Environmental Studies
Graduate| Concentrations

The selected area of concentration encompasses the majority of the course work for the student. A total of 21-24 credits, including directed research, fieldwork, and electives may be associated with the concentration. In following the Global Physical Environment or the Global Human Environment, the student acquires a technical and theoretical level of sophistication in areas fundamental to the contemporary study of the environment.

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The Global Physical Environment
A concentration involving knowledge of the physical, climatic, and abiotic resources of the world we live upon. These offerings develop current knowledge of the geologic, hydrologic, climatic, and diachronic aspects of global environmental concerns and considerations.

Course# Course Title Credits
ENV 500 Environmental Studies Introductory Seminar 3
ENV/EAS 501 Principles Of Earth Science I 3
ENV/EAS 502 Principles Of Earth Science II 3
ENV/POL 560 International Environmental Policy 3
ENV/CHE 570 Principles Of Toxicology 4
ENV 590

Special Topics
Offered as needed, topics include:

 3-4
 
  • Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)
  • Geohazards
  • Estuaries
  • The Green Energy Management Process
  • The Green Renewable and Sustainable Alternative Energy Resources
  • Environmental Risk Assessment
  
ENV 591

Independent Study

 3
ENV/BIO 614

Ecological Systems

 4
ENV 630 Special Topics In The Global Physical Environment
Offered as needed, topics include:		 3-4
 
  • Coastal Processes
  • Technical Aspects of Pollution Control
  • Innovation, Energy, and the Environment
  • Renewable Energy: Resources, Implementation and the Environment
  • Concepts of Energy Utilization
  • Sediments: An Environmental Archive
  
ENV 632 Workshops In The Global Physical Environment
This course is offered as needed on an individual basis, as tutorials, formal courses, or workshops, and reflects the use of campus laboratory facilities, local research facilities, and more distant field locations. Topics include: 		3-6
 
  • Physical Instrumentation for Environmental Analysis
  • Maps and Mapping
  • Technical and Computational Aspects of Pollution Control
  • Field Monitoring and Pollution Control
  • Special Projects in the Physical Environment
  
ENV/EAS 654

Oceanography

 3
ENV/EAS 671 Climatology 3
ENV/EAS 674 Hydrogeology 3

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The Global Human Environment
The global human environment concentration studies the complex biological and cultural interactions of human populations through time, with their varied environmental and geographic contexts. This subject is the focus of the subfields of evolution, ecology, anthropology, epidemiology, and forensics. These courses accentuate the dynamic interactions of these factors and their resulting effects on the intricate natural cycles of the biosphere, and methods of health risk assessment.

Course# Course Title Credits
ENV 500 Environmental Studies Introductory Seminar 3
ENV/POL 531 Conservation, Preservation, and Regulation 3
ENV/POL 560 International Environmental Policy 3
ENV 561 Human Ecology 3
ENV/ANT 566 Populations, Health, and Disease Ecology 4
ENV/BIO 567 Environmental Pollutants and Disease 3
ENV 590

Special Topics
Offered as needed, topics include:

 3-4
 
  • Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)
  • Introduction to Emergency Management
  • Health Management in Times of Disaster
  
ENV 591

Independent Study

 3
ENV/BIO 614

Ecological Systems

 4
ENV/BIO 625

Community Ecology and Evolution

 3
ENV 630 Special Topics In The Global Physical Environment
Offered as needed, topics include:		 3-4
 
  • Humans, Primates and Sustainable Development Policy
  
ENV 631 Workshops In The Global Physical Environment
Offered as needed, topics include: 		3-6
 
  • • Long Island Environments
    (given with Science Museum of Long Island)
  
ENV 633 Workshops In The Global Physical Environment
This course is offered as needed on an individual basis, as tutorials, formal courses, or workshops, and reflects the use of campus laboratory facilities, local research facilities, and more distant field locations. Topics include: 		3-6
 
  • Forensic Analysis
  • Ecosystem Analysis and Field Methods
  • Data Management and Curatorial Responsibilities
  • Laboratory Techniques in the Global Human Environment
  • Anthropological Fieldwork
  
ENV/ANT 640

Paleopathology and Paleodemography

4

B1. Global Human Environment: Specialization in Environment & Health
Environmental Health is a recently defined area of study that includes such diverse fields such as Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Disease Ecology and Epidemiology. Courses related to environment and health can be selected by the student in consultation with the department.

Prerequisites for a specialization in Environment & Health with emphasis in Ecotoxicology include four semesters of Biology including Ecology, and four semesters of Chemistry.

B2. Global Human Environment: Specialization in Business/Environmental Economics
While scientific and social considerations are vitally important in determining and executing environmental policy, the universes of business and congress ultimately incorporate financial and management arguments for the final implementation of environmental decisions. Persons involved in environmental fields from either universe must have the necessary tools to understand and to persuasively influence environmental decision-making. The Environmental Studies Program offers these tools to our students.

Several courses are recommended to stuents who want electives in Business or Environmental Economics in addition to our courses in microeconomics and Environmental Economics. Eight elective credits of course work may also be taken in the School of Business out of the total of 36 credits required for the M.S. in Environmental Studies. These courses may only be taken in consultation with Environmental Program and Business School advisers. The relevant School of Business courses are:

Course# Course Title Credits
ECA 520 Macroeconomics 3
BUS 551 Legal and Ethical Environment 3
BUS 652 Government and Public Policy 3

Specialization in Education/Earth Science Certification
Students interested in courses for environmental education certification in earth science should contact the department.

Emergency Management Program
Environmental graduate students may take selected courses in the Emergency Management Program toward their degree requirements. Students should refer to the Emergency Management Program description and consult with their adviser.

Advanced Offerings
Courses are three credits unless noted otherwise.

Course#
Course Title
Credits
ENV 700 Graduate Seminar 3 cr
ENV 791 Internship 3 cr
ENV 798 Guided Research 3 cr
ENV 799 Thesis Research 3 cr


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Contact
For additional information, please contact:

Anagnostis Agelarakis
Director
Environmental Studies
Science Building, Rm 103

 p - 516.877.4112
f - 516.877.4209
e - agelarak@adelphi.edu
 -or- Beth Christensen
Associate Professor, Earth Science
and Graduate Coordinator
Environmental Studies
Blodgett Hall, Rm 118

p - 516.877.4174
f - 516.877.4209
e - christensen@adelpi.edu
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