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/ML dual degree, offered jointly by Penn Carey Law and the School of Arts & Sciences, provides grounding in earth sciences, policy, and other relevant disciplines alongside focused study in environmental law, covering resource use, air and water pollution regulation, and energy policy.
A dual degree program between the Master of Environmental Studies (MES) and Master of Science in Nonprofit Leadership (NPL) provides an avenue to make change in the fields of environment, climate, and environmental justice. A large part of environmental work is done through nonprofit and NGO groups; thus, this area of study is relevant to a wide range of students.
The central purpose of this program is to bring together highly qualified individuals from France and the United States with a variety of master’s degrees in a unique and rigorous program that prepares students to manage complex international environmental challenges.
The Master of Environmental Studies offers you a rigorous academic grounding in environmental science and exceptional opportunities to conduct research in the field. In addition, you gain the professional networks and individualized professional development you need to excel in your work, whether as a researcher, policy advocate, teacher or business executive.
The Certificate in Ecological Architecture helps students develop an understanding of the dynamic interaction between the natural and built environments and introduces performance-based techniques for operating in that interaction, spanning scales from landscapes to products.
The Certificate in Ecological Planning draws on courses across the School of Design, the Environmental Studies Program, and other schools to offer an interdisciplinary approach to planning that accounts for natural cycles, carrying capacity, and the growing impacts of climate change on ecosystems and human settlements.
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.