ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING
COURSEWORK
The Environmental Analysis and Decision Making program focuses on the quantitative and analytical aspects of environmental studies. The degree is composed of nine required courses, an internship, and four elective courses.
The Environmental Analysis and Decision Making degree requires a total of 40 credit hours, not including the internship:
| Science Core Courses | 19 hrs |
| Cohort Courses | 9 hrs |
| Elective Courses | 12 hrs |
| Total | 40 hrs |
RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND
Applicants for the Professional Master's in Environmental Analysis and Decision Making must have:
- B.S. or B.A. degree in a related field
- Completed course work in chemistry, biology or physics, calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra
- Scores form the general Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
- Strong quantitative abilities
- Statistics and computer skills are preferred, but not required
REQUIRED COURSES
Science core courses:
| CEVE 401 | Introduction to Environmental Chemistry with lab (F) |
| ESCI 450 | Remote Sensing (S) |
| STAT 685 | Quantitative Environmental Decision Making (S) |
Plus three courses from the following groups:
| Group A | |
| STAT 305 | Introduction to Statistics for Biosciences (F, S) |
| STAT 385 | Methods for Data Analysis (S) |
STAT 405
| Statistical Computing
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| STAT 410 | Introduction to Statistical Computing and Linear Models (F) |
STAT 621
| Computational Finance II: Time Series Analysis (S) |
| STAT 622 | Bayesian Data Analysis (S) |
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| Group B | |
| CEVE 307 | Energy and the Environment (S) |
CEVE 404/504
| Atmospheric Particulate Matter
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| CEVE 412 | Hydrology and Watershed Analysis (S) |
| CEVE 434 | Chemical Transport and Fate in the Environment (F) |
CEVE 511/STAT 411
| Atmospheric Processes
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| CEVE 550 | Environmental Organic Chemistry (S) |
Required Cohort courses:
| NSCI 610 | Management in Science and Engineering (F) |
| NSCI 501 | Professional Master’s Seminar (F, S) [required for two semesters] |
| NSCI 512 | Professional Master's Project (F, S) |
| NSCI 511 | Science Policy & Ethics (S) |
(List of Course Descriptions)
Internship:
An internship under the guidance of a host company, government agency, or national laboratory. A summary of the internship project is required in both oral and written form as part of the Professional Master’s Seminar.
RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES
Students will take 4 electives; 3 should be within one focus area and at least 1 must be from the Management and Policy area. Not every course is offered every year. Some courses may require prerequisites or instructor permission.
Sustainable Development
| BIOS 322 | Global Ecosystem Dynamics (S) |
| BIOS 325 | Ecology (S) |
| CEVE 307 | Energy and the Environment (S) |
| CEVE 313 | Uncertainty and Risk in Urban Infrastructures (F) |
| CEVE 406 | Introduction to Environmental Law (S) |
| CEVE 434 | Chemical Transport and Fate in the Environment (F) |
| CEVE 511 | Atmospheric Processes
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| ECON 480 | Environmental Economics (S) |
| CEVE 592 | Reliability of Complex Urban Systems (S) |
| ESCI 353 | Environmental Geochemisty (S) |
| MGMT 661 | International Business Law (S) |
| MGMT 674 | Production and Operations Management (F) |
| MGMT 676 | Project Management / Project Finance (S) |
| MGMT 721 | General Business Law (S) |
| STAT 684 | Risk Assessment
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| SOCI 367 | Environmental Sociology |
Management and Policy| CEVE 322 | Engineering Economics and Management (S) |
| ECON 480 | Environmental Economics for Engineers (S) |
| CEVE 406 | Introduction to Environmental Law (S) |
| MGMT 636 | Systems Analysis and Database Design |
| MGMT 661 | International Business Law (S) |
| MGMT 674 | Production and Operations Management (F) |
| MGMT 676 | Project Management / Project Finance (S) |
| MGMT 721 | General Business Law (S) |
| NSCI 625 | New Venture Creation in Science and Engineering (S) |
STAT 312
| Probability & Statistics in Civil and Environmental Engineering
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| SOCI 367 | Environmental Sociology (F) |
Biological Sciences| BIOS 322 | Global Ecosystem Dynamics (S) |
| BIOS 325 | Ecology (S) |
| BIOS 424 | Microbiology and Biotechnology (S) |
| BIOS 425 | Plant Molecular Biology (F) |
| CEVE 536 | Environmental Biotechnology (S) |
| ESCI 468 | Climate Change and Human Civilization (S) |
Chemistry| CENG 630 | Chemical Engineering of Nanostructured Materials (S) |
| CEVE 511 | Atmospheric Processes
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| CEVE 550 | Environmental Organic Chemistry (S) |
| ESCI 353 | Environmental Geochemistry (S) |
Fluid Dynamics and Transport
| CENG 571 | Flow & Transport in Porous Media I (S) |
| CENG 671 | Flow & Transport in Porous Media II (F) |
| CEVE 454 | Finite Element Methods in Fluid Mechanics (F) |
| MECH 371 | Fluid Mechanics I (F) |
| MECH 372 | Fluid Mechanics II (S) |
EngineeringCEVE 505
| Engineering Project Management
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CEVE 511
| Atmospheric Processes
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| CEVE 434 | Chemical Transport and Fate in the Environment (F) |
| CEVE 530 | Concrete Building Design |
| CEVE 640 | Advanced Topics in Environmental Engineering (F) |
Advanced Computation
| CAAM 378 | Introduction to Operations Research and Optimization (F) |
| CAAM 420 | Computational Science I (F) |
| CAAM 452 | Computational Methods for Differential Equations (S) |
| CAAM 454 | Optimization Problems in Computational Engineering and Science (S) |
| CAAM 551 | Numerical Linear Algebra (F) |
| CAAM 563 | Engineering Approach to Mathematical Programming (F) |
| CEVE 554 | Finite Element Methods in Fluid Mechanics (F, S) |
| CEVE 679 | Applied Monte Carlo Analysis (F) |
| COMP 361 | Visual Methods for Science and Engineering |
| ESCI 441 | Geophysical Data Analysis (F) |
| ESCI 454 | Geographic Information Systems (F) |
| MECH 343 | Modeling of Dynamic Systems (F) |
| MECH 517 | Finite Element Analysis (S) |
| MECH 420 | Feedback Control of Dynamical Systems (F) |
| STAT 421 | Computational Finance : Time Series
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| STAT 422 | Bayesian Data Analysis (S) |
| STAT 431 | Mathematical Statistics (F) |
STAT 486
| Computational Finance: Market Models
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| STAT 540 | Practicum in Statistical Modeling (S) |
| STAT 541 | Multivariate Analysis (S) |
| STAT 553 | Biostatistics (S) |
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