Executive Master of Environmental Policy (EMEP)

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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.

At A Glance

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

Careers

Vermont 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

 

*Exceptions in lieu of three years of relevant experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis by admissions.

 

 

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 2

Class Credits
Elective 3
Subtotal 3 credits