It integrates the internationally recognized graduate ecology program with faculty and courses in Agricultural and Resource Economics, Applied Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, Political Science, and the School of Law. The result is a program leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Ecology that offers students rigorous preparation in policy analysis and quantitative social science. Fields of Study Besides a firm grounding in ecology, the Environmental Policy Analysis program emphasizes the social sciences, particularly economics, political science, and planning, and research design and statistical methods.
Most students receive teaching or research assistantships, or fellowship support.
Davis Davis is a socially innovative city of about 52,000 people. It is about 70 miles east of San Francisco, just across the Coast Range from the Napa and Sonoma valleys, two hours from Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada, and 15 miles west of Sacramento, the state s capital. The campus has approximately 23,000 students, with about 5,000 enrolled in graduate and professional programs. The university also prohibits sexual harassment. This nondiscrimination policy covers admission, access, and treatment in university programs and activities.