“Environmental diplomats should engage in an ethical and philosophical debate when it comes to taking moral actions. Being a 'technocratic' or expert diplomat is not enough vis-à-vis this intergenerational field that requires a sense of moral awareness and responsibility. This moral consciousness must be embedded with the diplomats’ understanding of how their actions can influence future generations as well as predecessors.”
- Leila Nicolas and Elie Kallab, Effective Forms of Environmental Diplomacy, 2021
The Grace School’s concentration in Environmental Diplomacy is the first university program in the world designed to train future practitioners of diplomacy in this vital field and reflects the fact that the new language of diplomacy is emerging from three terms which are common to all cultures and geographic locations: “clean air,” “clean water” and “arable land.” The Environmental Diplomacy concentration provides a foundation for those who are interested in pursuing multiple career trajectories, including work in international and domestic NGO’s, the foreign service, science diplomacy, community organizing, municipal government and activism.
Students in the Environmental Diplomacy concentration are required to take six courses from the following list.
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose six courses from the following list: | 24 | |
| MARINE BIOLOGY | ||
| LEADERSHIP AND DIPLOMACY | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| INTRO TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE WITHOUT LAB | ||
| INTRO TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE WITH LAB | ||
| EARTH THROUGH TIME | ||
| FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL ECONOMICS | ||
| IDEAS OF NATURE | ||
| NATIONAL PARKS HISTORY | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | ||
| LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | ||
| CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| RESOURCES, POPULATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE | ||
| HUMAN IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO HORTICULTURE | ||
| URBAN AND COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL SCIENCE | ||
| URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ADVOCACY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | ||
| ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS WITH R | ||
| RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| RACE, JUSTICE, AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | ||
| OCEANOGRAPHY | ||
| EARTH'S CHANGING CLIMATE | ||
| GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS I: DIGITAL MAPPING | ||
| CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ECOLOGY | ||
| SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION | ||
| URBAN PLANNING | ||
| GEODESIGN | ||
| GIS ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS | ||
| FOCAL POINT SEMINAR The only LSP 112 Focal Point Seminar Course subtopics that may be selected are Biodiversity and the Modern Extinction Process (Study Abroad) and A Focus on Climate Change | ||
| CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY | ||
| APPLIED URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND POLICY | ||
| SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | ||
| NATIONAL PARKS POLICY AND GOVERNANCE | ||
| GREEN CITIES | ||
| SUSTAINABLE LAND REVITALIZATION AND BROWNFIELDS DEVELOPMENT POLICY | ||
| GREAT LAKES GOVERNANCE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| ENERGY POLICY AND THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| URBAN RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION POLICY | ||
| GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS | ||