Degree Requirements

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
ENV 401	INTRODUCTION TO URBAN BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT	4
ENV 402	URBAN ECOLOGY	4
ENV 403	ECOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS WITH R	4
ENV 404	APPLIED ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICUM	4
ENV 506	SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE: ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITS, HUMAN NEEDS, & SYSTEMS THINKING	4

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
ENV 405	INTERNSHIP	4
ENV 406	INDEPENDENT PROJECT	4

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
ENV 407	RESEARCH FOR MASTER THESIS	4
ENV 450	THESIS RESEARCH (take twice)	4

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Select 4 courses for Professional track, 3 courses for Thesis track:		12-16
ENV 400	PLANT IDENTIFICATION
ENV 410	ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL SCIENCE
ENV 415	PLANT ECOLOGY
ENV 420	CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
ENV 425	ANIMAL DIVERSITY
ENV 422	ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY
ENV 441	URBAN FORESTS AS SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Select two of the following:		8
BIO 415	TOPICS IN ECOLOGY
BIO 417	AQUATIC BIOLOGY
BIO 420	ADVANCED MICROBIOLOGY
BIO 421	MOLECULAR METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
BIO 432	POPULATION ECOLOGY
BIO 435	CONCEPTS IN EVOLUTION
BIO 445	TOPICS IN PALEOBIOLOGY
BIO 489	RESEARCH IN FIELD BIOLOGY
ENV 490	SPECIAL TOPICS
ENV 499	INDEPENDENT STUDY
GEO 440	PLACES, HUMANITIES AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
GEO 441	GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
GEO 442	GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT
GEO 445	PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON FOR GIS
GEO 446	GIS ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
GEO 447	WEB GIS AND SPATIAL DATA VISUALIZATION ON THE WEB
GEO 491	STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS FOR GIS
SUD 402	SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT II: APPLIED ANALYSIS OF URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
WRD 526	GRANT AND PROPOSAL WRITING

Students must take GEO 441 or document a comparable competency in Geographical Information Systems.