Master of Science in Environmental Sciences

University of Illinois at Springfield

Three concentrations are available:ES - General Environmental Sciences Concentration ES - Environmental Planning and Management ConcentrationES - Sustainable Development and Policy ConcentrationThe curriculum for the MS in Environmental Sciences allows students to gain a strong scientific understanding of ways to study, evaluate, and interpret environmental realities and their impacts, as well as to manage and mitigate environmental problems. Objectives are to enable students to:Develop a basic literacy in the natural and social sciences and the humanities as they contribute to an understanding of environmental issuesCritically analyze environmental problemsIdentify, research, and evaluate environmental problemsCompare, contrast, implement, and manage short- and long-term solutions to environmental problems. The department recommends that students interested in the Environmental Sciences degree have prior knowledge of chemistry, algebra, statistics, and biology