Environmental Management

Improve the environment while advancing your career with a graduate degree in environmental management.

With an online master’s degree in environmental management from LUSSTIG University, you’ll demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities, and dispositions needed to be effective environmental managers today. These include knowledge of basic ecosystem concepts, major energy and environmental policies and regulations, environmental risk assessments and audits, and application of these concepts to land use management, water resource management, waste management, and air quality management. Perfect for mid-career professionals, the environmental management master’s program offers you the opportunity to build decision-making skills and practical experience that will give you the confidence to lead.

COURSES

Total Credits Required: 36
Initial Requirement

Orientation to Graduate Studies at UMGC (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
(to be taken within the first 6 credits of study)

The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited
institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.

Core Courses

Fundamentals of Environmental Systems (3 Credits, ENVM 600)
Environmental/Energy Law and Policy (3 Credits, ENVM 610)
Environmental Auditing (3 Credits, ENVM 641)
Environmental Communications and Reporting (3 Credits, ENVM 643)
New Technologies in Environmental Management (3 Credits, ENVM 644)
Environmental Risk Assessment (3 Credits, ENVM 647)
Principles and Practices of Waste Management (3 Credits, ENVM 649)
Environmental and Natural Resources Economics (3 Credits, ENVM 650)
Water Resources Management (3 Credits, ENVM 651)
Principles of Air Quality Management (3 Credits, ENVM 652)
Land Use Management (3 Credits, ENVM 653)

Capstone Course

Capstone Study in Environmental Management (3 Credits, ENVM 670)

REQUIREMENTS

Fundamentals of Environmental Systems (3 Credits, ENVM 600) and Environmental/Energy Law and Policy (3 Credits, ENVM 610) must be taken within the first 9 credits of study.
You must complete 27 credits of program coursework before enrolling in Capstone Study in Environmental Management (3 Credits, ENVM 670) .

General Master's Degree Requirements

You must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher at all times.
All degree requirements must be fulfilled within five consecutive years.
Any transfer credits must have been earned within the five-year time frame to be applied toward a graduate degree.

Please review the overall master’s degree requirements for additional considerations.

SEQUENCE

This is our recommended course sequence to progress through this program. This sequence incorporates course prerequisites and program requirements but does not list course alternatives that may be available. We recommend you take a maximum of 6 credits per term. You cannot take a prerequisite with its subsequent course during the same session. Your plan will be unique and dependent on multiple factors, including the number of credits you transfer to this program.

Contact an advisor if you any questions about this plan, course alternatives, or your course load limit.

1 Orientation to Graduate Studies at UMGC
(0 Credits, UCSP 615)
2 Fundamentals of Environmental Systems
(3 Credits, ENVM 600)
3 Environmental/Energy Law and Policy
(3 Credits, ENVM 610)
4 Environmental Auditing
(3 Credits, ENVM 641)
5 Environmental Communications and Reporting
(3 Credits, ENVM 643)
6 New Technologies in Environmental Management
(3 Credits, ENVM 644)
7 Environmental Risk Assessment
(3 Credits, ENVM 647)
8 Principles and Practices of Waste Management
(3 Credits, ENVM 649)
9 Environmental and Natural Resources Economics
(3 Credits, ENVM 650)
10 Water Resources Management
(3 Credits, ENVM 651)
11 Principles of Air Quality Management
(3 Credits, ENVM 652)
12 Land Use Management
(3 Credits, ENVM 653)
13 Capstone Study in Environmental Management
(3 Credits, ENVM 670)

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