Master of Resource and Environmental Management (MREM)

This program involves intensive coursework and an applied internship during a 16-month period.  The MREM will graduate highly skilled professionals with the problem-solving tools and scientific (social and biophysical) understanding to create innovative solutions to resource and environmental issues.

The program's goal is to produce graduates who can confidently and independently address both the biophysical and sociopolitical dimensions of resource and environmental problems. The MREM degree is an advanced "professional" degree aimed at management and practical problem-solving.

The program design can take much inspiration from the characterization of sustainable development of natural resources and environment provided by Kai Lee in his 1993 book entitled "Compass and Gyroscope: Integrating Science and Politics for the Environment."  He argued that the "compass" for sustainable development is appropriately provided by the science of adaptive management, and the "gyroscope" by the politics of principled and bounded negotiations.

The MREM is designed as a 16-month program which includes course work and an internship project undertaken over a four-month period in the third or summer semester.  The minimum course requirement is 13 half credits.

The MREM is designed for those seeking a professional career or who are already in the workforce and want some upgrading.