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Environmental Justice Courses and Requirements (PDF)

Summary of requirements:

  • 6 credits total of Environmental Justice core courses from the course list
  • One course focused on the international context of Environmental Justice
  • EAS 509: Ecology: Concepts and Applications and EAS 510: The Science and Practice of Social Change, or course(s) from the Social Systems Distribution list. Students without a background in the social sciences are asked to complete 510. Those with a strong understanding of the social sciences are instead asked to complete one 3-credit course or a combination of courses equaling a total of at least 3 credits (e.g. two 1.5-credit courses) from the Social Systems Distribution list (in place of 510)
  • Two (2) courses totaling at least three (3) credits from the approved list of Integrated Analytic Methods & Skills (IAMS) courses 
  • One statistics course from the approved list 
  • One analytics course the approved list 
  • Capstone/non-capstone option (see worksheet)
  • Graduate-level electives (400-level or higher)
  • Minimum 25 EAS credit hours
  • Minimum 42 total credit hours

*Complete listing of EAS courses(including those from other specializations)

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