Degree Program

We offer a two-year or part-time M.S. degree program in an active and research-oriented environment for about 30 students. We stress personalized, individual attention to graduate student education and research. Our program provides a choice between emphasizing the environmental aspects of biology, chemistry or geology or a more broadly focused approached involving courses in each of the above fields. Graduate classes are offered in the late afternoon, early evening and occasionally on Saturdays to accommodate the full-time working student. Part-time students and in-service teachers seeking a science-oriented M.S. are welcome.

Faculty and students are engaged in the research of a variety of environmental issues including turtle population in local lakes, the toxic effects of copper in benthic macroinvertebrates from streams in Michigan's copper country, the impact of land use on groundwater and surface water quality, and the use of phytoremediation in the cleanup of brownfield sites.

MSES admissnion is open to those from any academic background, especially science or mathematics. Admitted students who have prior graduate courses completed are elegible to have several MSES core courses waived.

Dearborn is located in an urban setting in southeast Michigan along the main branch of the Rouge River. About one-third of the campus, more than 70 acres, is maintained as one of the largest natural areas in metropolitan Detroit, serving as a research and teaching facility for students and school teachers on campus and throughout southeast Michigan.