA-E 515 | Fundamentals of Air Pollution | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 539 | Aquatic Chemistry | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 552 | Environmental Engineering | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 562 | Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 564 | Organic Pollutants | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 574 | Energy Systems in Transition | (3 cr.) |
Group II - Analytical Tools (6 credit hours):
In consultation with a concentration advisor, select two of the following courses or other graduate courses approved as equivalent substitutions:
| SPEA-E 518 | Vector-Based Geographic Information Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 529 | Application of Geographical Information Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-M 547 | Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution for Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-P 507 | Data Analysis & Modeling for Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-P 541 | Benefit Cost Analysis | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-P 562 | Public Program Evaluation | (3 cr.) |