Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 30
Required Courses:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Course | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
BIOL 5052 | Fundamentals of Sustainability Science and Environmental Justice | |
EES 5052 | Fundamentals of Sustainability Science and Environmental Justice | |
GUS 5052 | Fundamentals of Sustainability Science and Environmental Justice | |
| Communications Requirement | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
BIOL 5522 | Introduction to Scientific and Regulatory Writing | |
BIOL 5533 | Communicating Science to a Broader Audience / Non-Scientists | |
BIOL 5441 | Broader Impacts: The Art of Scientific Communication | |
| Ethics Requirement | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
BIOL 5505 | Ethics Regulation and Policy in Biotechnology | |
GUS 8069 | GIS Ethics and Professional Practice | |
GUS 8113 | Community-Based Research | |
| Methods Requirement | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
BIOL 5312 | Biostatistics | |
EES 5011 | Remote Sensing and GIS | |
EES 5401 | Analytical Methods in Mineralogy | |
GUS 5062 | Fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems | |
GUS 5033 | Urban Analytics | |
GUS 5063 | Remote Sensing | |
GUS 5066 | Environmental Applications of GIS | |
GUS 5096 | Field Methods in Environmental Justice | |
GUS 5161 | Statistics for Urban Spatial Analysis | |
GUS 5162 | Advanced Statistics for Urban Applications | |
GUS 5165 | Community Based Program Evaluation | |
| Policy Requirement | ||
| GUS 5028 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 3 |
| Capstone | ||
| Select one of the following: | 1-3 | |
EES 9995 | Capstone Project | |
BIOL 9995 | Capstone Project | |
GUS 9187 | GIS Capstone | |
GUS 9188 | Sustainability Capstone | |
| Electives | ||
| Students must select at least 11-12 credits in their concentration to bring the overall total for the program to 30 credits. Electives below fit into one or more of the 5 concentrations, as indicated by the following: ES: Energy Systems and Natural Resources; BC: Biodiversity and Conservation; GT: Geospatial Technologies; US: Urban Sustainability; CJ: Climate Justice | 11-12 | |
BIOL 5323 | Global Change Science: Analytics with R (BC, ES) | |
BIOL 5335 | Polar Biology - Life at the Extremes (BC) | |
BIOL 5275 | Ecology of Invasive Species (BC) | |
BIOL 5307 | Conservation Biology (BC) | |
BIOL 5389 | Field Research in Community Ecology (BC) | |
BIOL 5416 | Tropical Marine Biology: Belize (BC) | |
EES 5011 | Remote Sensing and GIS (CJ, GT) | |
EES 5042 | Coastal Processes (US) | |
EES 5401 | Analytical Methods in Mineralogy (ES) | |
EES 5015 | Drone Short Course (ES) | |
EES 5101 | Structural Geology (Graduate) (ES) | |
EES 5406 | Nanoscience and the Environment (US, ES) | |
EES 5434 | Ecohydrology (BC, ES, US) | |
EES 5454 | Introduction to Geophysics (ES) | |
EES 5506 | Observing and Modeling Climate Change (CJ) | |
EES 5725 | Soils and Paleosols (ES) | |
EES 5801 | Quantitative Structural Geo (ES) | |
GUS 5031 | GIS Programming (GT) | |
GUS 5033 | Urban Analytics (US, GT) | |
GUS 5041 | Sustainable Natural-Human Systems (BC, ES) | |
GUS 5042 | Climate Change and Security (CJ) | |
GUS 5051 | Environmental Hazards and Disasters (CJ) | |
GUS 5056 | Political Ecology (CJ) | |
GUS 5062 | Fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems (GT) | |
GUS 5063 | Remote Sensing (GT, CJ) | |
GUS 5066 | Environmental Applications of GIS (GT) | |
GUS 5068 | Census Analysis with Geographical Information Systems (GT) | |
GUS 5072 | Advanced Remote Sensing (GT, CJ) | |
GUS 5073 | Geovisualization (ES, GT) | |
GUS 5096 | Field Methods in Environmental Justice (CJ) | |
GUS 5097 | Race, Class, Gender in Cities (US) | |
GUS 5161 | Statistics for Urban Spatial Analysis (GT, CJ, US) | |
GUS 5162 | Advanced Statistics for Urban Applications (US, GT) | |
GUS 5165 | Community Based Program Evaluation (CJ) | |
GUS 5304 | Food Studies (CJ, US) | |
GUS 8016 | Public Policy for Urban Regions (US) | |
GUS 8055 | Sustainable Cities (US) | |
GUS 5006 | Sustainable Infrastructures: Theory, Practice and Application (US) | |
GUS 5221 | Land System Science (BC, ES) | |
GUS 5054 | Energy, Resources and Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach (ES, CJ) | |
GUS 5045 | Urban Public Spaces (US) | |
GUS 5023 | Police, Prisons and Pollution (CJ) | |
GUS 5006 | Sustainable Infrastructures: Theory, Practice and Application (CJ) | |
EES 5343 | Environmental Sensors (US, ES) | |
EES 5234 | Energy and Environment (ES) | |
BIOL 5045 | Marine Ecology (BC) | |
BIOL 5041 | Invertebrate Biology (BC) | |
BIOL 5028 | Ornithology (BC) | |
BIOL 5027 | Principles of Ecology (BC) | |
GUS 5022 | Climate Justice (CJ, US, ES) | |