Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate:Ìý30
Required Courses:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Course | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5052 | Fundamentals of Sustainability Science and Environmental Justice | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5052 | Fundamentals of Sustainability Science and Environmental Justice | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5052 | Fundamentals of Sustainability Science and Environmental Justice | |
| Communications Requirement | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5522 | Introduction to Scientific and Regulatory Writing | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5533 | Communicating Science to a Broader Audience / Non-Scientists | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5441 | Broader Impacts: The Art of Scientific Communication | |
| Ethics Requirement | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5505 | Ethics Regulation and Policy in Biotechnology | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý8069 | GIS Ethics and Professional Practice | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý8113 | Community-Based Research | |
| Methods Requirement | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5312 | Biostatistics | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5011 | Remote Sensing and GIS | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5401 | Analytical Methods in Mineralogy | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5062 | Fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5033 | Urban Analytics | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5063 | Remote Sensing | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5066 | Environmental Applications of GIS | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5096 | Field Methods in Environmental Justice | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5161 | Statistics for Urban Spatial Analysis | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5162 | Advanced Statistics for Urban Applications | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5165 | Community Based Program Evaluation | |
| Policy Requirement | ||
| ³Ò±«³§Ìý5028 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 3 |
| Capstone | ||
| Select one of the following: | 1-3 | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý9995 | Capstone Project | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý9995 | Capstone Project | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý9187 | GIS Capstone | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý9188 | Sustainability Capstone | |
| Electives | ||
| Students must select at least 11-12 credits in their concentration to bring the overall total for the program to 30 credits. Electives below fit into one or more of the 5 concentrations, as indicated by the following: ES: Energy Systems and Natural Resources; BC: Biodiversity and Conservation; GT: Geospatial Technologies; US: Urban Sustainability; CJ: Climate Justice | 11-12 | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5323 | Global Change Science: Analytics with R (BC, ES) | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5335 | Polar Biology - Life at the Extremes (BC) | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5275 | Ecology of Invasive Species (BC) | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5307 | Conservation Biology (BC) | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5389 | Field Research in Community Ecology (BC) | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5416 | Tropical Marine Biology: Belize (BC) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5011 | Remote Sensing and GIS (CJ, GT) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5042 | Coastal Processes (US) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5401 | Analytical Methods in Mineralogy (ES) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5015 | Drone Short Course (ES) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5101 | Structural Geology (Graduate) (ES) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5406 | Nanoscience and the Environment (US, ES) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5434 | Ecohydrology (BC, ES, US) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5454 | Introduction to Geophysics (ES) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5506 | Observing and Modeling Climate Change (CJ) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5725 | Soils and Paleosols (ES) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5801 | Quantitative Structural Geo (ES) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5031 | GIS Programming (GT) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5033 | Urban Analytics (US, GT) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5041 | Sustainable Natural-Human Systems (BC, ES) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5042 | Climate Change and Security (CJ) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5051 | Environmental Hazards and Disasters (CJ) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5056 | Political Ecology (CJ) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5062 | Fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems (GT) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5063 | Remote Sensing (GT, CJ) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5066 | Environmental Applications of GIS (GT) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5068 | Census Analysis with Geographical Information Systems (GT) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5072 | Advanced Remote Sensing (GT, CJ) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5073 | Geovisualization (ES, GT) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5096 | Field Methods in Environmental Justice (CJ) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5097 | Race, Class, Gender in Cities (US) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5161 | Statistics for Urban Spatial Analysis (GT, CJ, US) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5162 | Advanced Statistics for Urban Applications (US, GT) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5165 | Community Based Program Evaluation (CJ) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5304 | Food Studies (CJ, US) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý8016 | Public Policy for Urban Regions (US) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý8055 | Sustainable Cities (US) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5006 | Sustainable Infrastructures: Theory, Practice and Application (US) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5221 | Land System Science (BC, ES) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5054 | Energy, Resources and Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach (ES, CJ) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5045 | Urban Public Spaces (US) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5023 | Police, Prisons and Pollution (CJ) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5006 | Sustainable Infrastructures: Theory, Practice and Application (CJ) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5343 | Environmental Sensors (US, ES) | |
·¡·¡³§Ìý5234 | Energy and Environment (ES) | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5045 | Marine Ecology (BC) | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5041 | Invertebrate Biology (BC) | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5028 | Ornithology (BC) | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý5027 | Principles of Ecology (BC) | |
³Ò±«³§Ìý5022 | Climate Justice (CJ, US, ES) | |