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The complexity of global environmental challenges requires decision makers with both international affairs and environmental sciences training. Explore the degree’s unique coursework offered on Georgetown’s historic Washington, DC campus, as well as the in-demand degree concentrations to prepare you for a future of interdisciplinary collaboration and changemaking.
Concentrations
Students in this program have the opportunity to go beyond the core curriculum and develop expertise in a specific area related to environmental and energy challenges by choosing one of three concentrations. These concentrations cater to students’ academic interests and career goals, preparing them for specialized roles in various employment sectors. To fulfill the requirements, students must take at least one science or technology elective and at least one politics or policy elective. Alternatively, they have the option to develop a personalized concentration in consultation with the program director.
1. Global Sustainable Energy Technology & Policy
This concentration provides students with the knowledge base and tools to identify the implications of energy policy choices and to pathways to a sustainable energy future. Pictured: sample curriculum.
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2. Global Environmental Science and Policy
This concentration provides students with a background in the environmental sciences including atmospheric and oceans science and the implications for global environmental change.
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3. Environmental Science and International Security
This concentration provides students with an understanding of food, energy and water insecurity and their impact on the global landscape.
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Within each concentration, at least 1 elective must be a science or technology course, and at least 1 must be a politics or policy course.
| Course Type | Name | Code | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Science of Global Environmental Challenges I | ECo XXX | 4 |
| Core | Science of Global Environmental Challenges II | ECo XXX | 4 |
| Core | Global Environmental Politics and Security | ECo XXX | 3 |
| Core | Capstone Seminar | ECo XXX | 1 |
| Core | Global Capstone Course | ECo XXX | 3 |
| Skills | Energy Analysis and Energy Modeling (NEW) | – | 1 |
| Skills | Environmental Storytelling (NEW) | – | 1 |
| Skills | Geographic Information Systems | STIA 441, MSFS 611 ECO XXX | 1 |
| Skills | Remote Sensing | ECO XXX, STIA 454 | 1 |
| Skills | Quantitative Methods | GHDP 503 | 1 |
| Skills | Qualitative Field Research | GHDP 758 | 1.5 |
| Skills | Analytical and Statistical Skills | MSFS 527 | 1 |
| Skills | Data Science and Analytics | ANLY-501 | 1 |
| Skills | Python for Policymakers | MSFS 6525 | 1 |
| Skills | Climate Models for Policy (NEW) | 1 | |
| Skills | International Negotiations | MSFS 623 | 1 |
| Skills | International Negotiations and Mediation | MSFS 726 | 1.5 |
Core courses
- Science of Global Environmental Challenges I (4 credits)
- Science of Global Environmental ChallengXes II (4 credits)
- Global Environmental Politics and Security (3 credits)
- Capstone Seminar (1 credit)
- Global Capstone Course: (3 credits)
Skills courses
Students must take at least 6 credits of “skills” courses selected from the list below (courses may be either 3 or 1.5 credits)
- Energy Analysis and Energy Modeling
- Environmental Storytelling
- Geographic Information Systems
- Remote Sensing
- Quantitative Methods
- Qualitative Field Research 1.5 cr
- Analytical and Statistical Skills
- Data Science and Analytics
- Python for Policymakers
- Climate Models for Policy
- International Negotiations
- International Negotiations and Mediation 1.5 cr
Representative Electives
Global Sustainable Energy Technology & Policy
- Global Energy Transitions and Models
- Deep Decarbonization
- Clean Energy Innovation
- Energy and Environment in Eurasia
- Energy & Environment in China
- Renewable Energy Climate and Development
- Clean Energy Investment Development Economics
- The Energy Transition
- Sustainability, Innovation, and Tech
- Energy: Players, Markets, Projects
- Caspian Energy: Theory & Practice
Global Environmental Science and Policy
- Deep Decarbonization
- The Ocean and Global Change
- Global Environmental Negotiations
- Environmental Change in the Arctic
- Environmental Economics
- Environmental Policy
- Science and Policy Development in Latin America
- Sea Level Change & Coastal Adaptation
- Physics and Chemistry of Earth’s Climate
- Energy and Environment in Eurasia
- Policies for Clean Air and Global Health
- Infrastructure and the Environment
- National Climate Solutions: Tackling Challenges 1.5 cr
- Agricultural Food Systems and Econ Development
- Climate and Development
- Climate Change Resilience 1.5 cr
- International Climate Policy and Diplomacy
- Navigating a Climate of Change
- Caspian Energy: Theory & Practice
- Gender & Environment: Latin America
- Environmental Policy in Europe
- Global Justice/The Environment
- Global Environmental & Climate History
Environmental Science and International Security
- Global Hunger
- Agri-Food Systems and Economic Development
- Environment, Development and Conflict 1.5 cr
- Food System, Transformation and Global Development 1.5 cr
- The Energy Transition
- Transnational Security
- Energy: Players, Markets, Projects
- Environmental and Human Security
- Russia/Europe Relations: Climate/Energy/War
- Water in MENA: Local Practices and Politics
- Environmental Security and Conflict
- Water Politics
- Critical, Human and Environmental Security
- Sea Level Changes & Coastal Adaptation
- Physics and Chemistry of Earth’s Climate
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