ESPG - Degree Requirements

Graduate students in the Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy will satisfactorily complete, with a grade of B or better, fifteen (15) credit hours of interdisciplinary core courses, and fifteen (15) hours of approved graduate-level electives. A maximum of six (6) credit hours may be taken outside the program with the student’s thesis committee’s approval. Students will complete a minimum of six (6) credit hours of thesis research. No more than six (6) credit hours of research will count toward the required 36 credit hours for the Master’s degree.

Required Core Courses:

EVR 6936 Seminar in Environmental Science (3 credit hours)
GEO 6116 Perspectives on Environmental Thought (3 credit hours)
STA 5166 Statistical Methods I (3 credit hours)
EVR 6937 Seminar in Environmental Policy (3 credit hours)
Students must also take ONE of the following:
GLY 5932 ST: Environmental Geology (3 credit hours)
EVR 6*** Ecological Methods (3 credit hours)
CHM 6938 ST Environmental Chemistry (3 credit hours)

The remaining course work (15 credit hours) will be elected from approved graduate level courses offered by the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Geography or other USF programs as approved by the student’s thesis committee.

Electives:

BSC 6932 Special Topics in Biology Landscape Ecology

Stream Ecology
Systems Ecology

CHM 6938 Special Topics in Chemistry Atmospheric Chemistry

Aquatic Chemistry
Environmental Toxicology

ENY 5505 Aquatic Entomology

EVR 69** Special Topics in Environmental Science Environmental Instrumentation

Methods in Environmental Chemistry and Geology
Numerical and Computer Models in Environmental Science
Water Resources Management
Scientific/Technical Writing
International Environmental Policy
Environmental Security

GEO 5145 Advanced Remote Sensing
GEO 6115 Advanced Field Techniques
GEO 6166 Advanced Statistical Methods
GEO 6*** Seminar in Development Geography
GEO 6*** Political and Cultural Ecology
GEO 6147 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
GEO 6178 Environmental Applications of Geographic Information Systems
GEO 6286 Advances in Water Resources Geography
GEO 6372 Seminar in Global Conservation
GEO 6*** Seminar in Gender, Environment, and Development
GLY 6828 Groundwater Geochemistry.
GLY 6827 Advanced Hydrogeology
GLY 6739 Selected Topics in Geology

Isotope Geochemistry
Paleolimnology
Solute Transport

HIS 6939 Seminar in Environmental History
PCB 5306/L Limnology (4 credit hours)
PCB 5415 Behavioral Ecology
ZOO 5456/L Ichthyology (4 credit hours)

The Division of Environmental Science, Policy and Geography collaborates closely with the College of Marine Science, which is also housed on the USF St. Petersburg campus. The following courses are acceptable electives for graduate students in ESP, upon approval of the student’s committee. Up to six credit hours may be taken from outside the program.

OCB 6050 Biological Oceanography
OCC 6050 Chemical Oceanography
OCG 6050 Geological Oceanography
OCP 6050 Physical Oceanography
OCB 6567 Phytoplankton Ecology
OCB 6567 Methods in Phytoplankton Ecology
OCB 6646 Marine Zoogeography
OCB 6666 Ecological Physiology
OCB 6671 Methods in Biological Oceanography
OCB 6931 Special Topics in Ichthyology
OCE 6934 Marine Microbiology
OCE 6934 Topics in Marine Microbiology
OCE 6934 Topics in Molecular Microbial Ecology
OCE 6934 Water Pollution Microbiology
OCE 6934 Environmental Virology
OCE 6934 Topics in Phytoplankton Physiology
OCE 6934 Topics in Marine Animal Physiology
OCE 6934 Topics in Zooplankton Biology
OCE 6934 Zooplankton Dynamics
OCE 6934 Deep Sea Biology
OCE 6934 Topics in Crustacean Biology
OCE 6934 Topics in Marine Mammals
OCC 6057 Methods in Chemical Oceanography
OCC 6067 Marine Pollution
OCC 6111 Applications of Gas Chromatography ¬ Mass Spectrometry
OCC 6216 Marine Organic Chemistry
OCC 6418 Petroleum Geochemistry
OCE 6934 Methods in Isotope Geochemistry
OCE 6934 Physical Chemistry of Seawater
OCE 6934 Seawater Analytical Techniques
OCE 6934 Basic Clean Room Techniques
OCE 6934 Chemical Field Studies
OCE 6934 Chemistry of Marine Nutrients
OCE 6934 Biological Geochemistry
OCE 6934 Biogeochemical Sensors-Development and Applications
OCE 6934 Aquatic Radiogeochemistry
OCP 6056 Methods in Physical Oceanography
OCE 6934 Ocean Circulation I
OCE 6934 Ocean Circulation II
OCE 6934 Ocean Modeling
OCE 6934 Radiative Transfer
OCE 6934 Oceanic Microstructure
OCE 6934 Turbulence and Boundary Layers
OCE 6934 Ocean Waves
OCE 6934 Advanced Topics in Physical Oceanography
OCG 6075 Methods in Geological Oceanography
OCG 6455 Marine Isotope Geochemistry
OCG 6086 Geology of Continental Margins
OCG 6356 Stratigraphic Interpretation of Seismic Data
OCG 6551 Scanning Electron Microscopy
OCE 6934 Transmission Electron Microscopy
OCG 6656 Marine Micropaleontology
OCG 6664 Paleoceanography
OCE 6934 Evolution and Ecology of Reef Communities
OCE 6934 Geochemistry of Marine Sediments
OCE 6934 Marine Diagenetic Processes
OCE 6934 Techniques in Marine Sedimentology
OCE 6934 Advanced Carbonate Sedimentology
OCE 6934 Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy
OCE 6934 Stratigraphic Evolution of Carbonate Platforms
OCE 6934 Seamounts
OCE 6934 Global Tectonics
OCE 6934 Natural Disasters
OCE 6942 Field Studies in Marine Science
OCE 6934 Estuaries
OCE 6934 Experiential Learning in Marine Science
OCE 6939 Graduate Seminar in Oceanography
OCE 6934 Introduction to Satellite Oceanography
OCE 6934 Scientific Writing
OCE 6934 Selected Topics in Oceanography
OCE 6934 Statistics for Marine Research
OCE 6934 Time Series Analysis
OCE 6934 Topics in Satellite Oceanography

Thesis

All graduate students will enroll in a minimum of 6-credit hours of thesis research. No more than 6-credit hours of research will count towards the required 36 hours for the Master’s degree.

EVR 6971 Masters’ Thesis Research