The Master of City Planning’s Land Use and Environmental Planning concentration prepares students to accommodate population and economic growth while preserving farm and resource lands, promoting clean air and water, and reducing the carbon footprint of cities and suburbs.
The Veterinary Medicine VMD |Master of Public Health dual degree program trains veterinary medicine and public health students. Candidates choose from several track options and design their plan of study with electives to fulfill the track requirements. The tracks offered include the Generalist Track, Global Health Track, Environmental Health Track, and the One Health Track. Students also complete 125 hours of field work and a culminating Capstone experience that results in a mentored research or mentored project in public health.
The MES Program offers a multi-disciplinary approach to environmental study, connecting researchers and practitioners across physical, biological, health, and social sciences with professionals in planning, business, health care, and law. This approach equips graduates with the knowledge necessary to tackle complex environmental issues and specialize in areas like resource management, sustainability, policy, and urban resilience.
The MES/JD dual degree, offered jointly by Penn Carey Law and the School of Arts & Sciences, prepares students to assume positions of leadership in environmental law and policymaking in both the public and private sector, combining study of environmental and ecological issues with law, regulation, and policy related to environmental risk, climate change, and environmental justice.
Landscape Architecture offers two primary courses of study leading to a professionally accredited Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA). The first professional degree program is three years in length and is designed for students with an undergraduate degree in a field other than landscape architecture or architecture. The second professional degree is two years in length and is designed for those who already hold an accredited bachelor’s degree in either landscape architecture or architecture.
This certificate draws on the resilience expertise within the Weitzman School and is intended for professional graduate students enrolled at Weitzman School interested in adding an understanding of urban resilience, and how to design within a risky and uncertain world, to their list of educational qualifications.
The Certificate in Landscape Studies is a five-course program offered by the Department of Landscape Architecture, open to students enrolled in other programs across the School of Design and the broader university.