The Environment & Community Program is a 2-year, interdisciplinary Master's Degree program.

Program Curriculum

The Master's Degree program is a two year program including the following coursework and requirements:

Required Seminars (15 units)

• EC 601: E&C Cohort Field & Immersion Experience (Fall semester)
• EC/NAS 610: Environment and Community Methods: Decolonizing Methodologies (Fall)
• EC 620: Climate Resilience Topic
• EC 630: Social Change & Advocacy Topic
• EC 640: Critical Ecology Topic

Required Colloquium (3 units)

• EC 615 Graduate Colloquium (1 unit, taken each of first 3 semesters)

Thesis/Project (690) or Comprehensive Exam (691) Units (3 units)

• Taken graduating semester

Thesis/Project Field Research OR Additional Seminar/Elective Course (3-6 units)

• For those students opting for a thesis/project, units will be taken in final fall and/or spring semester. For those students opting for a Master’s Exam, they are required to take one additional seminar or elective course.

Elective Courses (1 must be graduate level - electives can be E&C seminars) (6 units)

• Electives are fulfilled by courses in other departments and require no additional E&C courses.
• Research or general elective courses, from recommended course list or with graduate coordinator’s approval.