Program Overview
College of Natural and Health Sciences
General Master's Degree Admission Requirements
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Location: Ross Hall 3235
Telephone: 970.351.2647
Fax: 970.351.4197
Website: www.unco.edu/nhs/earth-atmospheric-sciences/
The Environmental Geosciences Professional Science Master's (P.S.M.) degree program is certified by the Council of Graduate Schools; it operates under guidelines of the P.S.M. National Office. Those guidelines specify that at least half of the credits must be in science content; in addition, Professional Skills courses and a Professional Internship must be completed. The multidisciplinary structure of the department affords each student the opportunity to develop a sequence of courses that complements and builds upon their previous education and experience, whether in the earth sciences or a wide variety of other science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or other fields.
Degree Requirements — 30 Credits
Graduate Communications Course (3 credits)
Choose one of the following:
Other Professional Skills Course (3 credits)
Choose one of the following:
| BAAC 527 | Governmental and Institutional Accounting | 3 |
| CH 550 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| ELPS 601 | Leadership Development Through Inquiry | 3 |
| INTR 560 | Ethics in Leadership | 3 |
Required Credits — 7 hours
Required Earth Sciences Content Courses — 14 credits
14 credits of graduate-level earth sciences content from prefixes ESCI, GEOL, MET, or OCN at least 6 credits of which must be selected from:
Required Professional Skills Courses — 6 credits
Required STEM Content Courses — 3 credits
Choose one the following:
Program Notes
- ESCI 599, a one-credit hour course, must be taken twice for a total of two credits.
- ESCI 600 should be taken the first Fall semester of attendance.
- A 3.0 GPA in the courses taken as part of this major is required for graduation. A "C" or higher is required for all courses taken as part of the program.
- At least two-thirds of a student's master's degree program must be in courses that are not double-numbered courses or in courses that have been taught solely as 500-level or above graduate courses.