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16 Master's degrees offered by the university
Industrial Ecology - Sustainable Systems
Modern environmental challenges impact both developed and developing nations, and they are compounded by increasing consumption pressures and a growing global population.The Industrial Ecology - Sustainable Systems program is offered at University of Michigan.
Applied Economics
The graduate programs in economics, such as Applied Economics at the University of Michigan offer preparation for the wide range of careers now open to professional economists in academic, business, and government sectors.
Environmental Health Sciences
Additionally, Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan degree students are required to complete a program of didactic coursework and to undertake original research culminating in a master's thesis.
Applied Climate
The Climate & Space Applied Climate at the University of Michigan is the bridge between the two and as a student you are the translator and, with a foundation in science and engineering, jobs in public policy, urban planning, public health, water management, and engineering are opened up to you.
Environmental Health Sciences
Environmental Health Sciences degree program at University of Michigan is a broad-based multidisciplinary educational experience that develops scientific, technological, policy and managements skills needed to address contemporary environmental and public health issues. Emphasis is placed on exposure assessment, worker safety and human health risk assessments.
Industrial Ecology - Environmental Justice
Equity and justice play an integral role in environmental affairs, yet remain elusive in our legal, economic, and ecological systems. When we recognize the interconnectedness of social and biophysical factors, we expand our potential to advance both sustainability and human rights.The Industrial Ecology - Environmental Justice is offered at University of Michigan.
Sustainability and Development
Sustainability and Development at University of Michigan pose unprecedented challenges for people and the planet. The world needs professionals with the insights and training to tackle those challenges.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Traditional
The Traditional M.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Traditional Program at University of Michigan has both a thesis option and a coursework-only option. The program is flexible and serves a variety of career objectives, such as teaching in secondary schools, employment in a variety of research-oriented jobs, interpretive work in parks and nature centers.
Industrial Ecology - Behavior, Education and Communication
Solving environmental problems often comes down to solving people problems. How can we compel individuals and groups to accept willingly—and, better, to seek out—more sustainable life patterns? This is one of the main challenges of creating meaningful environmental change, and the overarching focus of University of Michigan Industrial Ecology - Behavior, Education and Communication field of study.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at University of Michigan has one of the top ranked geology graduate programs in the country, according to US News & World Report. The geochemistry and paleontology graduate programs also received top 5 and 3 rankings nationally.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Frontiers
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Frontiers program at the University of Michigan has three primary goals: to bring students to the study of ecology and evolution who might not otherwise have considered it.
Industrial Ecology - Environmental Policy and Planning
Climate change, biodiversity loss, inefficient land use patterns, overconsumption, and reliance on unsustainable sources of water, energy and food have created a set of problems for both developed and developing nations that many policy analysts view as the greatest challenge facing our generation.The Industrial Ecology - Environmental Policy and Planning is offered at University of Michigan.
Conservation Ecology
The fate of our planet depends on a new generation of highly skilled conservation ecologists. As an Conservation Ecology student at the University of Michigan in this interdisciplinary field of study, you will become a change-driven scientist capable of developing novel approaches to the sustainable management of wildlands, protected areas, and aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Environmental Informatics
Data science technologies are fast-tracking sustainability efforts from forestry to landscape mapping, watershed ecology to archaeology, pollution detection to geology, and everything in between.The Environmental Informatics program is offered at the University of Michigan.
Ecosystem Science and Management
Ecosystem Science and Management at the University of Michigan gain skills and expertise through engagement in a rigorous, exciting academic environment as well as through field-based learning in ecosystems around the world.
Toxicology
Graduates of the Toxicology program at the University of Michigan are well positioned to work at the front lines of public health in positions in research, government, the pharmaceutical industry, product safety evaluation, public service, health policy, and regulatory affairs.