Master of Animal Protection Policy (MAPP) 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].

CURRENT DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
ANM5431	Animal Protection Policy	3
ANM5433	Science of Animal Law and Policy	3
ANM5437	Animal Ethics	3
EJU5110	Structural Inequality	1
​POL5510	Introduction 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
POL5200	Professional Identity Formation
POL5300	Negotiation and Consensus-Building

Students must choose either Thesis or Practice Track (for school year 2023-2024)

THESIS TRACK
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
POL5700	Thesis Seminar I	3
POL5701	​Thesis Seminar II​	1

PRACTICE TRACK At least one of the following courses:
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
	Externship
CLI9302	Environmental Advocacy Clinic (JD students only) (on an animal topic)
CLI9318	Environmental Justice Clinic (on an animal topic)
CLI9321	Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic
CLI9427	Energy Clinic (on an animal topic)
CLI9428	​Food and Agriculture Clinic (on an animal topic)
ENV5535	Transnational Environmental Practicum (on an animal topic)

​Remaining electives may be chosen from the courses and experiential options listed above and from the following list of approved courses.

THESIS TRACK
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
POL5700	Thesis Seminar I	3
POL5701	​Thesis Seminar II​	1

​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
ENV5422	Animal Welfare Law	2
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: Please consult the Academic Regulations for full and official degree requirements.​ ​​