NC State University
Masters of Environmental Assessment
Certificate in Environmental Assessment
New Student Orientation
July 2015
Environmental Assessment Online
Link to recorded version (must be a current student to hear)
• Agenda
– Welcome
– Introductions of Faculty and Staff
– Program Statistics
• Number of Students (new & continuing)
– NC State Policies and Procedures (Sarah Slover)
• Advising
• Enrollment
• Administrative Issues (LOA, Add/Drop, Deadlines)
– Program Requirements (Catherine LePrevost)
• Required courses
• Electives
• Professional Project (Barry Goldfarb)
– Distance Education Technology (Catherine LePrevost)
• Learning Management Systems
– Library Resources (Natural Resources Library)
– Question and Answers
Faculty
Dr. Harry Daniels
Linda Taylor
Dr. Damian Shea
Dr. Waverly Kallestad
Dr. Catherine LePrevost
Dr. Barry Goldfarb
Dr. Elizabeth Nichols
Dr. Stephen Graham
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• Other Faculty
– Dr Stacy Supak(GIS 510)
– Dr. Lada Kochtcheeva (PS 536)
• Staff
– Sarah Slover- Graduate Program Coordinator
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Fall 2015 Enrollment
Continuing Masters Students……………….30
Continuing Certificate Students……………..2
New Masters Students…………………………..5
New Certificate Students..……….…………….3
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– Administrative Details
• Registration, MyPackPortal
• NCSU ID card – See “Sign me up” at
https://services.jsatech.com/index.php?cid=45
• Emails
• Academic Responsibilities
• Technology Requirements
(http://ea.cals.ncsu.edu/online-graduateprograms/master-of-environmentalassessment/#MasterTech)
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– Administrative Details, continued
• Last day to add a class online: August 25 (after that,
you need instructor permission)
• Last day to drop online: October 16 . If it is your
last/only class, you must go through the Counseling
Center (http://counseling.dasa.ncsu.edu/forms/)
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– Program Requirements
• Required Courses
• Electives
• Professional Project
– Advising Questions
Required Courses
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EA 590- Environmental Stressors (Fall)
EA 502- Environmental Risk Assessment (Spring)
EA 503- Environmental Exposure Assessment (Fall)
EA 504- Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Sum
10 weeks)
• PS 536- Global Environmental Law and Policy (Sum
weeks) OR EA 590 – Environmental Assessment Law
and Policy (Spring)
• GIS 510- Introduction to Geographic Information
Systems (Fall, Spring, Summer?)
Electives
• Environmental Assessment Electives
– Advanced Risk Assessment
– New Courses added in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016
• Bio and Ag Engineering (BAE)
– Design of Stormwater BMP
– Watershed Monitoring and Assessment
• GIS
– Surface Water Hydrology with GIS
– Advanced Geospatial Analytics
• Business, Communications, Project Management, Statistics
• For a complete list, see http://ea.cals.ncsu.edu/onlinecourses/
Choosing courses
Courses required as part of
your graduate program
Elective courses related to
your graduate program
Other electives
Rules of the road
• Maintain a 3.0 GPA
• Complete your degree within allowed years –
4 for Certificate, 6 for Masters (beginning with the date of
the first class you intend to have count toward completion of degree
requirements)
• Masters: maintain continuous enrollment - at
least 1 credit every semester (except in
summer)
• Masters: complete your Plan of Work (more
information coming later, but generally around the time you have or are
completing 18-21 hours of coursework)
EA 665 Professional Project
Masters only
• Original student work
• Capstone work involving analysis and/or
synthesis
• Can collect data or use existing data, including
employer data or faculty data
• Work products can take many forms, but all will
include a professional presentation and final
paper
• Link to Professional Project Guidelines here
• Examples of previous projects
Professional Project, continued
• Taken in your last semester(s)
– requires permission of the instructors, Linda
Taylor/Barry Goldfarb
• Project Advisor may be any EA faculty member
• 6 units, typical sequence:
– 1st semester, 2 credits—complete a study plan
• Link to project identification, development and planning
here
– 2nd semester, 4 credits—complete the project
Resource Links
• Log In to Moodle (wolfware.ncsu.edu/login/)
• Public Website (ea.cals.ncsu.edu)
• NCSU Distance Education Virtual Orientation
(http://distance.ncsu.edu/studentservices/virtual-orientation.php)
• Blackboard Collaborate Orientation
(delta.ncsu.edu/knowledgebase/blackboardcollaborate-participant-orientation/)
• LinkedIn- NCSU Masters of Environmental
Assessment (www.linkedin.com)