Environmental Policy Analysis Specialization

For students who seek to understand and employ analytical frameworks that apply to a broad range of environmental issue areas and are critical for strategic environmental policy within organizations that develop, analyze, practice and evaluate environmental and natural resource management.

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    Students specializing in Environmental Policy Analysis frequently seek employment in a range of organizations spanning all areas of environmental management, including government agencies, international development institutions, non-governmental organizations, corporations, and consulting firms.

    Note that a capstone course used to fulfill the MEM capstone requirement cannot also be used toward fulfilling an MEM Specialization requirement; a capstone course taken once cannot be used to fulfill multiple requirements. Learn more about YSE capstone courses by visiting the MEM Capstone page.

    Program Courses

    Core

    Two courses required.

    Course 1

    Required for all Environmental Policy Analysis students.
    Course Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
    ENV 834
    Environmental Economics and Policy
      Conte
    W 9:00-11:50
      Kotchen

    Course 2

    Choose one of these two courses.
    Course Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
    ENV 821
    Environmental Policymaking: From Local to Global
    Sanford
    M,W 1:00-2:20
      Sanford  
    ENV 824
    Environmental Law and Policy
      Klee
    M,W 1:00-2:20
      Klee

    Elective

    Students must take at least one course from each of the following two bins

    Economic and Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis

    Course Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
    ENV 617
    Real World Environmental Data Science
      Grewal
    Tu 1:00-3:50
      Grewal
    ENV 641
    Market-Based Mechanisms for Water Management
    Kruse
    Th 1:00-3:50
      Kruse  
    ENV 647
    Climate Change, Economic Inequality, and Human Health
    Park
    Tu,Th 1:00-2:20
             
    ENV 728
    Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences
    Reuning-Scherer
    Tu,Th 2:30-3:50
      Reuning-Scherer  
    ENV 753
    Regression Modeling of Ecological and Environmental Data
    Gregoire
    M,W 10:30-11:50
      Gregoire  
    ENV 758
    Multivariate Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences
      Reuning-Scherer
    Tu,Th 1:00-2:15
      Reuning-Scherer
    ENV 795
    Nature as Capital: Merging Ecological and Economic Models
      Fenichel
    M,W 9:00-10:20
      Tentative
    ENV 800
    Energy Economics and Policy Analysis
      Gillingham
    M,W 1:00-2:20
      Faculty
    ENV 863
    Sustainable Finance Policy & Regulation
    De Arriba-Sellier
    M,W 1:00-2:20
             
    ECON 132a
    Econometrics and Data Analysis II
           
    ECON 136b
    Econometrics
           
    ECON 545a
    Microeconomics
           
    ECON 558a
    Statistics and Econometrics
           

    Environmental and Natural Resource Law and Governance

    Course Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
    ENV 588
    Community Engagement & Coalition Building - A Practice-based Approach (Fall-1 Sept 12-Oct 17)
    Stein
    M 5:30-8:20pm
             
    ENV 727
    Global Food Challenges
      Wargo
    W 1:00-3:50
           
    ENV 820
    Land Use Law and Environmental Planning
      Shansky
    M,W 4:00-5:20
           
    ENV 823
    Energy Law and Policy (Follows Law School Calendar)
    Elliott
    Tu 2:10-4:00
      Elliott  
    ENV 840
    Climate Change Policy and Perspectives
    Klee
    M,W 2:30-3:50
      Klee  
    ENV 865
    [The] Law of the Sea
      Faculty
    Tu 10:10-12:00
           

    Additional Electives

    Two courses.

    Environmental Policy Analysis students should also develop expertise in some specific environmental or natural resource problem or issue (e.g., renewable energy, water resources, environmental health, forest management, biological diversity, climate change, conservation, etc.). Students are encouraged to look at other specializations to develop this two-course sequence (e.g., Energy and the Environment, Ecosystem Conservation and Management, Water Resource Management, and others). The core requirements of other specializations are a natural fit here. Students may also develop the sequence based on their own interests, but should make the case that the two courses are consistent with developing an area of topical concentration. The two-course sequence must be approved by the specialization coordinator prior to the student’s last semester.
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