Executive Master of Environmental Policy (EMEP) Degree Requirements

Required courses are subject to change. For more​ information, please view the latest Academic Regulations or contact the Office of the Registrar: [email protected].

25 cred​its​

REQUIRED COURSES All of the following courses:
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
CLM5200	Fundamentals of Climate Change	2
ENG5220	Environmental Economics and Markets	3
EJU5110	Structural Inequality	1
EJU5120	Fundamentals of Environmental Justice	2
​POL5510	Intro to Policy Research and Writing	3
POL5520	Quantitative Analysis	2
POL5530	Policy Design	3
​REQ7186	Legislation and Regulation Survey	3

REQUIRED NON-CREDIT MODULES
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
EJU5100	Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
POL5100	Public Participation
POL5300	Negotiation and Consensus-Building

ELECTIVE COURSES​​
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
ADR6405	Arbitration​​	2
ADR6410	Alternative Dispute Resolution​​	3
ADR6412	Mediation​​	2
ADR6415	Environmental Dispute Resolution​​	3
ADR6420	Negotiation​​	2
ADR6450	Advanced Dispute Resolution Writing Seminar​​	2
​BUS6262	Social Enterprise Law​​	2
BUS6305	Non-Profit Organizations​​	3
BUS6350	Non-Profit Management​​	2
CLI9302	Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (JD or LLM students only)	6
CLI9326	Advanced Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (JD or LLM only)	6
CLI9405	Dispute Resolution Clinic I​​	4
CLI9427	Energy Clinic	4
CLI9428	Food and Agriculture Clinic	4
CLI9437	Advanced Energy Clinic	4
CLI9450	Land Use Clinic (JD or LLM students only)	6
DIV7620	Native Americans and the Law​​	3
DIV7628	Indian Tribes as Government Stewards of the Environment​​	2
ENV5105	Administrative Law​​	3
ENV5108	Introduction to Agriculture and Food Law and Policy	3
ENV5112	Science for Environmental Law​​	3
ENV5115	Environmental Law​​	3
ENV5125	Land Use Regulation​​	3
ENV5205	Air Pollution​​ Law and Policy	3
ENV5209	The Law of Toxics and Hazardous Substances	3
ENV5210	CERCLA Liability and Cleanup	3
ENV5212	Climate Change and the Law​​	3
ENV5220	Environmental Economics and Markets​​	3
ENV5223	Environmental Governance in the Developing World	2
ENV5226	Energy Law and Policy in a Carbon-Constrained World​​	3
ENV5228	Energy Regulation, Markets and the Environment	3
ENV5229	Environmental Issues in Business	3
ENV5230	Global Energy Law and Policy	2
ENV5235	Natural Resources Law​​	3
ENV5239	Land Transactions and Finance​​	3
ENV5245	Water Resources Management	3
ENV5246	Water Quality​​	3
ENV5250	Watershed Management​​ and Protection	3
ENV5303	Advanced Energy Writing Seminar​​	2
ENV5305	Environmental Ethics​​	2
ENV5306	Comparative Environmental Law Research​​	2
ENV5310	Environmental Health Law​​	2
ENV5335	Extinction and Climate Change​​	2
ENV5336	Climate Change, Extinction and Adaptation	2
ENV5342	Legal Adaptations to Global Warming	2
ENV5343	Climate Change Adaptation in Human Systems	2
ENV5344	Alternative Fuels and Renewable Energy	2
ENV5346	New Frontiers in Environmental Policies	2
ENV5349	Regulating the Marine Environment​​	2
ENV5350	Risk Assessment	2
ENV5356	Scientific Controversies​​	2
ENV5365	Climate Change: the Power of Taxes​​	2
ENV5375	Global Energy Justice	2
ENV5380	Food Regulation and Policy​​	3
ENV5381	Local Farm and Food Law in Practice	3
ENV5383	Food Justice & Sustainability	3
ENV5401	Agriculture and the Environment	3
ENV5405	Ecosystem Conservation Strategies​​	2
ENV5406	Animal Rights Jurisprudence​​	2
ENV5408	The Law of Animals in Agriculture	2
ENV5410	The Farm Bill	2
ENV5411	Federal Regulation of Food and Agriculture	2
ENV	Representing Farmers and Food Producers
ENV5423	Ocean and Coastal Law​​	3
ENV5430	Ecology​​	3
ENV5446	Environmental Justice​​	2
ENV5449	Environmental Litigation Workshop	2
ENV5462	Public Lands Management: Montana Field Study​​	3
ENV5468	Oil and Gas Production and the Environment​​	2
ENV5474	Land Conservation Law​​	2
ENV5478	Global Food Security and Social Justice​	2
ENV5479	Law and Policy of Local Food Systems​	2
ENV5500	Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions​​	2
ENV5510	Essentials of the Electric Grid​​: Engineering	1
ENV5521	Earth Law​​	2
ENV5540	Public Health and Food and Agriculture Policy	2
ENV5561	​Environmental Enforcement and Compliance​	2
ENV5564	​Peace, War and the Environment​	2
ENV5561	Environmental Enforcement and Compliance​​	2
ENV	Animal Welfare Law
GPP7819	Environmental Issues in Business Transactions (JD students only)	2
INT7412	Law of the European Union	2
INT7414	European Union Law Trento	2
INT7421	International Environmental Law​​ and Policy	3
INT7440	Comparative U.S.-China Environmental Law​​	2
INT7445	European Community Environmental Law	2
INT7446	International Trade and the Environment​​	2
INT7450	International Investment Arbitration and the Environment	2
JUR7307	Culture and the Environment​​	2
JUR7330	Moral Philosophy for Professionals	2
JUR7333	Animal Law and Ethics	3
PUB7510	Legislation​​	3
PUB7525	Legislative Clinic​​	6
WRI7380	Advanced Environmental Legal Research​​​	1

Note: This page is offered as a quick, simplified glance of a complex topic. Please consult the Academic Regulations for full and official degree requirements.