Specializations:

Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB)
Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences (EES)
Environmental and Earth Sciences (EVES)
Evolutionary and Marine Biology (EMB)
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (SAFS)

The M.S. and Ph.D. in Biological and Environmental Sciences (BES) are interdisciplinary, interdepartmental graduate degrees with faculty from multiple departments in URI’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS), including Biological Sciences; Cell and Molecular Biology; Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science; Geosciences; Natural Resources Science; Nutrition and Food Sciences; and Plant Sciences; as well as faculty from the Graduate School of Oceanography.

Specializations: Major specializations in biotechnology, cytopathology, medical laboratory sciences, and public health laboratory sciences; minor specializations in adult education and management.

Specializations: Environmental economics, renewable and nonrenewable natural resource economics, fisheries management, international fisheries development, international trade, fisheries marketing, coastal zone land use and management, quality of the marine environment, aquaculture economics, offshore oil and gas management, and natural resource pricing policies.

Specializations: Conservation biology; earth and hydrologic science; environmental policy and management; remote sensing and spatial analysis; sustainable systems; and wetland, watershed, and ecosystem science.

Specializations: Ecosystem-based management of coastal/ocean areas, coastal zone management, marine transportation, and port planning, fisheries law and management, international marine policy and law.

The URI Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing (GIS/RS) provides students advanced training in using geospatial technologies to address analytical problems where location is an essential parameter.

The URI Graduate Certificate in Hydrology provides students advanced training in the practice and processes that affect the availability and quality of groundwater and surface water resources.

The URI Graduate Certificate in Community Planning provides students advanced instruction and training in community planning and development to address contemporary planning challenges at different geographical levels in the United States.

This graduate certificate program combines graduate-level training and an off-campus internship in science writing and rhetoric to provide graduate students with a solid foundation and skills for taking often-complex scientific results and communicating them to both specialist and non-scientific audiences, including the public and policy makers. 

The URI Graduate Certificate in Fisheries Aquaculture provides students with degrees in biological or environmental fields focused advanced training needed to find professional employment in the areas of Aquaculture and Fisheries.

The University of Rhode Island’s online graduate certificate in Fisheries Science (FIS) will develop core competencies in sustainable fisheries management, including stock assessment and fisheries ecology.