- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.
Core Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Seminars | ||
| PPUA 6101 | Environmental Science and Policy Seminar 1 | 4 |
| ENVR 6102 | Environmental Science and Policy Seminar 2 | 4 |
| Skills Courses | ||
| Complete 2 courses from the following. At least one course needs to be taken from the College of Science Skills Course List and one course from the College of Social Sciences and Humanities Skills Course List. | 8 | |
| College of Science Skills Course List | ||
| Population Dynamics | ||
| Experimental Design Marine Ecology | ||
| Climate and Atmospheric Change | ||
| Environmental Planning | ||
| Geographical Information Systems | ||
| Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling | ||
| Biostatistics | ||
| College of Social Sciences and Humanities Skills Course List | ||
| Introduction to Computational Statistics | ||
| Research Methods in the Social Sciences | ||
| Quantitative Analysis | ||
| Strategizing Public Policy | ||
| Ecological Economics | ||
| Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making | ||
| Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy | ||
| Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Project Management | ||
| Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Grant Writing | ||
| Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning | ||
| Public Budgeting and Financial Management | ||
| Techniques of Policy Analysis | ||
| Techniques of Program Evaluation | ||
| Institutions and Public Policy | ||
| Advanced Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems | ||
Electives
Complete five courses from the following list. At least one course must be taken from the College of Science Elective Course List and one course from the College of Social Sciences and Humanities Elective Course List. Any skills course not taken to fulfill the skills courses requirement can be taken as an elective. Students may petition to enroll in other relevant graduate courses offered by other schools at Northeastern University.
College of Science Elective List
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| EEMB 5130 - EEMB 8984 | ||
| ENVR 5115 - ENVR 6900 | ||
College of Social Sciences and Humanities Elective List
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Information Design and Visual Analytics | ||
| Climate and Development | ||
| Strategizing Public Policy | ||
| Cities, Sustainability, and Climate Change | ||
| Environmental Health | ||
| Global Health | ||
| Environment, Health, and Society | ||
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
36 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required