The Bard Center for Environmental Policy at Bard University offers a graduate's degree program in environmental policy. The two-year program emphasizes the fundamental concepts and significant disciplines of environmental science and environmental policy. The courses for the program entail lectures and lab assignments that address relevant subjects such as natural resource economics, environmental law and policy, statistics and economics, environmental economics, environmental science of built environments and geographic information systems. To receive their degree, students in the program also must successfully complete a master's thesis project and an internship that takes four to six months.
The Graduate School at Clemson University offers master's programs in environmental engineering and science. he curriculum for these programs entail classes covering topics such as environmental radiation protection, water and waste water treatment systems, environmental engineering, environmental risk assessment and air pollution engineering. The Clemson graduate school also provides a master's degree in environmental science and policy as well as a master's degree in geology. Classes for these programs include geomorphology, geohydrology, invertebrate paleontology, biogeochemistry, analysis of geological processes and stratigraphy.
Columbia University offers a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy degree that equips students with the fundamental knowledge and essential skills required to obtain prolific careers as environmental public managers and policy-makers. The program gives the students hands-on experience to enhance their understanding of the formulation and management of environmental policy. With a focus on ecological interactions, the courses teach students to effectively design and implement programs and policies that help to maintain the health of Earth's interconnected, institutional, ecological, economic and social systems.
The Environmental Science, Policy and Management department at the University of California Berkeley campus has a graduate degree program in environmental studies. The program increases the students' knowledge regarding environmental science issues, strengthens their critical thinking skills and teaches them to competently conduct ecosystems research on molecular, organismal and global levels. Students in the program also learn how to apply their knowledge of physical, biological and social sciences to improve human social systems.