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Course Sequence

Track 1: Students who choose Track 1 register for 4 courses in both their first Fall and first Spring semesters. This track provides students with an opportunity to schedule the entire Summer and/or Spring II semesters off campus. *This is the preferred sequence for those intending to do a Master's Thesis or Master's Project.

Track 2: Students who choose Track 2 register for a maximum of 3 courses per semester. This Track provides students with a more evenly paced sequence of coursework throughout their program.

REQUIREMENTS: 42 CREDITS
Core (C) - 12 credits; Concentration (T) - 6 credits; Methods: courses selected by student - 15 credits; Internship - 6 credits; Capstone Project - 3 credits

Track 1

Track 2

Fall I (12 credits)

Earth Systems and Climate Change (C)(3)
Ecological Dynamics of Landscapes (C)(3)
Foundations of Environmental Education (T)(3)
Methods (3)

Spring I (12 credits)

Political Economy of Sustainability (C)(3)
Program Planning and Design (T)(3)
Methods (3)
Methods (3)

Summer (3 credits)

Internship I (3)

Fall II (9 credits)

Leadership for Change (C)(3)
Methods (3)
Methods (3)

Spring II (6 credits)

Capstone Project (3)
Internship II (3)

Fall I (9 credits)

Earth Systems and Climate Change (C)(3)
Ecological Dynamics of Landscapes (C)(3)
Foundations of Environmental Education (T)(3)

Spring I (9 credits)

Political Economy of Sustainability (C)(3)
Program Planning and Design (T)(3)
Methods (3)

Summer (6 credits)

Internship I (3)
Methods (3)

Fall II (9 credits)

Leadership for Change (C)(3)
Methods (3)
Methods (3)

Spring II (9 credits)

Capstone Project (3)
Methods (3)
Internship II (3)

Sample Method Courses include:

  • Advanced Topics in Environmental Education:
    • Program Evaluation
    • Urban Environmental Education
    • Teaching Teachers about the Environment
    • Educating for Sustainability
    • Educational Aspects of Green Building Design
  • Environmental Education Field Techniques:
    • Community & School-based Food Systems
    • Teaching in the Outdoors
    • Interpretation and Exhibit Design
    • Environmental Service Learning
    • Learning Development and Theory
    • Conservation Psychology and Social Marketing

    Additional Method courses include:

    Building Sustainable Organizations (BSO)
    Citizen Participation and Sustainable Communities
    Climate Change: Resilience, Adaptation and Mitigation
    Coastal Geoecology of New England (Fall 2011 field study trip)
    Conservation Biology
    Cuba: Sustainability and the New Food System (Fall 2012 registration; January 2013 field study trip)
    Ecology and Management of Adirondack Mountains (Fall 2012 field study trip)
    Ecosystems of Mount Desert Island (Spring 2012 field study trip)
    Energy and Materials Sustainability
    Environmental Law
    Environmental Assessment Techniques
    Financial Administration
    Geographic Information System (GIS)
    Integrated Conservation of Tropical Ecosystems: Costa Rica (Spring 2012 March field study trip)
    Land Use and Community Planning
    Making Sense of Place
    Natural Resource Inventory
    New England Flora
    Non Profit Organizations & Social Entrepreneurship
    Organizing for Social Change
    Ornithology
    Principles of Sustainability
    Proposal Writing and Project Management
    Qualitative and Quantitative Research Design Techniques
    Soil Ecology
    Soils Mapping and Interpretation
    Vertebrate Ecology: Mammalogy
    Wetlands Ecology
    Wildlife & Forest Management


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