Environmental Informatics Degree Requirements

Degree Requirements

	Requirement*	Note
EI Core	2 Environmental Informatics specialty courses [Plan-specific requirement]	NRE 441 NRE 531 NRE 501.114 (course number may change)
NRE Core	NRE 509 (Natural Science Core) NRE 510 (Social Science Core) NRE 580 (Environmental Integrated Assessment) [School-wide requirement]	Total of 10 credits hours
Electives	Electives	Plan specific; must be a graduate level course at 400-level and above. At least 6 credits taken from the following courses: NRE 441, 531 or 501.114 (if not counted towards EI core), NRE 425, NRE 639**, NRE 525, NRE 534, NRE 543, NRE 569, NRE 575
Analytics	Analytics [Plan-Wide Requirement]	NRE 538 - Natural Resource Statistics or equivalent 4 credits
Opus	Opus [School-wide Option]	Option 1: Up to 6 credit hours of NRE700/701. Plus, additional approved courses to total 42 credits
Opus	Opus [School-wide Option]	Option 2: Non-Opus. Take advantage of the wide array of relevant courses available at SNRE to total 42 credits
Cognates	Minimum 4 credit hours outside of SNRE [Rackham requirement]	Can be double counted with other degree requirements
TOTALS	TOTAL CREDIT HOURS	Minimum 42 credit hours
	TOTAL SNRE CREDIT HOURS	Minimum 25 of 42 credit hours
Any waiver or substitution of degree requirement must be approved both by the Graduate Advisor and EI Field of Study Coordinator and submitted to OAP. If a student has prior course work at the equivalent level of more than one of the selections in the IE core, s/he may petition the faculty advisor and EI Field of Study Coordinator to substitute EI approved electives for some EI core credits. To count toward the EI Plan-specific elective requirement, NRE639 topic must be approved by the EI Field of Study Coordinator. **Additional courses will be approved by the graduate advisor and EI Field of Study Coordinator. Acceptable courses are numerous, including many from other Fields of Study in NRE and outside NRE.