Master of Arts in International Relations
& Environmental Policy

This program, a joint effort between CEES and the International Relations Department (IR), offers students an opportunity to combine study in international relations and environmental science. Students divide their coursework between IR and CEES.

Please note that admission into this program requires separate admissions decisions by IR and CEES. Students who are admitted by one department and not the other have the option to pursue the one-year MA degree in the department into which they were admitted.

Degree Requirements: Students in the IREP program must complete 48 credits, or 12 courses. They must fulfill the (1) core requirements for the one-year MA in International Relations (12 credits); (2) certain CEES core courses (16 credits); (3) two approved elective CEES courses (8 credits); (4) two approved IR electives (8 credits); and (5) a choice of an IR or CEES elective for the final 4 credits.

IR core course requirements: Please visit IR's website to see a comprehensive list of available core classes. Note that IREP students must take at least three of these classes.

CEES core course requirements: Students are required to take CAS IR/GE 594 and three others:

• CAS GE 504 International Resources and Environmental Issues and Management (required course)
• CAS GE 510 Physical Principles of the Environment
• CAS GE 511 Ecological Economics
• CAS GE 550 Modeling Social and Environmental Systems
• GRS 703 Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis

CEES elective courses: Students are required to complete two approved elective courses from the CEES course offering.

IR elective courses: Please visit IR's website to see a comphrehensive list of available electives.