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Environmental Management Program

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UMUC’s Environmental Management Program has been designated a Professional Science Master’s Degree Program through the Council of Graduate Schools.

 

Program Description

The Master of Science in Environmental Management is designed to provide the skills, knowledge, and competencies that students need to function effectively in multiple environmental management settings. The courses are interrelated and provide a solid conceptual and applied foundation in environmental management.

This program provides the student with the skills to manage multi-disciplinary programs and projects dealing with the management of waste materials, pollution prevention activities associated with water, air, and soil, and the developing and implementation of effective environmental management systems. In addition, the specialization focuses on identifying options for effectively managing land and water resources for the benefit of all society.

Program Overview

The degree program requires 36 credits and consists of twelve courses.

Requirements

Program Rules

ENVM 648 and ENVM 646 must be taken within the first 9 credits of study.

Recommendations

1. Students who wish to improve their graduate writing skills may take COMM 600, Academic Writing for Graduate Students (3).
2. Students should have a minimum of one undergraduate course each in chemistry and biology from an accredited university or college.

Required Courses

• ENVM 648 Fundamentals of Environmental Systems (3)
• ENVM 646 Environmental/Energy Law and Policy Development (3)
• ENVM 641 Environmental Auditing (3)
• ENVM 643 Environmental Communications and Reporting (3)
• ENVM 647 Environmental Risk Assessment (3)
• ENVM 649 Principles of Waste Management and Pollution Control (3)
• ENVM 644 New Technologies in Environmental Management (3)
• ENVM 650 Land and Water Resource Management (3)
• ENVM 651 Watershed Planning Management (3)
• ENVM 652 Principles of Air Quality Management (3)
• ENVM 653 Land Use Management (3)

Capstone Course: ENVM 670 Seminar in Environmental Management (3)

Note: Some course names and numbers were updated beginning with the fall 2007 semester. If you began the program prior to fall 2007 and have chosen to follow your original, pre-fall 2007 requirements, you should use the pre-fall 2007 Study Plan for this degree.