“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 4 courses from the following list: | 16 | |
| PLANT IDENTIFICATION | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO URBAN BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT | ||
| URBAN ECOLOGY | ||
| ECOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS WITH R | ||
| APPLIED ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICUM | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL SCIENCE | ||
| PLANT ECOLOGY | ||
| CONSERVATION BIOLOGY | ||
| ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY | ||
| ANIMAL DIVERSITY | ||
| URBAN ECOLOGY | ||
| URBAN FORESTS AS SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS | ||
| THESIS RESEARCH | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE: ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITS, HUMAN NEEDS, & SYSTEMS THINKING | ||
| HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS | ||
| URBAN PLANNING | ||
| RISKS, HAZARDS AND NATURAL DISASTERS | ||
| NATURE, SOCIETY, AND POWER | ||
| THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE OF OIL | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING | ||
| PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING | ||
| ENERGY POLICY AND THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS AND MEDIATED SOLUTIONS | ||
| URBAN RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION POLICY | ||
| SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY | ||
| SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT I: PLANNING, POLICY & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | ||
| SUSTAINABLE URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS | ||
| SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION | ||