MEM Degree Curriculum

Concentration Courses

The Master of Environmental Management curriculum allows you to customize your education to what is important to you by selecting two concentrations—one environment concentration and one management concentration. ��Ĵ�ýs will take four courses, or 12 credits, in each of their two selected concentrations.

NOTE: Courses listed below are subject to change.

Environment Concentrations – Select One

Your Environment Concentration is designed to provide depth of knowledge in a primary topical area. You will choose one Environment Concentration and will take four courses in this area.

Coastal and Marine Systems

COASTAL AND MARINE SYSTEMS (CAMS) CONCENTRATION

Dive deep into the science of coastal and marine processes and environments while learning how human activities affect — and are affected by — these complex and vital ecosystems.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Core courses - required

To develop a strong understanding of human-linked coastal and marine systems, all CAMS students will meet the following four core requirements:

ENVIRON 707—Coastal and Marine Ecosystems (3 credits)
ENVIRON 786/A—Marine Policy (3 credits)

Coastal and Marine Systems Concentration, Natural Science Elective

Examples include but are not limited to:

ECS 715—Introduction to Coastal Environmental Change Processes (3 credits)   
ENVIRON 704LA—Biological Oceanography (4 credits)
ENVIRON 719/A—Aquaculture and the Environment (3 credits)
ENVIRON 729A—Oceans in Human and Environmental Health (3 credits)
ENVIRON 737A—Ecology and Physiology of Extreme Marine Ecosystems (3 credits)
ENVIRON 772A—Coastal Restoration Ecology (4 credits)
ENVIRON 773A—Marine Ecology (4 credits)
ENVIRON 776/A—Marine Mammals (3 credits)
ENVIRON 777A—Biology & Conservation of Sea Turtles - travel (3 credits)
ENVIRON 778A—Comparative Physiology of Marine Animals (4 credits)
ENVIRON 785A—Conservation Biology & Service Learning: Coastal Ecosystems, Restoration and Communities (3 credits)

Coastal and Marine Systems Concentration, Social Science and Policy Elective

Examples include but are not limited to:

ENVIRON 502S—Climate Change and the Law (2 credits)
ENVIRON 504A—Marine Protected Areas (3 credits)
ENVIRON 506—Environmental Justice: Theory and Practice (3 credits)
ENVIRON 533A—Marine Fisheries Policy (3 credits)   
ENVIRON 551DA—International Conservation and Development (3 credits)
ENVIRON 754A—Research Design for Environmental Social Sciences (3 credits)
ENVIRON 775—Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy (3 credits)   
ENVIRON 785/A—Conservation Biology Service Learning (3 credits)
ENVIRON 790A—Evidence Synthesis for Environmental Mgmt.—Special Topics (3 credits)
ENVIRON 807—International Fisheries Policy (3 credits)
ENVIRON 860SA—Political Ecology (3 credits)
MARSCI 505A—Social Impact Analysis and Indigenous Resource Management - travel (3 credits)

primary concentration course-based pathway

The course-based pathway will be available in a limited capacity to students matriculating in fall 2025 and will be fully available and will become the default option for students matriculating in fall 2026 and beyond. Please see the full concentration page for more details.

Learn more about the CAMS concentration

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health

ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (EEH) CONCENTRATION

Receive interdisciplinary training in environmental exposures, toxicology and epidemiology, and develop a strong foundation for a career that addresses environmentally driven ecological and human health problems.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

��Ĵ�ýs in the EEH concentration may take one of two tracks: traditional or research.

Core courses – Required for traditional track

ENVIRON 537—Environmental Health and Epidemiology (3 credits, spring) 
ENVIRON 539—Human Health & Ecological Risk Assessment (3 credits, spring) 
ENVIRON 560—Environmental Health Pollutant Chemistry and Toxicology (3 credits, fall)
Choose one additional course from the list below:
- ECS 525—Ocean and Freshwater Pollution (3 credits, fall)
- ENVIRON 573A—Coastal Marine Pollution (3 credits, fall, Marine Lab)
- ENVIRON 605—Air Quality Management (3 credits, fall)
- ENVIRON 610—Ecotoxicology (3 credits, ad hoc)
- Additional courses with the consent of the EEH chair

Core Courses – required for research track

The research track is comparable to a Master of Science degree. The following core courses are required, along with two additional classes in either toxicology, chemistry or health. ��Ĵ�ýs must also develop a master’s project or thesis with a faculty advisor.

ENVIRON 501—Environmental Toxicology (fall)
ENVIRON 537—Environmental Health (spring)
ENVIRON 539—Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment (spring)
ENVIRON 540—Chemical Fate of Organic Compounds or ENVIRON 542L—Environmental Aquatic Chemistry (fall)

Elective Course suggestions

Toxicology Specialization
Recommended courses include graduate-level toxicology, physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology. Suggested additional courses are listed below; alternative courses may be substituted with approval by the EEH chair.
- ENVIRON 516—Global Change: Molecules to Organisms (3 credits)
- ENVIRON 610—Ecotoxicology (3 credits)
- ENVIRON 819—Mechanisms in Environmental Toxicology (3 credits)
- PHARM 533—Essentials of Pharmacology and Toxicology (3 credits)
- TOXC 707—Advanced Toxicology at UNC-Chapel Hill (3 credits)
Chemistry Specialization
ENVIRON 540 and ENVIRON 542L are required courses for students specializing in environmental chemistry, plus at least one course from the list below. Suggested additional courses are listed below; alternative courses may be substituted with approval by the EEH chair.
- ENVIRON 566—Environmental Analytical Chemistry (3 credits)
- ENVIRON 667—Chemical Transformation of Environmental Contaminants (3 credits)
- ECS 508—Isotopes Geochemistry (3 credits)
- CEE 666—Aquatic Geochemistry (3 credits)
Epidemiology and Environmental Health Specialization
Two additional courses (not including the core environmental health classes) in a graduate-level field are required. Suggested additional classes are listed below; alternative courses may be substituted with approval by the EEH chair.
- ENVIRON 538—Global Environmental Health: Economics and Policy (3 credits)
- ENVIRON 605—Air Quality Management (3 credits)
- GLHLTH 705—Biostatistics and Epidemiology I (4 credits)
- GLHLTH 707—Biostatistics and Epidemiology II (4 credits)

primary concentration course-based pathway

The course-based pathway will be available in a limited capacity to students matriculating in fall 2025 and will be fully available and will become the default option for students matriculating in fall 2026 and beyond. Please see the full concentration page for more details.

Learn more about the EEH concentration

Energy and Environment

ENERGY and environment (EE) CONCENTRATION

Advance your understanding of energy systems while developing the problem-solving skills necessary to lead the transition toward a more secure, affordable and clean energy future.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

CORE COURSES – REQUIRED

All students must take the following courses:

ENVIRON 520—Resource and Environmental Economics I (1.5 credits, fall year two)
ENVIRON 631—Energy Technology and its Impact on the Environment (3 credits, spring year one)
ENVIRON 635—Energy Economics and Policy (1.5 credits, fall year two)
ENVIRON 711—Energy and Environment (3 credits, fall year one)
ENVIRON 716L—Modeling for Energy Systems (3 credits, fall year one)

ELECTIVE COURSE SUGGESTIONS

��Ĵ�ýs may consider the following courses to round out their degree:

ECS 792S—Microgrid Seminar (1.5 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 588—Introduction to Solar Energy Project Development (3 credits, fall and spring)
ENVIRON 595—Economics of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 630—Transportation Energy (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 717—Markets for Electric Power (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 797—Time Series Analysis for Energy and Environmental Applications (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 830—Building Energy: Evaluating Efficiency and Conservation Measures (3 credits, fall)
ENERGY 620—Energy Finance (3 credits, spring)
ENERGY 727—Energy Law (3 credits, fall)

primary concentration course-based pathway

The course-based pathway will be available in a limited capacity to students matriculating in fall 2025 and will be fully available and will become the default option for students matriculating in fall 2026 and beyond. Please see the full concentration page for more details.

Learn more about the EE concentration

Terrestrial and Freshwater Environments

Terrestrial and Freshwater Environments (TFE) Concentration

Develop and apply systems thinking to solving complex, boundary-spanning challenges between land and water, science and management, and environment and society.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Core courses - Required

Most of the courses below are 3 credits except where noted. Required courses include one natural science course and one integrative science course, plus two additional courses from either natural or integrative sciences:

Natural Sciences

ECS 511—The Climate System (3 credits, fall) 
ECS 818—Snow, Glaciers, and Climate Change (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 503—Forest Ecosystems (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 517—Tropical Ecology (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 541—Soil and Regoliths (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 567—Spatial Ecology (3 credits, fall) ENVIRON 714—Landscape Ecology
ENVIRON 623—Biodiversity on a Changing Planet (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 731—Dendrology (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 734—Watershed Hydrology (3 credits, every other fall)
ENVIRON 743—Food Web Theory (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 744—Freshwater Ecosystems (3 credits, spring) 
ENVIRON 748A—Rangeland Ecology & Management (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 790—Conservation Reptiles and Amphibians—Special Topics (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 812—Wetlands Ecology and Management (3 credits, fall)

Integrative Sciences

ECS 524—Water Quality Health (3 credits, spring)
ECS 525—Ocean and Freshwater Pollution (3 credits, fall)
ECS 550—Climate and Society (3 credits, ad hoc)
ECS 570—Geohazards and Disaster Risk (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 501—Environmental Toxicology (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 590—Sustainable Agroecosystems and Food Security—Special Topics (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 617—Restoration Ecology (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 646—Urban Ecology (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 703—Conservation Biology: Theory and Practice (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 705L - Ecological Management of Forest Systems Silviculture (4 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 732—Hydrology in Environmental Management (3 credits, every other fall)
ENVIRON 774 - One Health: From Philosophy to Practice (3 credits, fall)

Elective Course Suggestions

The Nicholas School offers a wide variety of environmental social sciences that can enhance and shape TFE curricula, such as:

ENVIRON 520, 521—Resource and Environmental Economics I, II (1.5 credits each, fall); or ENVIRON 520, 680—Resources and Environmental Economics I, Economics of Forest Resources (1.5 credits each, fall)
ENVIRON 550—Land Use Principles and Policy (3 credits, fall) 
ENVIRON 577—Environmental Politics (3 credits, spring) 
ENVIRON 835—Environmental Law (3 credits, fall) 
LAW 320—Water Resources Law (2 credits, spring)

primary concentration course-based pathway

The course-based pathway will be available in a limited capacity to students matriculating in fall 2025 and will be fully available and will become the default option for students matriculating in fall 2026 and beyond. Please see the full concentration page for more details.

Learn more about the TFE concentration

Management Concentrations – Select One

Your Management Concentration enables you to develop essential skillsets related to professional practice in the area you selected as your Environment Concentration. You will choose one Management Concentration and will take four courses in this area.

Business and Environment

BUSINESS AND Environment (BE) CONCENTRATION

Combine your cutting-edge environmental science education with analytical and applied business practices, helping organizations find triple bottom line solutions for people, planet and profit.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Core Courses - Required

To ensure that BE students will have a working knowledge of finance, strategy, operations and marketing as it relates to environmental and climate impacts in the corporate sector, all students must take the following four courses:

ENVIRON 782—Marketing for Environmental Professionals (3 credits, spring year 1)
ENVIRON 796—Financial Foundations for Environmental Managers (3 credits, fall year 1)
ENVIRON 811—Business and Environment (3 credits, fall year 1)
ENVIRON 831—Business Strategy for Sustainability (3 credits, spring year 1)

Elective Course suggestions

For students interested in further developing their business skills as they relate to corporate environmental management, we recommend students take the following courses as part of their MEM degree:

ENVIRON 545—Design Climate I: Discover (3 credits, fall) 
ENVIRON 546 Design Climate II: Develop (3 credits, spring) 
ENVIRON 638—Environmental Life Cycle Analysis and Decision Making (3 credits, spring) 
ENVIRON 690—Innovation and Private Sector Responsibility: Navigating Megatrends—Special Topics (1.5 credits, fall) 
ENVIRON 767—Entrepreneurial Experience (3 credits, fall) 
ENVIRON 790—Carbon Accounting and Certification—Special Topics (3 credits, spring) 
ENVIRON 790—Financial Modeling Practicum—Special Topics (1.5 credits, fall) 
ENVIRON 790—Sustainable Operations & Supply Chains—Special Topics (3 credits, spring)

primary concentration course-based pathway

The course-based pathway will be available in a limited capacity to students matriculating in fall 2025 and will be fully available and will become the default option for students matriculating in fall 2026 and beyond. Please see the full concentration page for more details.

Learn more about the BE concentration

Community ��Ĵ�ýment and Environmental Justice

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT and environmental justice (CEEJ) CONCENTRATION

Explore structural, institutional and historical roots of inequity and injustice while cultivating community-based partnerships in pursuit of environmental and social justice and sustainability.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Gateway Course

ENVIRON 755—Introduction to Community-Based Environmental Management - gateway course for CEEJ concentration (3 credits, fall year one).

Course Requirements

Complete at least one of the following courses:

ENVIRON 506—Environmental Justice: Theory and Practice (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 790—Environmental Justice Dilemma—Special Topics (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 860SA—Political Ecology, ��Ĵ�ý Marine Lab, (3 credits, fall)

Complete at least one of the following courses:

ENVIRON 790—Political Ecology and Resilience Thinking—Special Topics (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 795—Practicum in Community-Based Environmental Management (3 credits, spring)—prerequisite course: ENVIRON 755 (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 869—Environmental Law and Policy Clinic (4 credits, fall and spring)

Additional Coursework Suggestions

If students have not already completed 12 credits of coursework from the list above, they may select one of the following courses to meet concentration requirements:

ENVIRON 551DA—International Conservation and Development (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 556—Environmental Conflict Resolution (3 credits, ad hoc)
ENVIRON 577—Environmental Politics (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 579S—Collective Action, Environment, and Development (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 590—Evaluating Environmental Programs—Special Topics (3 credits, ad hoc) 
ENVIRON 590—Indigenous Land and Water—Special Topics (3 credits, spring) 
ENVIRON 590S—Narrating Nature Documentary and Environmental Studies—Special Topics (3 credits, ad hoc)
ENVIRON 632—Environmental Education and Interpretation (3 credits, ad hoc)
ENVIRON 646—Urban Ecology (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 658/A—Applied Qualitative Research Methods (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 687S—Complexity and Courage: Ethics for Community ��Ĵ�ýment (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 754A—Research Design for Environmental Social Sciences  (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 783—Applied Environmental Policy Analysis (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 789—Community ��Ĵ�ýment a Participatory Research Methods (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 790—Science & Knowledge in Global Climate Governance-Special Topics (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 887A—Theory and Methods for Policy Analysis of the Commons (3 credits, ad hoc) 
ENVIRON 975—Community-Based Environmental Management in Mexico (3 credits, spring) 
ENVIRON 982—Sustainable Development in Colombia (2-3 credits, every other spring)
HISTORY 591S—Environmental (Hi)stories: History, Narrative, and Writing in Practice (3 credits, spring)
MARSCI 505A—Social Impact Analysis and Indigenous Resource Management - travel (3 credits, spring)
PUBPOL 845S—Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics (3 credits, fall)

primary concentration course-based pathway

The course-based pathway will be available in a limited capacity to students matriculating in fall 2025 and will be fully available and will become the default option for students matriculating in fall 2026 and beyond. Please see the full concentration page for more details.

Learn more about the CEEJ concentration

Environmental Analytics and Modeling

environmental analytics and modeling (EAM) CONCENTRATION

Gain quantitative and computational experience using data-driven analytical tools such as statistical modeling, geospatial and remote-sensing analysis, and machine learning to address land, water and climate challenges.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

CORE COURSES – REQUIRED

The following courses are required:

ENVIRON 700L - Environmental Data Exploration (1.5 credits, fall year one)
ENVIRON 710L - Applied Statistical Modeling for Environmental Management (3 credits, spring year one)
ENVIRON 712L - Environmental Data Exploration II: Applied Analysis and Visualization (1.5 credits, fall year one)

Elective Course Suggestions

��Ĵ�ýs may consider the following courses to round out their degree:

ECS 568S—Integrated Assessment Modeling (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 514—Machine Learning in Environmental Science (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 558L—Satellite Remote Sensing for Environmental Analysis (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 559—Fundamentals of Geospatial Analysis (4 credits, fall and spring)
ENVIRON 623—Biodiversity on a Changing Planet (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 658/A—Qualitative Methods (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 665—Bayesian Inference in Environment Models (3 credits, every other spring)
ENVIRON 716L—Modeling for Energy Systems (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 717—Markets for Electric Power (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 761—Geospatial Analysis for Land and Water Management (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 765—Geospatial Analysis for Coastal and Marine Management (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 771L—Geospatial Field Skills Part I-III (1 credit for each section, spring)
ENVIRON 797—Time Series Analysis for Energy and Environment Applications (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 832—Environmental Decision Analysis (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 850—Quantitative Causal Inference in Environmental Policy (3 credits, ad hoc)
ENVIRON 859/A—Geospatial Data Analytics (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 876A—Data Time Series Analysis in Marine Sciences, ��Ĵ�ý Marine Lab (4 credits, spring)

primary concentration course-based pathway

The course-based pathway will be available in a limited capacity to students matriculating in fall 2025 and will be fully available and will become the default option for students matriculating in fall 2026 and beyond. Please see the full concentration page for more details.

Learn more about the EAM concentration

Environmental Economics and Policy

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY (EEP) CONCENTRATION

Our highly analytical environmental policy program provides training in economics, politics and law for future policymakers, policy advisors and policy advocates.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

CORE COURSES – REQUIRED

The following courses are required:

ENVIRON 520—Resource and Environmental Economics I (1.5 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 521*—Resource and Environmental Economics II (1.5 credits, fall)
- *��Ĵ�ýs may substitute ENVIRON 521 with ENVIRON 635—Energy Economics and Policy or ENVIRON 680—Economics of Forest Resources
ENVIRON 577*—Environmental Politics (3 credits, spring)
- *��Ĵ�ýs may substitute ENVIRON 577 with MARSCI 505A—Social Impact Analysis, ENVIRON 860S/A—Political Ecology or ENVIRON 877A—Theory and Methods for Policy Analysis of the Commons
ENVIRON 710L—Applied Statistical Modeling for Environmental Management (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 835*—Environmental Law (3 credits, fall)
- *��Ĵ�ýs may substitute ENVIRON 835 with ENVIRON 502S—Climate Change and the Law, ENERGY 727—Energy Law, ENVIRON 733—Risk Regulation in the US, Europe, and Beyond, ENVIRON 775—Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy, ENVIRON 835—Environmental Law, LAW 320—Water Resources Law, or LAW 566 —International Environmental Law

Elective Course Suggestions

ENVIRON 506—Environmental Justice: Theory and Practice (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 531L— Economic Valuation of the Environment (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 550—Land Use Principles and Policy (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 595—Economics of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (3 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 727S—Forest in the Public Interest (1.5 credits, fall)
ENVIRON 741—Finance for Water Resources and Ecosystem Mgmt. (3 credits, spring) 
ENVIRON 775 —Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy (3 credits, fall) 
ENVIRON 807— International Fisheries Policy (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 832—Environmental Decision Analysis (3 credits, spring)
ENVIRON 869—Environmental Law and Policy Clinic (4 credits, fall and spring)
ENERGY 727—Energy Law (3 credits, fall)

primary concentration course-based pathway

The course-based pathway will be available in a limited capacity to students matriculating in fall 2025 and will be fully available and will become the default option for students matriculating in fall 2026 and beyond. Please see the full concentration page for more details.

Learn more about the EEP concentration

Free Electives

Augment your specialized training through a broad selection of elective courses at the Nicholas school, or choose from a modified catalog of courses at other Duke professional schools and at UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State University, and other partner universities.

Once matriculated, you will be assigned an academic advisor who will work with you during registration to ensure you're on track to meet graduation requirements and your elective course choices are the best match for your interests and career goals.

Primary Concentration Pathways

Primary concentration pathways offer options for MEM students who want to focus their graduate experience in different ways. Whether through advanced coursework or a Master's Project (MP) experience, students will gain tangible deliverables, professional growth, and preparation for their next steps after graduation.

Course-Based Pathway

The course-based pathway will be available in a limited capacity to students matriculating in fall 2025 and will be fully available for students matriculating in fall 2026 and beyond.

The course-based pathway will be followed by most students and provides options from approved courses, depending on their primary concentration. All pathways are designed to provide hands-on, applied learning and help students deepen skills relevant to their career goals.

This pathway will involve a minimum of six additional graded credit hours. Please refer to your primary concentration program chair or the list of courses on your concentration's page for more information about specific requirements by concentration.

Master's Project Pathway (MP)

A Master's Project (MP) is a problem or inquiry-based project led by a student, or group of students, to develop analytical capabilities, practice and demonstrate professional skills, and produce defined deliverables. During their first year of study, students may propose a topic to a faculty member or apply to a faculty-generated research project, which sometimes involves an external partner.

��Ĵ�ýs must have the approval of a Nicholas School faculty member to pursue an MP and it is important to note that not all projects will be approved. Master's program chairs will explain further details in the first semester of the program.

When approved, project planning begins as early as the second (spring) semester and culminates in the students’ fourth and final semester. ��Ĵ�ýs will be enrolled for a total of six graded credits: three in the second-year fall and three in the second-year spring.

Depending on the nature of the project, summer work may or may not be expected. ��Ĵ�ýs pursuing an MP are encouraged to connect with a possible faculty advisor in their first semester and by the start of the second semester, students must have identified a willing MP advisor and submit a project proposal.

Outputs from the MP experience can be flexible, but should reflect future professional practice. In all cases, there must be a written component that can be uploaded to DukeSpace.

View Past Master's Project Examples

Seminar

You will take this course every semester, registering for the section that accompanies your primary concentration choice. Even though you will have registered for this course in multiple semesters, you will earn only one credit towards your degree at graduation. Seminar activities include registration and course advising, cohort building, and professional development activities.

How Does Duke's Degree Compare?

Graphic comparing graduate degree programs: “MEM — Master of Environmental Management, Duke Nicholas School of the Environment” versus “MBCS — Master in Business, Climate & Sustainability joint degree, Duke Nicholas School of the Environment and Duke Fuqua School of Business” versus “MS — Master of Science, Other Institutions.” The background features leafy imagery with diagonal color overlays in teal, blue, and green, and large white text emphasizing the program names.

As a professional master’s degree, our Master of Environmental Management (MEM) program provides an interdisciplinary lens on tackling environmental issues in partnership with colleagues and communities. While many Master of Science (MS) degree programs are more research-focused, the MEM is an applied degree.

The Nicholas School also offers a joint master's degree with the Fuqua School of Business, the Master in Business, Climate and Sustainability (MBCS), designed for early-career individuals interested in working at the nexus of climate science, business and sustainability.

Though the majority of our graduates enter the workforce upon graduation, a handful of our MEM graduates do pursue further study in doctoral programs.

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What Skills Can You Gain at the Nicholas School?

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