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Graduates of the Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability - Climate and Environmental Change program of the Northern Arizona University will:

improve projections of climate change and its impacts on ecosystems and their ecological, hydrological and geological underpinnings

inform policy decisions about how best to manage natural resources under changing climate and related environmental stresses.

This emphasis often combines the long-term perspective from geological archives with process-oriented investigations of today, with the goal of integrating a field-based understanding of natural systems into predictive models to support sustainable resource management in the face of climate change.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The Environmental Science-Policy Interface

Regional Topics in Earth and Environmental Science and Policy

Research Methods in Earth and Environmental Science

Plant Ecology

Ecology And Management Of Introduced Species In Forests And Rangelands

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 96 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-31 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

60 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Flagstaff, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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General requirements

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Undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution with a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale ("A" = 4.0), or the equivalent.

GRE® revised General Test

Three letters of recommendation

A writing sample

A personal statement or essay

Resume or curriculum vitae

Tuition Fees

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32190 USD / year

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32190 USD / year

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In-State

12936 USD / year

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Living costs

Flagstaff

United States

1010 - 1500 USD / month

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