| The Curriculum
This is a twelve-month program: students begin
study as a cohort in the fall semester and attend classes full-time in the fall and spring and complete a seminar and internship over the summer.
To provide a common set of skills and a shared professional
working knowledge, there is a significant component of core
courses.
All students in the program take part in the core courses.
Electives are chosen in consultation with an academic adviser.
All students participate in the Summer Seminar and have a
choice between a local internship and a thesis.
Sequence
of Course of Study
Each course carries 3 points, unless otherwise noted. |
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| Fall Semester |
Spring
Semester |
Summer
Semester |
Dynamics of climate
variability and change
EESC 4400
(3 credits)
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Regional dynamics,
climate, and climate impacts
EESC W4404
(3 credits)
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Research or Policy
Internship (chosen by student) |
Quantitative
models of
climate-sensitive natural
and human systems
EESC W4401x
(4 credits) |
Social Science elective
#1
General elective
#2
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or
Thesis Report |
Managing and Adapting to Climate
EESC W4403
(3 credits)
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General elective
#3
General Elective #4 |
and
Summer Seminar (for all students) |
General Elective #1 |
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| 13 points |
15 points |
6 points |
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Students in the MA Climate and Society Program must complete a total of 34 credits; 19 credits from the core courses; 6 credits from the summer internship or research; and 15 credits from electives (3 of those credits must qualify as social science credits). All courses must be taken at the 4000 level or above. Students will complete one residence unit in the fall, one residence unit in the spring and half of a residence unit in the summer. During the program students must maintain a 3.0 GPA to graduate.
Students have a wide variety of electives from which to choose;
below are just a few. After consulting with the faculty adviser,
each student selects one social science elective in the fall
semester and three electives from any relevant discipline
in the spring semester.
Note: the following electives are not offered every semester, nor is this a comprehensive list of available electives for the M.A. Program.
Anthropology W022
Political Ecology
Architecture A4684
Sustainable Design
Business Economics B8299
Seminar in Business Economics
Climate Change Law L6038
Climate Change Law
Economics W4625
Economics of the Environment
Economics U6230
Economics of Sustainable Development
Earth and Environmental Engineering
E4002
Alternative Energy Resources
Earth and Environmental Engineering
W4100
Management and Development of Water Systems
Earth and Environmental Engineering
E6240
Physical Hydrology
Earth and Environmental and Environmental Engineering E4009
GIS - Resources, Environment, and Insfrastructure Management
Earth and Environmental Sciences W2330
Environmental Science for Sustainable Development
Earth and Environmental Sciences W4008
Introduction to Atmospheric Science
Earth and Environmental Sciences W4925
Principles of Physical Oceanography
Earth and Environmental Engineering E6212
Carbon Sequestration
Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental
Biology G4127
Disease Ecology and Conservation
Environmental Health Sciences P9317
Case Studies in Risk Assessment and Environmental Policy
Environmental Health Sciences P8304
Public Health Impacts of Climate Change
Environmental Policy U6260
Climate Change in Africa
International Affairs U6242
Energy Policy
International Affairs U6243
International Relations of the Environment
International Affairs U6042
Energy, Business, and Economic Development
International Affairs U6405
Human Rights and Development Policy
International Affairs W3300
Challenges of Sustainable Development
International Affairs U8537
Climate Change Policy
Psychology W4285
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Human Decision Making
Public Affairs U8232
Seminar in Urban Politics
Sustainable Development U6235
Climate Change, Human Rights, and Development
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