Environmental Science and Policy
Environmental Management Concentration (EVMG) –Fall 2012 & beyond
Master of Science
Student: ______________________ G# ________________ Admitted ___________
The environmental management concentration combines the managerial and administrative skills developed in a traditional
master of public administration degree program with the scientific knowledge and understanding normally found in a
Master of Science degree.
1. Core courses (18-19 credit hours)
Semester
Course #
Course Name
EVPP 638 - Corporate Environmental Management and Policy
EVPP 641 - Environmental Science and Public Policy
EVPP 642 - Environmental Policy
PUAD 502 - Administration in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
PUAD 540 - Public Policy Process
**
One of the methods courses below
Credits
3
3
3
3
3
3-4
** one of the following methods courses: PUAD 511 - Problem Solving and Data Analysis I (3); EVPP 650 - Environmental Analysis and
Modeling (4); GGS 550 - Geospatial Science Fundamentals (3); GGS 553 - Geographic Information System (3); GGS 579 - Remote
Sensing (3); SOCI 636 - Statistical Reasoning (3)
2. Environmental Law (3 credit hours) – one of the following
EVPP 670 - Environmental Law
or
CEIE 556 - Environmental Law
or
PRLS 501 - Introduction to Natural Resources Law
3
3. Field Ecology (4 credit hours) one of the options below
EVPP 550 - Waterscape Ecology and Management
EVPP 555 - Lab in Waterscape Ecology
or
EVPP 646 - Wetland Ecology and Management
EVPP 647 - Wetland Ecology Lab and Field
3
1
or
other approved 4 credit field ecology course
4. Capstone (3 credit hours)
EVPP 677 - Applied Ecology and Ecosystem Management.
3
5. Electives (9 credit hours – or more to complete 37 credits)
TOTAL
3
3
3
37
Graduate Program Director’s Approval __________________________________________________________Date_______________________
Students may choose 9 credits (or more) to complete 37 credits from the following list of approved electives: EVPP 607 - Fundamentals of Ecology (3) (is
required for those students without previous course work in ecology); EVPP 524 - Introduction to Environmental and Resource Economics (3) ; EVPP 525 Economics of Human/Environment Interactions Credits: 3; EVPP 550 - Waterscape Ecology and Management Credits: 3; EVPP 620 - Development of U.S.
Environmental Policies (3); EVPP 621 - Overview of Biodiversity Conservation (3); EVPP 622 - Management of Wild Living Resources (3); EVPP 626 Environment and Development in Asia (3); EVPP 627 - Environmental Policy in Latin America (3); EVPP 628 - Environment and Development in Africa (3);
EVPP 630 - Methods and Logic of Social Inquiry (3); EVPP 635 - Environment and Society (3); EVPP 638 - Corporate Environmental Management and
Policy (3); EVPP 646 - Wetland Ecology and Management (3); EVPP 650 - Environmental Analysis and Modeling (3); EVPP 675 - Environmental Planning
and Administration (3); CLIM 690 - Scientific Basis of Climate Change Credits: 3; GGS 550 - Geospatial Science Fundamentals (3) (only if not taken as part
of the core courses above); PUAD 509 - Justice Organizations and Processes (3); PUAD 615 - Administrative Law (3); PUAD 622 - Program Planning and
Implementation (3); PUAD 645 - Policy Analysis (3); PUAD 646 - Program Evaluation (3); PUAD 657 - Association Management (3); PUAD 729 - Issues in
Public Management (3); MBA 623 - Marketing Management (0-3); MBA 712 - Project Management (0-3); MBA 724 - Marketing Communications (0-3); MBA
725 - Leadership (0-3) For additional courses, please refer to the website at http://esp.gmu.edu/academic-programs/graduate/courses/ for a complete list of all
graduate courses.