Graduate Major + Concurrent Degree
Graduate students in the Haub School are able to select courses from a broad range of ENR electives, including law and policy, data management and communication. Your ENR core courses will complement those studies by providing interdisciplinary perspective and problem-solving approaches. You will collaborate and learn with students of diverse disciplinary training, backgrounds, and aspirations to critically evaluate the multiple dimensions of complex environmental challenges.
Our concurrent Environment and Natural Resource (ENR) graduate major requires admission to a primary degree outside of the Haub School. After admission to your primary master’s program, our concurrent graduate major can then be added to broaden your master’s degree. The ENR concurrent major is not a single, stand-alone degree nor a dual degree (two separate master’s degrees). Rather, it is combined with your primary program of study to produce a single degree with two concurrent components, for example a conferred degree could be titled “Masters of Science in Economics and Environment and Natural Resources” - one degree. Due to its unique structure, an in-person meeting or phone call with an advisor is recommended.
The graduate major in ENR prepares you to:
- Think across disciplines when addressing environmental challenges
- Understand environmental challenges from diverse perspectives
- Collaborate on practical solutions to environmental challenges
At the beginning of your studies, you will select a suite of approved ENR elective courses that span disciplinary perspectives outside your primary area of study. To apply, compose a statement of interest describing how ENR coursework meets your professional and academic interests. See submission details below.
COURSES YOU'LL TAKE:
ENR Core(required)
6 CREDITS
Learn how to assess and problem solve for natural resource challenges.
ENR Electives
9 CREDITS
Round out your understanding of cultures and values, economics, environmental management, science, and/or policy as they relate to environment and natural resource issues.
Application Instructions
- Note the concurrent major requires admission to a primary program (e.g. ZooPhys, AgEcon, Creative Writing.)
- Set up advising appointment with Nicole Gautier
- Submit Statement of Purpose (guidelines) to ngautier@uwyo.edu.
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Careers:
Our economy and our world are changing rapidly. Many of the jobs, career paths, and professional opportunities you could take after you graduate might not even exist yet! The Haub School will prepare you to be a nimble, creative, and critical thinker, building the skills, knowledge, and tools you can apply to wherever you want to forge a path in the future.
Environment and Natural Resources
Career opportunities exist in in private companies like environmental consulting, reclamation/restoration, and regulatory compliance firms, in non-profit organizations that specialize in science communication, outreach, or environmental education, with local, state, or federal agencies in conservation, recreation and open space planning, natural resource management, or land-use planning.
- manage public lands, national parks, and wilderness areas
- advocate for environmental protections at a local, state, and national level
- cultivate environmental stewardship through public engagement
- communicate scientific processes to various audiences
Jobs*:
Natural Resources Policy Consultant, Park Ranger, Urban and Regional Planner, Research Scientist, Stewardship Coordinator, Natural Resource Specialist, Range Technician, Field Geologist, Outreach Coordinator, Senior Mediator, Environmental Educator, Field Supervisor
Employers*:
Wyoming Outdoor Council, National Geographic, Bureau of Land Management, Teton Science Schools, Wyoming Conservation Corps, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, International Wolf Center, The Wilderness Society, Meridian Institute
*real job titles and employers of Haub School alumni
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