Environmental Studies
This interdisciplinary program offers a Master of Science in Environmental Studies (Environmental Engineering Sciences Concentration) with a thesis or a non-thesis track option. Enrollment in the program is open to individuals with a baccalaureate degree in science (e.g., biology, chemistry, geology, physics). Others may be admitted with the approval of the graduate coordinator. Undergraduate course prerequisites must be satisfied. Students may make up course prerequisite deficiencies while in the program, although these credits will not count toward the total required for the master's degree. Frequently students entering the program are required to take additional undergraduate courses to develop analytical skills and to prepare for advanced level course work. Undergraduate courses may include calculus, statistics, chemistry, computer programming or courses designed to develop problem-solving skills.
The thesis track requires completion of an approved program of study involving a minimum of 24 credits of core courses and electives, and six credits of thesis, consisting of laboratory research or scholarly investigation for a total of 30 credits. Students may only register for thesis research with the prior approval of a thesis advisor. The thesis work is to be guided by a principal advisor who is a member of the University of Massachusetts Lowell faculty and by two additional committee members, at least one of whom must be a member of the faculty. Committee selection and the thesis topic are subject to the approval of the graduate coordinator. The non-thesis track requires completion of an approved program of study involving 30 credits of core courses and electives. All individual programs of study must include the core courses listed below.
Core Courses
18.510 Water Resources Management
14.573 Solid Waste Engineering
18.523 Air Pollution Control or 18.571 Air Pollution Phenomenology
Elective Courses
14.509 Environmental Engineering Geology
14.561 Physical and Chemical Treatment Processes
14.562 Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology
14.567 Environmental Aquatic Chemistry
14.568 Environmental Fate and Transport
14.570 Small and Alternative Waste-water Treatment
14.572 Marine and Coastal Processes
14.574 Air Quality Modeling
14.575 Ground Water Modeling
14.576 GIS Applications in Civil & Environmental Engineering
14.577 Biological Principles in Environmental Engineering Systems
14.578 Biological Wastewater Treatment
14.595 Hazardous Waste Site Remediation
18.501 Wetlands Ecology
18.502 Limnology
18.503 Toxicology and Risk Assessment
18.505 Glacial Geology
18.506 Regional Hydrogeology
18.519 Environmental Microbiology
18.527 Environmental Law
18.535 Global Environmental Science
18.572 Energy and the Environment
18.575 Physical Chemistry for Environmental Studies
18.576 Boundary Layer Meteorology
18.577 Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere
18.578 Advanced Synoptic Meteorology
18.580 Implementation of Environmental Policy
18.581 Understanding the Massachusetts Contingency Plan
84.519 Environmental Chemistry (Marine Chemistry)
See the graduate catalog for more information and course descriptions.