Environmental Management (with concentration in Environmental Economics and Policy)

Overview

The objectives of this Master in Environmental Management (with concentration in Environmental Economics and Policy) program at Duke University are:

• A broad and cohesive knowledge base in environmental economics, politics, and law, including the economics of public goods and externalities, the study of interest group behavior, political institutions, and property rights

• In-depth knowledge in a chosen area of concentration
• Quantitative and qualitative skills in applied statistics, survey research, analytical modeling, optimization techniques and case-study methods

• Professional management skills in teamwork and leadership, ethics, and oral and written presentation

Vision

Our highly analytical program provides training in the social and natural sciences for future policymakers, those who offer them expert advice, and those who try to influence policy through the political process. With a small class size and low student-faculty ratio, the program gives students a strong foundation in the methods needed to analyze how households, businesses, governments and other stakeholders react to existing and proposed environmental and resource policies.

Curriculum

Our core curriculum trains students in environmental economics, law and politics and the use of quantitative tools such as regression analysis, program evaluation, risk analysis, geospatial analysis, optimization, conflict resolution and benefit-cost analysis.

To complement this, you’ll work with your advisor to choose a specialization track and select natural science courses to build a cohesive and marketable set of skills customized to your career aspirations.

Areas of specialization could include:

• Collective action
• Interest group behavior
• Environmental institutions
• How public policy is formed and implemented
• Sustainable development
• The economics of public goods and externalities
• Public finance
• Valuation of nonmarket goods and services
• The intertemporal allocation of natural resources
• The allocation of resources as reflected in property rights
• Environmental risks as reflected in torts
• Regulation by statutory law

Transferable Skills

Environmental Economics & Policy students receive in-depth training in:

• Economic analysis, including benefit-cost analysis and non-market valuation
• Policy analysis
• Program evaluation
• Survey research
• Applied data analysis
• Risk analysis
• Qualitative methods

Your Future

The Nicholas School’s dedicated Career Center helps EEP graduates find positions in a wide array of industries and sectors. Many of our graduates enter consulting, both for the private and public sectors. Others work for governments or NGOs. Still others enter the business world, frequently in positions focused on business sustainability strategies.