Prepare for success in a changing, challenging field.
The master’s in Energy & Environment provides a professional training degree for students with an undergraduate degree in the natural sciences, the social sciences, the humanities, engineering, or management. This program prepares students for professional opportunities in energy-related fields by employers in the private sector (e.g., consulting companies, electric utilities), the government sector (e.g., Energy Information Administration, public utility commissions), and nongovernmental organizations (e.g., Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.).
Students with a wide variety of backgrounds, from engineering to international relations, find our master’s program ideal for acquiring the high-demand skills necessary for careers in energy and the environment. Our world-renowned faculty equip you with the computer skills, quantitative techniques, and modeling tools you will need to succeed.
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Degree Learning Outcomes
When you receive the MS in Energy & Environment, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of (a) one or more current energy and/or environmental issues along multiple dimensions (resources, technologies, and markets), and the relationship of these dimensions to (b) fundamental concepts from economics and other social science disciplines (e.g., political science/international relations, or law), and (c) fundamental concepts from natural science.
- Demonstrate knowledge of quantitative and qualitative theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches used to analyze environmental problems and understand the effectiveness of policy interventions.
- Quantitatively analyze data and perform simulation modeling to characterize the impacts of energy and environmental policies on human systems.
- Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, concepts in the natural and social sciences as they relate to environmental issues, and demonstrate a thorough understanding of the broader societal consequences of one or more environmental problems and policies.
- Apply analytical techniques from statistics, spatial science, and economics to solve qualitative and quantitative problems in the design and implementation of policies to address environmental issues.
Degree Requirements
Official Bulletin
Complete the following for the MS in Energy & Environment:
The degree consists of 32 credits (eight courses): six core courses and two elective courses that are chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor.
Core Courses (6 courses)
- CAS EE 516 Multivariate Analysis for Geographers* or CAS MA 614 Statistical Methods
- CAS EE 519 Energy, Society, and the Environment
- CAS EE 545 Methods of Environmental Policy Analysis
- CAS EE 555 World Oil Markets
- CAS EE 660 Food, Energy, and Water Policy or CAS EE 528 US Environmental Policy
- CAS EE 712 Regional Energy Modeling
*Students with extensive backgrounds in statistics may, with permission of the Program Director, select a more specialized course.
Elective Courses (2 courses)
- EE 522 The Development of Sustainable Environmental Responsibility
- EE 524 Environmental Justice
- EE 526 Global Energy Justice
- EE 540 Air Pollution & Global Change
- EE 594 Global Environmental Negotiation & Policy
- EE 597 Sustainable Development in Latin America
- EE 599 Science, Politics, & Change
- EE 600 Environment & Development: A Political Ecology Approach
- EE 656 Terrestrial Ecosystems & the Carbon Cycle
- EE 805 Spatial Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- IR 573 Introduction to Public International Law
- BI 648 Biodiversity & Conservation Biology
- MA 684 Applied Multiple Regression & Multivariable Methods
- SE 543 Sustainable Power Systems: Planning, Operation & Markets
- EK 546 Assessment of Sustainable Energy Technologies
Substitutions are permitted.
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