Ecological Restoration, M.S.

Degree Program

The Master of Science in Ecological Restoration degree program includes thesis (30 credit-hour) and nonthesis (36 credit-hour) tracks to enable students to customize their studies to fit their career goals and objectives. It is available to students enrolled on campus and to working professionals seeking professional advancement via distance learning. The Ecological Restoration MS degree provides advanced training and practical skills to students seeking to apply ecological and engineering principles to restore damaged environments.

Field of Study

The M.S. Degree Program in Ecological Restoration has an interdisciplinary approach and is structured to complement and bridge between several sciences and engineering degree programs and a restoration certificate, and to position its graduates for numerous career pathways for which there is a growing demand locally, throughout Montana, nationally, and globally. This master’s degree is offered right in the center of the largest active Superfund sites of the nation. Which is probably among the world’s greatest living laboratories for ecological restoration.

Curriculum

Electives

List of example electives:

• ENVE 5020 - Surface Water Hydrology 3 credits
• EENV 404 - Sustainable Water Quality 3 credits
• EENV 414 - Land & Stream Restoration 3 credits
• EENV 430 - Sustainable Remediation of Soil & Subsurface 3 credits
• GEOP 525 - Advanced Remote Sensing 3 credits GEOP 425  - Remote Sensing for the Earth Sciences
• GEOE 585 - GIS in Natural Resources 3 credits
• GEOE 531 - Acid Rock Drainage 3 credits
• MIN 544 - Environmental Management and Design of Mines 3
• MPEM 502 - Project & Engineering Management (Core) 3 credits
• BIOE 455 - Plant Ecology 4 credits
• CHMY 540 - Environmental Chemistry 3 credits

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  Note: At least one-half of the minimum course credit requirements, excluding thesis, project and seminars, must be at the 500 level.