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

Last Updated: 7/1/11