Environmental Management Graduate Program
Courses
The Master of Science in Environmental Management consists of 13 courses (2 units each) and a Master's Project (4 units) for a total of 30 units. Although all course selection is elective and no course is required, some courses are recommended and completed by most Environmental Management students - including Ecoscience, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Risk Assessment and Environmental Risk Management.
The number of course offerings expands each year, as the interests of students and faculty evolve. Students select courses and design their Master's Project in consultation with a faculty advisor. Each student develops a program of study that best builds the skills, knowledge and expertise that the student desires for personal, intellectual and professional development.
Graduate Courses
Air Quality Assessment and Management
Air quality criteria, standards and regulatory policy relating to air pollutants.
Applied Ecology
Application of ecological principles to environmental management issues, including natural disturbance regimes, watershed management, and rare species.
Climate Change: Global Processes and Ecological Perspectives
Overview of atmospheric and oceanic processes that regulate climate, methods for reconstructing past climates, and potential climate change impacts on the biosphere.
Climate Change Mitigation
Survey methods, international to sub-national policies, and non-governmental and private sector efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions.
Ecoscience
Introduction to the principles of ecology, both in a basic sense and in their application to management issues, from species distributions to ecosystem dynamics.
Energy Resources and the Environment
Examination of present and future energy trends from national and global perspectives, including fossil fuels, renewable energy sources, electricity supplies and global change.
Engineering Aspects of Hazardous Waste Management
Physical, chemical and biological control technologies of solid and hazardous waste generation, transport and siting.
Environmental Accounting
Introduction to both financial and managerial accounting concepts with an emphasis on the incorporation of environmental issues into accounting.
Environmental Chemistry
The chemistry of selected environmental processes essential to the environmental manager.
Environmental Economics
General principles of economics applied to environmental management, with a focus on cost-benefit analysis applied in the evaluation of sustained growth and development.
Environmental Engineering I - Pollutant Fate and Transport in Surface Water and Air
Engineering principles used to examine and understand pollutant transport in surface water and the atmosphere.
Environmental Engineering II - Contaminant Transport in Groundwater
Engineering principles used to examine and understand pollutant transport in groundwater.
Environmental Health and Epidemiology
Overview of fundamental issues involved in environmental health and epidemiology.
Environmental Law
Examination of state and federal laws dealing with impacts on the environment and human health, including legal theory and case applications.
Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
A critical analysis of values and traditions of environmental thought and their relationship to environmental policy and ethical systems.
Environmental Policy Design and Implementation
An examination of the technical, political, economic, legal, and social bases for designing and implementing environmental policies.
Environmental Risk Assessment
Introduction to environmental and health risk analysis, including case studies from California, the U.S., and throughout the world.
Environmental Risk Management
Application of risk analysis, data for risk management and decision making, and problem solving by environmental process management.
Environmental Toxicology
Fundamentals of environmental toxicology focusing on the properties of toxic substances and their disposition, metabolism, fate, and environmental impacts.
GIS for Environmental Science
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), including basic concepts, principles, and applications of GIS and their use in natural resource management.
Industrial Ecology and Sustainability
Analysis of material and energy flows in industrial and ecological systems as a basis for enhancing eco-efficiency and sustainability practices.
Market-Based Environmental Policy
Survey of environmental management policies that use the incentive structure of our market economy, including taxes, subsidies, and tradable emissions permits.
Modeling and Environmental Planning
General principles for using and critiquing models in environmental planning and policy-making, including the use of uncertainty and sensitivity analyses.
Restoration Ecology
Overview of concepts and practices in restoration ecology, emphasizing application of ecological principles in restoration design, implementation, and monitoring.
Riparian Ecology
Physical factors controlling riparian ecosystems, critical biological processes, and an overview of regulatory issues for these ecosystems.
Special Topics
New courses are added to the program regularly to keep abreast of current environmental issues and to provide the flexibility in offering specialty courses to meet students' needs.
Water Quality Assessment and Management
Water quality criteria and standards, water and wastewater technology and principles of design and operation.
Wetland Ecology
Overview of wetland ecosystems, including physical and biological components of wetlands, wetland types from around the world, and wetland management policies.
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Schedule of Classes
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The Master's Project
The Master's Project serves as a capstone to the program. It encourages students to research and synthesize a large body of information on a specific topic. Students critically evaluate and integrate available knowledge on an environmental management issue in their area of interest. They develop skills in presenting findings in a conference-type setting as well as in a written document.
Each student designs and develops their Master's Project in consultation with their advisor. Students also meet in small groups, by arrangement, to discuss the progress of their Master's Project and to consider issues related to manuscript preparation. An end-of-project oral presentation may be required.
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