Master of Arts in Environmental Studies
The curriculum for the Master of Arts in Environmental Studies is designed to allow students to gain an understanding of ways to balance social and economic needs with environmental realities, to learn how to use resources imaginatively for sustainable development, and to become aware of the role of values in issue formulation and policy making. Objectives are to enable students to:
- develop basic literacy in the natural and social sciences and the humanities as they contribute to an understanding of environmental affairs;
- critically analyze environmental problems; and
- identify, research, and evaluate environmental problems.
Three concentrations are available: Three concentrations are available on campus:
Sustainable Development and Policy
Explores theories of sustainable development and policy in order to:
- understand the historical context and critically evaluate the current framework of natural resources and environmental policy,
- gain a comprehensive understanding of the three conceptual elements of sustainability (biophysical, policy/social, and economic),
- communicate and evaluate issues in sustainable development policies and practices, and
- assess the feasibility of and strategies for natural resources and environmental policy changes toward sustainable development.
Click here for the Sustainable Development and Policy advising sheet(.pdf).
Environmental Planning and Management
Curriculum prepares students for professional positions in environmental planning and management. Objectives are to enable students to:
- understand principles and practices of environmental planning and management,
- analyze United States environmental policies as they relate to environmental planning,
- apply tools and techniques for preparing and implementing effective environmental plans, and
- evaluate effectiveness of environmental management plans.
Click here for the Environmental Planning and Management advising sheet (.pdf).
Environmental Humanities
Provides a broad-based humanities curriculum to enable students to:
- understand the ethical, social, communicative, literary, historical, artistic perspectives as they relate to ecological systems;
- examine historical development of theoretical perspectives from humanities on the interaction of social and ecological systems, and
- apply ethical criteria and critical thinking in the analysis of environmental issues in comparative cultural contexts.
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