Natural Science (Study Option; Professional Science Master’s in Environmental Science), M.S.

Basic Introductory Leadership (3-6 cr.)

• MLS 501 - Holistic Leadership: Seminar in Theoretical Foundations (3 cr.)
• MLS 510 - Studies in Leadership Communication (3 cr.)
• MLS 511 - Systems, Change and the Dynamics of Complexity (3 cr.)
• MLS 515 - Leadership Analysis, Thinking and Planning (3 cr.)
• MLS 537 - Leading and Learning in Groups (3 cr.)
• MLS 581 - Ethics in Leadership (3 cr.)

Applied Leadership Skills (3-6 cr.)

• MLS 538 - Brokering Alliances and Networks (3 cr.)
• MLS 552 - Program Evaluation and Grant Writing (3 cr.)
• MLS 580 - Seminar in Public Policy (3 cr.)

Natural Science (9 cr.)

• BIO 533 - Biostatistics (3 cr.)
• BIO 510 - Plant Diversity and Evolution (4 cr.)
• BIO 545 - Graduate Field Botany (3 cr.)
• BIO 587 - Topics in Biology III (3 cr.)
• ENV 530 - Wildlife Ecology and Management (4 cr.)
• ENV 519 - GIS Applications (3 cr.)
• ENV 531 - Freshwater Ecology (4 cr.)
• ENV 533 - River Ecology (4 cr.) (3 cr.)
• ENV 536 - Advanced Population and Community Ecology (3 cr.)
• ENV 562 - Ecosystem Ecology (3 cr.)
• ENV 580 - Advanced Topics in Ecology (1 to 4 cr.) (1-3 cr.)
• ENV 599 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.) (1-6 cr.) *
• SCI 505 - Graduate Seminar in Natural Science (1 to 2 cr.)
• SCI 510 - Research Methods (3 cr.)
• Other graduate courses by advisement

Policy, Management, Planning (3 cr.)

• ENV 521 - Environmental Law and Policy (3 cr.)
• ENV 581 - Sustainability (3 cr.)
• GEG 545 - Adirondacks: Hist. Geog. (3 cr.)
• GEG 599 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.) (1-3 cr.) *
• Other graduate courses by advisement

Environmental Science Elective (3 cr.)

Select at least one course from the Natural Science or Policy, Management, Planning categories above.