Environmental Policy and Planning Course List
SNRE Core
NRE 580 Environmental Assessment (W) 3 credits
NRE 509 Ecology: Science of Context and Interaction (F) 4 credits
NRE 510 Environmental Decision Making and Governance (F) 3 credits
NRE 538 Natural Resource Statistics (or equivalent) (W) 4 credits
EPP Core
A. Environmental Policy, Politics and Organizations (NRE 562 -F) 3 credits
B. International Environmental Policy (563 -W) 3 credits
C. Environmental Planning (NRE 592 (F), 687 (F)or modification) 3-4 credits
Additional Policy and Planning Course
NRE 571/ECON 471 Environmental Economics (F)
NRE 475/ENVIRON 475/EHS 588 Environmental Law (W)
NRE 592/UP 502 Environmental Planning (F)
NRE 565 Principles for Sustainability (W)
NRE 583/ECON 472 Intermediate Nat Res Economics (W10 will be offered as 501.086)
NRE 559 International Environmental Policy and Law (F)
NRE 501.295 Managing Organizational Change (TBD)
NRE 532 Natural Resources Conflict Management (F)
NRE 533 Negotiation Skills in Environmental Dispute Resolutions (W)
NRE 566 Public Opinion and the Environment (W)
NRE 527/BE 527 Energy Markets and Energy Politics (F)
NRE 575/PubPol 500 Thinking Analytically for Policy & Decisions (F)
NRE 558 Water Resource Policy (W)
NRE 687 Landscape Planning and Analysis (F)
EPP Analytics
Policy – NRE 570 Microeconomics for Nat Res Applications (W)
Planning – NRE 531 Principles of GIS (W)
Opus
Master’s Project or Thesis - at most 6 credits
Electives 8 credits
Free electives, including 4 non-SNRE credits for cognates. Courses must be U-M graduate courses at 400-level or above
Link to SNRE Courses site, which includes SNRE Course Descriptions, Course Exploration Tool, and links to Registrar's Office and WolverineAccess.

