The Executive Master of Environmental Policy (EMEP) is a 25-credit online executive master’s degree providing working professionals with the public policy skills to fight climate and environmental injustice.
Program Description
The EMEP is an online degree for mid-level professionals with a minimum of three years of relevant experience* who are seeking advanced credentials or a career change. Students gain the core skills needed to shape environmental policy and integrate issues of racial and economic justice into practice and policymaking. Courses include research and writing, policy design, quantitative analysis, environmental justice, and climate change. No GRE or capstone is required.
The list of 20+ electives includes Energy Efficiency Policy, Climate Change Mitigation, and Fundamentals of ESG.
With the first cohort beginning in Summer 2023, the EMEP is an online degree with multiple start dates for the student’s convenience.
Location: Online, optional on-campus Summer Sessions Credit Requirements: 25 credits Duration: As little as 16-months, part-time to accommodate the working professional’s schedule
Executive Master of Environmental Policy (EMEP) Curriculum
Summer 1
Class
Credits
Legislation and Regulation Survey
3
Skill Module – Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
0
Subtotal 3 credits
Summer 2
Class
Credits
Introduction to Policy Research and Writing
3
Subtotal 3 credits
Fall 1
Class
Credits
Fundamentals of Climate Change
2
Structural Inequality
1
Subtotal 3 credits
Fall 2
Class
Credits
Quantitative Analysis
2
Fundamentals of Environmental Justice
2
Subtotal 4 credits
Spring 1
Class
Credits
Environmental Economics
3
Skill Module – Public Participation
0
Subtotal 3 credits
Spring 2
Class
Credits
Policy Design
3
Skill Module – Negotiation and Consensus Building
0
Subtotal 3 credits
Summer 1
Class
Credits
Elective
3
Subtotal 3 credits
Summer 1
Class
Credits
Elective
3
Subtotal 3 credits
Careers
Maverick Lloyd School for the Environment graduates are the leaders, policymakers, and professionals our communities and our world most desperately need. Environment and climate-related positions held by recent master’s graduates include:
Community Development Specialist at Central Alabama Regional Planning Commission
Energy and Water Specialist at Climate Resolve
Associate at Rocky Mountain Institute
Research Manager at Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs
Environmental Protection Specialist for the Federal Highway Administration
Environmental and Climate Policy Specialist at the VT Agency of Transportation
Associate at the Clark Group, an environmental policy and communications consulting firm
Director of Legislative Affairs, Savion, LLC, an energy firm
Environmental Consultant at Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
