Master of Environmental Studies (M.E.S.)

Non-Thesis Option Requirements

1. Candidates must complete thirty semester hours of graduate courses including six semester hours of research. Our curriculum includes a core of 4 classes. Each student will be required to complete at least three semester hours at the graduate level in four of the five areas consisting of: Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Risk Assessment, and Statistics and Ecological and Environmental Systems (see table below). At least twelve semester hours will be 5000-level courses (excluding 5V99).
2. Candidates must present an example of their written professional work to the department’s graduate faculty for evaluation, and pass a comprehensive oral examination over the work of the program.
3. There is no foreign language requirement.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Select one course from four of the five competency areas		12
Statistical Science/Data Analysis/Data Interpretation/Modeling
STA 5300	Statistical Methods
ENV 5430	Mathematical Modeling of Environmental Quality Systems
ENV 5440	Advanced Statistics for Environmental Scientists
Environmental Toxicology
ENV 4344	Fundamentals of Toxicology
ENV 5370	Advanced Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
ENV 5387	Advanced Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Risk Assessment
ENV 5325	Advanced Methods for Human Health Risk Assessment and Analysis
ENV 5342	Ecological Risk Assessment
Ecological and Environmental Systems
BIO 5300	Advanced Studies in Biology
ENV 5300	Integrative Seminar in Environmental Studies
ENV 4386	Remote Sensing
ENV 4322	Climate Anthropology
ENV 4345	Water Management
Complete 6 hours of ENV electives		6
Complete at least 6 hours of 5000-level courses (excluding 5V99)		6
Research Requirement		6
Total Hours		30