Building on the analytical tools provided by the core curriculum, environmental policy students choose a four-course sequence that equips them to become effective analysts, managers and leaders in the environmental policy field. A Certificate in Ecological Economics can be earned along with the School s degree. The environmental program s commitment to an interdisciplinary examination of environmental problems is attractive to those students who believe, as we do, that the best solutions to environmental problems incorporate research from a variety of disciplines. Our success in this approach is grounded in the academic diversity of our professors. Experts from the fields of law, economics, medicine, physics, ethics, religion, philosophy, ecology, mathematics, agricultural engineering, policy analysis, and international relations bring their respective experiences and insights to bear on the complexities of environmental policy.
Students are active participants in a climate of intellectual rigor.
As both a Land Grant and Sea Grant institution, the University has particular strengths in environmental science and environmental engineering. There are many outstanding curriculum and research opportunities for our students in the Department of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics, the Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, the Center for Environmental Sciences, the Center for Marine Biotechnology, the Conservation Biology Program, the Marine Estuarine Environmental Studies Program, the Maryland Sea Grant College, the Coastal and Environmental Policy Program, and the Environmental Finance Center. Thomas Schelling teaches a highly relevant course on negotiation. Robert Costanza from the Center for Environmental Sciences also teaches in the program. Students may take courses at other universities throughout the Washington area, as well.