Degrees offered

Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Degrees offered

ESE offers six degrees ranging from the bachelors to the doctorate, with five of these under the auspices of the Graduate School . At the graduate level, the degree requirements are hierarchical and result from a combination of Graduate School , School of Public Health , and department requirements. These requirements are designed to satisfy learning objectives, which are annotated for each of these degrees and further specified at the department level.

The curriculum of the Department provides the vehicle through which degree requirements are met and learning objectives are satisfied. As a result of the size, diversity, and research focus of the Department, other important aspects of the curriculum are seminar programs, degree-required exams and defenses, and faculty advising and mentoring.

Guide to Choosing a Graduate Degree Program

	MSPH	MPH	MS	PhD	MSEE
Focus of Degree	Research or Public Health Practice	Public Health Practice	Research	Research	Engineering Research or Practice
Target Enrollees	BS	Health Professionals	BS	BS**, MS, MSPH	BS in Engineering
Public Health Core Required	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Duration	2 - 2 1/2 years	1 - 2 years	2 - 2 1/2 years	beyond Master's	1 1/2 - 2 years
Project Orientation	Lab- or Field-Based Project Generation or Interpretation of Data	Literature Survey Analysis of Data Library-Based Research	Lab- or Field-Based Research Computational Research Generation of New Data	Original and Significant Research	Lab- or Field-Based Project Application or Development of Mathematical Model Generation or Interpretation of Data
Typical destination after graduation	Further Graduate Education Medical School Research Agencies Industry	Public Health Agencies Medical School	Further Graduate Education Research Agencies	Academia National Industry Government Agencies	Consulting Firms Industry Utilities Government Agencies

**With exceptional qualifications

ENVR Graduate Studies Director, Dr. David H. Leith
Email: david_leath@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 966-3851
Fax (919) 966-7911

Last updated November 12, 2009