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Program Description:

The Graduate Program in Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary program which focuses on the environmental issues and problems metropolitan areas face.   The program offers both a Master of Science degree (both thesis and non-thesis) and a Graduate Certificate.  

The program is for individuals who are in the environmental work force, are looking to enter the environmental work force, or who are public school teachers who wish to expand their knowledge of environmental sciences of metropolitan areas so they can teach in this specialty. There are four areas of concentration in the program: Water Resource Management and Assessment, Biological Resource Management, Wetland Assessment and Management and Environmental Spatial Analysis. Program graduates are well prepared to work in the environmental consulting area, education, business, industry, federal, state and county environmental agencies, and nonprofit environmental groups.

Master of Science: All MS students complete 30 credit hours of graduate work. No more than 3 courses may be at the 500 level. In addition to completing the core courses listed below, all students choose a concentration and select their elective courses from among those courses appropriate for that concentration.

Graduate Certificate: All students wishing to receive a certificate complete a minimum of 18 credits of graduate work as follows: A minimum of two core courses and additional electives, selected in consultation with the advisor, from one concentration. No more than three 500 level courses can be counted towards the certificate.

For more information
Dr. Steven Lev
Graduate Director
Environmental Science Program
slev@towson.edu
410-704-2744