Master of Climate and Environmental Policy (MCEP) Degree Requirements
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Master of Climate and Environmental Policy (MCEP) Degree Requirements
Required courses are subject to change. For more information, please view the latest Academic Regulations or contact the Office of the Registrar: registrar@vermontlaw.edu.
34 credits
| REQUIRED COURSES All of the following courses: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| CLM5200 | Fundamentals of Climate Change | 2 |
| ENG5220 | Environmental Economics and Markets | 3 |
| EJU5110 | Structural Inequality | 1 |
| EJU5120 | Fundamentals of Environmental Justice | 2 |
| POL5510 | Intro to Policy Research and Writing | 3 |
| POL5520 | Quantitative Analysis | 2 |
| POL5530 | Policy Design | 3 |
| REQ7186 | Legislation and Regulation Survey | 3 |
| REQUIRED NON-CREDIT MODULES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| EJU5100 | Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | |
| POL5100 | Public Participation | |
| POL5200 | Professional Identity Formation | |
| POL5300 | Negotiation and Consensus-Building | |
Students must choose either Research or Practice Track
| RESEARCH TRACK | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| POL5700 | Thesis Seminar I | 3 |
| POL5701 | Thesis Seminar II | 1 |
| PRACTICE TRACK At least one of the following courses: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| MCEP Externship | ||
| CLI9302 | Environmental Advocacy Clinic (JD students only) | |
| CLI9318 | Environmental Justice Clinic | |
| CLI9321 | Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic | |
| CLI9427 | Energy Clinic | |
| CLI9428 | Food and Agriculture Clinic | |
| ENV5535 | Transnational Environmental Practicum | |
Remaining electives may be chosen from the courses and experiential options listed above and from the following list of approved courses.
| ELECTIVE COURSES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| ADR6405 | Arbitration | 2 |
| ADR6410 | Alternative Dispute Resolution | 3 |
| ADR6412 | Mediation | 2 |
| ADR6415 | Environmental Dispute Resolution | 3 |
| ADR6420 | Negotiation | 2 |
| ADR6450 | Advanced Dispute Resolution Writing Seminar | 2 |
| BUS6262 | Social Enterprise Law | 2 |
| BUS6305 | Non-Profit Organizations | 3 |
| BUS6350 | Non-Profit Management | 2 |
| CLI9302 | Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (JD or LLM students only) | 6 |
| CLI9326 | Advanced Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (JD or LLM only) | 6 |
| CLI9405 | Dispute Resolution Clinic I | 4 |
| CLI9427 | Energy Clinic | 4 |
| CLI9428 | Food and Agriculture Clinic | 4 |
| CLI9437 | Advanced Energy Clinic | 4 |
| CLI9450 | Land Use Clinic (JD or LLM students only) | 6 |
| DIV7620 | Native Americans and the Law | 3 |
| DIV7628 | Indian Tribes as Government Stewards of the Environment | 2 |
| ENV5105 | Administrative Law | 3 |
| ENV5108 | Introduction to Agriculture and Food Law and Policy | 3 |
| ENV5112 | Science for Environmental Law | 3 |
| ENV5115 | Environmental Law | 3 |
| ENV5125 | Land Use Regulation | 3 |
| ENV5205 | Air Pollution Law and Policy | 3 |
| ENV5209 | The Law of Toxics and Hazardous Substances | 3 |
| ENV5210 | CERCLA Liability and Cleanup | 3 |
| ENV5212 | Climate Change and the Law | 3 |
| ENV5220 | Environmental Economics and Markets | 3 |
| ENV5223 | Environmental Governance in the Developing World | 2 |
| ENV5226 | Energy Law and Policy in a Carbon-Constrained World | 3 |
| ENV5228 | Energy Regulation, Markets and the Environment | 3 |
| ENV5229 | Environmental Issues in Business | 3 |
| ENV5230 | Global Energy Law and Policy | 2 |
| ENV5235 | Natural Resources Law | 3 |
| ENV5239 | Land Transactions and Finance | 3 |
| ENV5245 | Water Resources Management | 3 |
| ENV5246 | Water Quality | 3 |
| ENV5250 | Watershed Management and Protection | 3 |
| ENV5303 | Advanced Energy Writing Seminar | 2 |
| ENV5305 | Environmental Ethics | 2 |
| ENV5306 | Comparative Environmental Law Research | 2 |
| ENV5310 | Environmental Health Law | 2 |
| ENV5335 | Extinction and Climate Change | 2 |
| ENV5336 | Climate Change, Extinction and Adaptation | 2 |
| ENV5342 | Legal Adaptations to Global Warming | 2 |
| ENV5343 | Climate Change Adaptation in Human Systems | 2 |
| ENV5344 | Alternative Fuels and Renewable Energy | 2 |
| ENV5346 | New Frontiers in Environmental Policies | 2 |
| ENV5349 | Regulating the Marine Environment | 2 |
| ENV5350 | Risk Assessment | 2 |
| ENV5356 | Scientific Controversies | 2 |
| ENV5365 | Climate Change: the Power of Taxes | 2 |
| ENV5375 | Global Energy Justice | 2 |
| ENV5380 | Food Regulation and Policy | 3 |
| ENV5381 | Local Farm and Food Law in Practice | 3 |
| ENV5383 | Food Justice & Sustainability | 3 |
| ENV5401 | Agriculture and the Environment | 3 |
| ENV5405 | Ecosystem Conservation Strategies | 2 |
| ENV5406 | Animal Rights Jurisprudence | 2 |
| ENV5408 | The Law of Animals in Agriculture | 2 |
| ENV5410 | The Farm Bill | 2 |
| ENV5411 | Federal Regulation of Food and Agriculture | 2 |
| ENV | Representing Farmers and Food Producers | |
| ENV5423 | Ocean and Coastal Law | 3 |
| ENV5430 | Ecology | 3 |
| ENV5446 | Environmental Justice | 2 |
| ENV5449 | Environmental Litigation Workshop | 2 |
| ENV5462 | Public Lands Management: Montana Field Study | 3 |
| ENV5468 | Oil and Gas Production and the Environment | 2 |
| ENV5474 | Land Conservation Law | 2 |
| ENV5478 | Global Food Security and Social Justice | 2 |
| ENV5479 | Law and Policy of Local Food Systems | 2 |
| ENV5500 | Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions | 2 |
| ENV5510 | Essentials of the Electric Grid: Engineering | 1 |
| ENV5521 | Earth Law | 2 |
| ENV5540 | Public Health and Food and Agriculture Policy | 2 |
| ENV5561 | Environmental Enforcement and Compliance | 2 |
| ENV5564 | Peace, War and the Environment | 2 |
| ENV5561 | Environmental Enforcement and Compliance | 2 |
| ENV | Animal Welfare Law | |
| GPP7819 | Environmental Issues in Business Transactions (JD students only) | 2 |
| INT7412 | Law of the European Union | 2 |
| INT7414 | European Union Law Trento | 2 |
| INT7421 | International Environmental Law and Policy | 3 |
| INT7440 | Comparative U.S.-China Environmental Law | 2 |
| INT7445 | European Community Environmental Law | 2 |
| INT7446 | International Trade and the Environment | 2 |
| INT7450 | International Investment Arbitration and the Environment | 2 |
| JUR7307 | Culture and the Environment | 2 |
| JUR7330 | Moral Philosophy for Professionals | 2 |
| JUR7333 | Animal Law and Ethics | 3 |
| PUB7510 | Legislation | 3 |
| PUB7525 | Legislative Clinic | 6 |
| WRI7380 | Advanced Environmental Legal Research | 1 |