The Environmental Policy and Management specialization provides students with the opportunity to acquire the tools, methodologies, interdisciplinary perspectives, and substantive topical knowledge necessary to be successful analysts, managers, and leaders in public, nonprofit, and private organizations that cover a broad spectrum of environmental and natural resources issues.
Particular methodological strengths of the specialization are in policy analysis, environmental economics, the role of scientific knowledge in decision-making, and the design and management of governance systems. Topical areas vary from year to year but often include water resources, environmental risk and health, natural resources, air and water pollution, and climate and energy policy. PUBPOL 590 Environmental Policy is the suggested base course, but is not required for taking the other, more specialized courses.
Sample courses in this specialization area include:
- Communicating Climate Change (PUBPOL 582)
- Risk Assessment for Environmental Health Hazards (PUBPOL 589)
- Environmental Policy (PUBPOL 590)
- Resource Policy and Administration (PUBPOL 592)
- Climate Change and Energy Policy (PUBPOL 593)
- Economic Approaches to Environmental Management (PUBPOL 594)
- Environmental Decision Analysis (PUBPOL 597)
- GIS and Public Policy (PUBPOL 599)