环境科学理学硕士-环境政策与冲突管理

该选项将使环境科学专业的学生在两个密切相关的领域之一或两者中的课程重点上得到正式认可：环境政策和环境冲突管理。环境政策重点使学生对国际，国家和州的环境法法规有了更深入的了解，可以有效地与环境机构打交道，分析环境政策的收益和成本的方法以及使利益相关者参与环境政策审议的方法。对环境冲突管理的重视将训练学生理解和交流不确定性，减少争议，建立信任和管理冲突。鼓励学生学习冲突评估和替代性纠纷解决的理论和技能。所有寻求该选择的学生都必须在以下至少一个技术领域中发展实质性专业知识：水管理，废物管理，自然资源管理和风险管
This option will allow environmental science graduates students to gain formal recognition for their curricular emphasis in one or both of two closely related areas: environmental policy and environmental conflict management. The Environmental Policy emphasis provides students with advanced understanding of international, national, and state environmental law regulation, methods for dealing effectively with environmental agencies, techniques for analyzing the benefits and costs of environmental policies and approaches for involving stakeholders in environmental policy deliberation. The Environmental Conflict Management emphasis will train students in understanding and communicating about uncertainty, reducing controversy, building trust and managing conflict. Students will be encouraged to acquire theory and skills in conflict assessment and alternative dispute resolution. All students pursuing this option will be required to develop substantive expertise in at least one of the following technical areas: water management, waste management, natural resources management, and risk management.