{"id":829,"date":"2023-01-25T12:08:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels-draft\/?page_id=829"},"modified":"2023-12-08T13:32:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T18:32:28","slug":"environmental-policy-and-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/mesm\/environmental-policy-and-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Policy and Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"fullwidth wp-block-heading\">Master of Environmental Science and Management<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"mesm\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-mesm\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-762\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-762\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/mesm\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-18900\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18900\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/mesm\/admission\/\">Admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-761\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-761\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/mesm\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-884\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-884\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/mesm\/affiliated-faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-894\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-894\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/mesm\/student-opportunities\/\">Student opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Environmental Policy and Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This interdisciplinary track prepares students for positions requiring an ability to integrate natural science into policy development and implementation affecting ecosystems, landscapes, land use and development, environmental regulation of industry, and conservation of biological diversity or environmental quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students take coursework in social sciences, such as policy and economics; and natural sciences such as geology, hydrology, soil science, conservation ecology, remote sensing, or spatial analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduates are prepared for careers in federal, state, or municipal government, nonprofit organizations, and private consulting firms requiring professionals who can bring science to bear on policy and management solutions that succeed in a modern political and economic setting.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Core courses&nbsp;<\/strong>(21), including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Natural Sciences<\/strong>&nbsp;(9 credits)<\/li><li><strong>Social Sciences<\/strong>&nbsp;(9 credits)<\/li><li><strong>Quantitative Methods<\/strong>&nbsp;(3 credits)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elective courses<\/strong>&nbsp;(10 credits)<br><strong>Culminating Experience<\/strong>&nbsp;(3 credits: EVS 505, 597, or 598)<br><strong>Graduate seminar<\/strong>&nbsp;(2 credits)<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/enre\/meet\/hirotsugu-uchida\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2216\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Hiro_Ucida-scaled.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Hiro_Ucida-scaled.jpg 2216w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Hiro_Ucida-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Hiro_Ucida-886x1024.jpg 886w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Hiro_Ucida-768x887.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Hiro_Ucida-1330x1536.jpg 1330w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Hiro_Ucida-1773x2048.jpg 1773w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Hiro_Ucida-364x421.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Hiro_Ucida-500x578.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Hiro_Ucida-1000x1155.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Hiro_Ucida-1280x1479.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Hiro_Ucida-2000x2311.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2216px) 100vw, 2216px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/enre\/meet\/hirotsugu-uchida\/\">Hirotsugu Uchida<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Coordinator, Environmental Policy and Management<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Environmental and Natural Resource Economics<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.873.2238<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto: huchida@uri.edu\"> huchida@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental Policy and Management This interdisciplinary track prepares students for positions requiring an ability to integrate natural science into policy development and implementation affecting ecosystems, landscapes, land use and development, environmental regulation of industry, and conservation of biological diversity or environmental quality. 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