Brooks MPA students in the Environmental and Sustainability Policy concentration develop the capacity to coordinate, lead, and manage teams of specialists to develop and implement environmental management plans and policies. Specialists in this area develop the skills required to work in fields such as conservation management, disaster planning and response; environmental finance, policy, and regulation; and impact investing.   

Concentration Gateway Course

• Comparative Environmental Policy

Representative Coursework

• Environmental Finance and Impact Investing
• Corporate Responsibility
• Comparative Environmental Policy
• Community and Environmental Dispute Resolution
• Environmental Governance
• Economics and Environmental Policy
• Policy Issues in Disaster Prevention and Recovery
• Environmental Justice and Policy

Representative Employers (Full Time & Internships)

• US and various state Environmental regulatory agencies
• Baltimore County Commission on Environmental Quality and other county and local environmental agencies
• Agencies responsible for energy policy at the state, national, and international levels
• Calvert Investments
• Center for Transformative Action
• Clean Ocean Action
• Global Environmental Facility
• International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development
• Rails to Trails Conservancy
• Agencies of the United Nations

Representative Occupational Titles

• Program Analyst
• Public Policy Associate
• Research Assistant