Master of Environmental Studies (MES)

Application and acceptance to the program is required for core classes and thesis. Special students may take elective courses. Upper division undergraduate students may take elective courses with faculty permission. All course descriptions and times are subject to change.

Looking for Undergraduate Environmental Studies offerings?

1st Year Core
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
graduate Conceptualizing Our Regional Environment (gCORE)

Kevin Francis, Dina Roberts and Erin Martin

  GR 8 6-10p Tue/Thu F 13
Ecological and Social Sustainability

Kevin Francis, Ted Whitesell and Erin Martin

  GR 8 6-10p Tue/Thu W 14
Research Design and Quantitative Methods

Carri LeRoy, Gregory Stewart and Kevin Francis

  GR 8 6-10p Tue/Thu S 14
2nd Year Core
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Case Studies and Thesis Design

Carri LeRoy and Ted Whitesell

  GR 8 6-10p Tue/Thu F 13
MES Thesis

Martha Henderson, Zoltan Grossman, Ralph Murphy, Jean MacGregor, Dina Roberts, Carri LeRoy, Ted Whitesell, Kevin Francis and Erin Martin

Signature Required: Winter Spring 

  GR 8 6-8p every other Tue (Jan 14 & 28, Feb 11 & 25, Mar 11, Apr 15 & 29, May 13 & 27) W 14 S 14
Electives
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Climate Change, Greenhouse Gasses, and Our Environment: A World Reinvented

Paul Pickett

  GR 4 6-10pm Mon. No class Nov 11 and Nov 25 due to holidays. Special session for student presentations on Dec 16. F 13
Conserving and Restoring Biodiversity

Timothy Quinn

  GR 4 6-10p Wed F 13
Fall 2013 Approved MPA Courses for MES Students

Various MPA Faculty Members

  GR 4 Evening and Weekend F 13
Fire Science and Society

Richard Bigley and Sarah Hamman

  GR 4 6-10p Mon F 13
MES Individual Learning Contract

Various MES Faculty

  GR 2, 4 F 13 W 14 S 14 Su 14
MES Internship

Various MES Faculty

  GR 2, 4 F 13 W 14 S 14 Su 14
Natural Disaster Management

Martha Henderson

  GR 4 6-10p Wed F 13
Advanced GIS

Gregory Stewart

  GR 4 6-10p Wed W 14
Contemporary Challenges to Building a Clean Energy Future

Alan Hardcastle and Anthony Usibelli

  GR 4 6-10p  Wed W 14
Environmental Education

Jean MacGregor

  GR 4 6-10p Mon W 14
Freshwater Ecology

Carri LeRoy

  GR 4 6-10p Mon W 14
Winter 2014 Approved MPA Courses for MES Students

Various MPA Faculty Members

  GR 4 Evening and Weekend W 14
Applied Wildlife Ecology and Policy: Science for the 21st Century and the Era of Global Change

Dina Roberts and Marc Hayes

  GR 4 6-10p Wed S 14
Environmental Advocacy

Ted Whitesell

  GR 4 6-10p Wed S 14
The Global Carbon Cycle

Erin Martin

  GR 4 6-10p Mon S 14
Spring 2014 Approved MPA Courses for MES Students

Various MPA Faculty Members

  GR 4 Evening and Weekend S 14
Climate Change and Sustainability in the Fiji Islands

Brittany Gallagher

climate change environmental studies geography study abroad 

  JR - GR 2, 4 Sun, Aug 3 - Wed, Aug 20, 2014 (18 days including travel/16 days in Fiji) Su 14
Environmental Education

Jean MacGregor

environmental studies 

  JR - GR 4  6-10p Tue/Thu (June 24 - July 24) Su 14
Global Water

Paul Pickett

community studies environmental studies political economy 

  FR - GR 2, 4 5:30-9:30p Wed (June 25 - July 23) Su 14
Research Design and Qualitative Methods

Martha Henderson

environmental studies 

  JR - GR 4 5-9p Tue/Thu (July 29 - August 28) Su 14
Summer 2014 Approved MPA Courses for MES Students

Various MPA Faculty Members

  GR 4 Evening and Weekend Su 14