Our Degrees

There is an urgent need to develop and commercialize technologies for the sustainable conversion and use of energy.

The Environmental Policy and Management Program combines a background in scientific preparation with training in diverse social science, management, and professional disciplines.

Do you want to explore the relationships among the environment, law, policy, people and community planning?

Do you want to contribute solutions to environmental challenges such as climate change, biodiversity conservation, pollution, water use and land use?

Are you interested in environmental toxins, their environmental fate and regulation, and their impacts on humans and other species?

The minor in environmental geology examines the multidisciplinary factors of geology and related earth science fields, as well as planning and resources oriented programs.

Environmental toxicology explores the effects of toxicants (both human made and naturally occurring) on the normal biochemical, cellular and physiological functioning of biological systems.

Students study the application of biological, chemical, physical, and behavioral sciences to the processing, preservation, quality evaluation, public health aspects, and utilization of foods.

The Geography Graduate Program provides a strong core in geographic concepts, theories, methods, and traditions, with more in-depth course-work available in geography’s four main areas of emphasis:

Global disease biology allows students to study disease and its relationship to the health of people, animals, plants and the environment in a global context.