PUA: Environmental Affairs Concentration (SPIA concentration)

• The Environmental Affairs concentration gives Public & Urban Affairs students the opportunity to focus on environmental issues, planning, and policy.
• Upon completion of the Environmental Affairs (ENVA) concentration, students are prepared for entry level positions in public, non-profit and private firms and organizations dealing with environmental issues, and for graduate study in environmental planning and policy and related fields.
• This is a SPIA concentration also available to students in Political Science, Geography, and International Studies.
• Students pursuing this concentration should also consider the minor in Environmental Policy and Planning.
• PUA students concentrating in Environmental Affairs receive a strong academic foundation through an environmental course in the PUA core, two required concentration courses in resources and planning/policy and three additional courses.
• Qualified students are encouraged to participate in SPIA's Washington Semester and/or the Environmental Intensive which blend academic study with internships into a unique learning experience.

Curriculum

Select three courses from the following:

• Urbanization: Planning and Policy
• Public Policy
• Public and Non-Profit Management
• Global Development
• Environmental Affairs
• Minor