Master of Environmental Studies

The Master of Environmental Studies at Virginia Wesleyan University is a 100% online degree that is designed to prepare students for a career in the environment and sustainability fields by combining rigorous academic grounding with coursework that develops practical real-world skills. It is also designed to help environmental professionals gain additional skills, experiences, and credentials to help them advance in their career. Students complete core classes on environmental problem solving, environmental policy, sustainability assessment, and environmental justice with additional coursework in climate change, water resources management and business.  Throughout these courses, students will hone their skills in problem solving, project development, sustainability assessment, and professional communication.  Active practitioners will serve as guest instructors, providing mentoring and networking opportunities.  In the final two courses, students will propose and implement a capstone project in their own community that integrates their learning and career interests.

Admission Requirements

To be considered for admission to the MEnvs program at Virginia Wesleyan University, students must:

• Complete our online application.
• Provide official academic transcripts from all regionally accredited colleges and universities previously attended. If more than one institution has been attended, the cumulative GPA for all coursework attempted must be 2.7 or higher. In addition, the GPA earned at the institution at which the bachelor’s degree was awarded must be 2.7 or higher.

The department strongly recommends that applicants have previously taken a Statistics course, upper level courses in the natural sciences, and a business or economics class.  Students that have not taken an undergraduate statistics class may wish to do so before taking the ENVS 525 course.

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