MA in Environmental Studies

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From an email I received. Please see below for more information.

 

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The University of Illinois at Springfield solicits applications for the MA in Environmental Studies for the fall 2015 semester.  We offer three concentrations:  Sustainable Development & Policy; Environmental Planning & Management; and Environmental Humanities.  Our students have access to our GIS Laboratory, the Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon, and the many resources associated with our location in the state capital.  For more information please visit our department website (uis.edu/ens) or contact the department chair (Dennis Ruez; druez2@uis.edu).

Financial Support.  Most of our on-campus students are supported by the Graduate Public Service Internship (GPSI) program (gpsi.uis.edu), an ideal experiential opportunity for students interested in working for government agencies.  These interns work half time in the fall and spring, full time in the summer, for a state agency in exchange for a stipend and tuition waiver.  Most of our department’s interns work with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency or the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, but many other options are available.  Other support is available via Graduate Assistantships, the Illinois Legislative Staff Intern Program, and the Whitney Young Fellowships.  Information on all of these programs is on the GPSI website hyperlinked above.

Please note that these support packages require a separate application from the one seeking admission to the Department of Environmental Studies (ENS).  Your application to the university/department for the fall semester needs to be complete by March 1 so that the GPSI and other support programs can begin to make their decisions on March 15.

The University of Illinois at Springfield also offers the MA in Environmental Studies in an entirely online format, but university financial support is generally not available for those students.