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 science core hours, nine required cohort hours (which includes the internship) and 21 credit hours of program track elective courses.
The Environmental Analysis and Decision Making degree requires a total of 39 credit hours, not including the internship:
| Science Core Courses 9 hours |
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| Cohort Courses 9 hours |
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| Elective Courses 21 hours |
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| Total 39 hours |
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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:
Cohort Courses:
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.
Program Track Electives
Students will choose 21 credit hours elective courses from the following three focus areas and satisfying the following requirements:
- one course (3 credits) from each of EBIO, CEVE and STAT i.e. total of 9 credits
- one course (3 credits) from the Management and Policy focus area,
- three courses (9 credits) from one focus area
Recommended courses include, but are not limited to, the following:
Environmental Sustainability
CEVE 307
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Energy and the Environment
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CEVE 401
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Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science
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CEVE 412
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Hydrology and Watershed Analysis |
CEVE 415
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Water Resources Engineering and Planning |
CEVE 502
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Sustainable Design
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CEVE 511
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Atmospheric Processes |
CEVE 512
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Hydrologic Design Lab |
CEVE 534
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Fate and Transport of Contaminants in the Environment |
CEVE 536
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Environmental Biotechnology and Bioremediation |
CEVE 550
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Environmental Organic Chemistry |
EBIO 323
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Conservation Biology |
EBIO 325
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Ecology
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EBIO 336
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Plant Diversity
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EBIO 563
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Current Topics in Ecology
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| EBIO 568 |
Current Topics in Conservation Biology
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EBIO 569
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Core course in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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ESCI 340
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Global Bio-geo-chemical Cycles |
ESCI 424
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Earth Science and the Environment |
ESCI 450
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Remote Sensing
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ESCI 454
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Geographic Information Science |
STAT 684
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Environmental Risk Assessment and Human Health |
Management and Policy
CEVE 406
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Introduction to Environmental Law
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CEVE 505
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Engineering Project Development and Management
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CEVE 506
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Global Environmental Law and Sustainable Development
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CEVE 528
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Engineering Economics
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CEVE 529
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Ethics and Engineering Leadership
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ESCI 417
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Petroleum Industry Economics and Management
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ECON 437
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Energy Economics
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ECON 480
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Environmental Economics
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MGMT 609
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Managing in an Energy Constrained World
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MGMT 610
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Fundamentals of the Energy Industry
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| MGMT 661 |
International Business Law
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| MGMT 674 |
Production and Operations Management
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| MGMT 676 |
Project Management / Project Finance
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| MGMT 721 |
General Business Law
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| SOCI 367 |
Environmental Sociology
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Quantitative Decision Making
| EBIO 338 |
Design and Analysis of Biological Experiments
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CEVE 313
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Uncertainty and Risk in Urban Infrastructures
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CEVE 528
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Engineering Economics
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ESCI 450
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Remote Sensing
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| ECON 480 |
Environmental Economics
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STAT 312
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Probability and Statistics for Civil and Environmental Engineers |
STAT 405*
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Statistical Computing and Graphics
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STAT 410
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Introduction to Regression and Statistical Computing
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STAT 553
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Biostatistics |
STAT 606*
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SAS Statistical Programming
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STAT 684
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Environmental Risk Assessment and Human Health
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| NSCI 454 |
Geographic Information Science |
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* Only one of these courses may be counted toward the degrees
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NOTE: Each of these courses is not offered every year, and some courses may have pre-requisites that require instructor permission.
Samples of Course Descriptions
Last updated 1/2013 by DBeck