Environmental Science and Public Policy, PhD
This interdisciplinary program draws on expertise from the department's core faculty, as well as faculty from across the university.
In addition to Environmental Science and Policy faculty, students learn from faculty in the Department of Biology, the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, the School of Systems Biology, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Department of Economics, the Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science, and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, as well as the Schar School of Policy and Government, the School of Integrative Studies, the Volgenau School of Engineering, and the College of Education and Human Development in addition to others.
Program Highlights
Our graduates contribute to the solution of complex environmental problems, which require the development of knowledge and skills in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of scientific data, as well as in the integration of scientific understanding into the public policy process.
Advisors/Committee Chairs are drawn from faculty in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy as well as other departments in the College of Science and from the School of Integrative Studies.
This has been designated a Green Leaf program.
Course Catalog
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