Environmental Studies Concentration Curricula

Antioch University New England's Master of Science degree program in Environmental Studies is designed to strengthen your capacity for interdisciplinary collaboration and leadership, while allowing for you to develop disciplinary depth and career skills through one of six concentrations. The curriculum has five components:

Core Courses

Four core courses (12 credits) taken in your first year provide you with a conceptual foundation and broad literacy of social and natural systems for understanding and addressing contemporary environmental issues.

Ecological Dynamics of Landscapes
Leadership for Change
Earth Systems and Climate Change
Political Economy for Sustainability

Concentration Courses

Two concentration courses (6 credits) provide the conceptual and theoretical foundations in your program concentration.

Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability (ASJS)

Organizing for Social Change
Diversity, Justice, and Inclusion

Conservation Biology (CB)

Conservation Biology
Ecological Research Design

Environmental Education (EE)

Foundations of Environmental Education
Program Planning and Design

Science Teacher Certification (CERT)

Foundations of Science and Environmental Education
Conceptual and Human Development
Problem Solving Science
Science Teaching Methods
Curriculum Design
School Law/Teaching Exceptional Children

Sustainable Development and Climate Change (SDCC)

Climate Change: Adaptation, Resilience, and Risk
Environmental Assessment

Self-designed (SD)

Two courses from the above list of concentration courses

Methods Courses

Three methods courses (9 credits) provide an opportunity to develop a customized skill set that is relevant to your experience and career goals. Choose from among a list of methods course options in the Course Descriptions.

Natural Resource Inventory
New England Flora
Vertebrate Ecology
Advanced Topics in Environmental Education
Environmental Education Field Techniques
Conservation Psychology and Social Marketing
Land Use and Community Planning
Principles of Sustainability
Running Effective Non-profit Organizations
Environmental Humanities
Restoration and Systems Ecology
Geographic Information Systems
Citizen Participation and Sustainable Communities
Field Study Trips

Professional Experience
Six credits of field internship placements with organizations, and/or conducting thesis research.

Capstone
Integrate and apply your course and internship learning through one of four options: an interdisciplinary collaborative capstone project, an individual master’s project, an individual master’s thesis, or a master’s portfolio.

The Role of Environmental Science in Environmental Studies Curricula

Last Updated: 12/1/11