Program Director: Dr. Robert L. Simpson

The Master of Science in Environmental Science (MSES) is a two-year program designed for students who wish to pursue graduate study on a full or part-time basis so that they can balance professional and personal goals. Courses are primarily held in the evening and occasionally on Saturdays. With approximately 40 students enrolled, we stress personalized, individual attention to graduate student education and research. In-service teachers seeking a science-oriented M.S. degree are welcome.

The MSES program provides a choice between emphasizing the environmental aspects of biology, chemistry, or geology, or a more broadly focused approach involving courses in each of the above fields. Faculty and students are engaged in:

• the research of environmental issues including wetlands delineation,
• the treatment of nitrate contamination of groundwater with microbiological techniques,
• the impact of land use on groundwater and surface water quality,
• the use of phytoremediation in the cleanup of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soil, and
• brownfield investigation and restoration.

The Department of Natural Sciences has extensive networked computing facilities, including scanners, digitizers and plotters, GIS and groundwater modeling software, GPS equipment, a scanning electron microscope, and labs for preparation and chemical analysis of environmental, biological and geological samples. We also have extensive mineralogic and paleontologic collections, as well as the Merritt Geode Collections, one of the finest in the world.

Click here to access a printable brochure (PDF file).

For additional information contact:
CASL Office of Graduate Programs, 4901 Evergreen Road, 1090 Social Sciences Building (SSB), University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn MI 48128; (313) 593-1183

Email: CASLgrad(at)umd.umich.edu