Graduate Programs (M.S., M.P.S., Ph.D.)
The Department of Environmental Studies at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) offers a variety of graduate degrees and certificates at both the Master's and Doctoral levels in environmental studies, environmental science, and environmental policy. Study programs integrate and balance the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences in creative, interdisciplinary contexts. Degrees offered include two newly-approved degrees in Environmental Studies (M.S., M.P.S.), as well as degrees in Environmental Science (M.S., M.P.S., and Ph.D.). In addition, certificates of Advanced Study in Conflict Resolution and Environmental Decision Making, respectively, are offered jointly with Syracuse University. Please see our new Graduate Students webpage for a listing of current graduate students; and our Recent Graduates webpage for a listing of recent graduate alumni, including theses topics.
Master's Programs (M.S. and M.P.S.)
- Environmental Studies
SUNY-ESF's new Environmental Studies graduate program is dedicated to preparing students to actively support communities working to achieve sustainability from local to global levels. The program integrates social, cultural, and environmental knowledge and skills to address the challenges of the 21st century. Students in this program want to make a difference. Our program offers students a focused, yet flexible, interdisciplinary understanding of environmental issues, the problems that underlie them, and the paths that lead to more sustainable communities. Students examine the fundamental cultural, social, political, technical, and economic forces that drive environmental degradation as well as emerging approaches that can foster sustainability. More information HERE.
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Environmental Science
Faculty in the Department of Environmental Studies also participate in SUNY-ESF's interdepartmental Graduate Program in Environmental Science (GPES), currently offering flexible M.S. and M.P.S. degrees in the following areas: environmental communication and participatory processes; environmental and community land planning; environmental systems and risk management; environmental policy and democratic processes; and water and wetland resource studies. More information HERE.
Ph.D. Programs
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Environmental Science
The SUNY-ESF Graduate Program in Environmental Science (GPES) offers Ph.D. coursework and degrees in the areas of environmental communication and participatory processes; environmental and community land planning; environmental systems and risk management; and water and wetland resource studies. More information HERE. -
Environmental and Natural Resources Policy
Students in SUNY-ESF's Environmental and Natural Resources Policy (ENRP) Ph.D. program conduct professional and scientific studies regarding how society makes and implements decisions regarding environmental and natural resources. Faculty members conduct studies on sustainability, ecological economics and global policy implications, environmental justice, watershed and wetland management policy, and evaluation/ revision of environmental policies affecting governments, non-governmental organizations, and partnerships -- at international, national, state, and local levels of application. More information HERE.
Graduate Certificate Programs
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Advanced Study in Conflict Resolution
As the world becomes increasingly dynamic, the ability to build relationships, negotiate solutions collaboratively, and use multiple approaches for conflict resolution is essential. This 12-credit certificate program allows students to engage in in-depth study of conflict theory, concepts, and skills. To earn the Certificate, students complete a required 3-credit course in Fundamentals of Conflict Studies and 9 additional credits of coursework selected with a faculty advisor. Students may concentrate their classes in a specific area of interest or complete a more general program of study. Students already in a graduate program earn the Certificate as part of the master's or doctoral degree, and the Certificate is awarded concurrently with the degree. Offered jointly with Syracuse University's Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (PARC). More information HERE. -
Environmental Decision Making
The Certificate of Graduate Study in Environmental Decision Making is designed for graduate students enrolled in law, management, public administration, or information studies programs at Syracuse University. The focus of certificate study is on environmental decision making, which can be defined as the process by which stakeholders in environmental outcomes engage in communications to seek solutions to environmental problems. Familiarly, decision making can refer to environmental policy making by governmental institutions, but a meaningful understanding of the topic in today's world will also include processes such as information acquisition and dissemination and such notions as negotiation, mediation, information policy and public participation as part of the decision making lexicon. More information HERE.
Concurrent Degrees at Syracuse University
- Graduate students at SUNY-ESF have the opportunity to pursue a concurrent Master's degree at Syracuse University (SU), including at SU's School of Education, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Commnications, the Maxwell School of Citzenship and Public Affairs, and the Whitman School of Management. More information HERE.
Relationship to Syracuse University
Co-located for almost a century, SUNY-ESF and Syracuse University share a campus, facilities, and much more. ESF students have access to all SU libraries and other facilities and may take appropriate courses from SU during the academic year at SUNY-ESF tuition rates (additional course-specific fees may apply). Similarly, SU students have access to ESF facilities and courses. Environmental Studies students benefit from the broad range of courses ESF offers as well as from the many offerings at SU in political science, communication and rhetorical studies, geography, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, arts, etc.
All told, SUNY-ESF is one of the best places in the world for graduate and undergraduate Environmental Studies. Come join us!