Resource Management

This concentration prepares students to work in habitat restoration, land conservation, and wildlife management. For these students, the distinction between foundation and concentration courses is not as clear-cut. Students use nine courses to develop a curriculum that combines science (e.g., ecology, geology, chemistry) with policy (e.g., law and planning) and field techniques. They are required to take at least one field course and to do a field-based Capstone exercise. Graduates work in land and wildlife management positions.

Student Research

• "Evaluating Strategies to Protect Open Space and Slow Sprawl in the Philadelphia Region" by Paul Lumia '08
• "Wetland and Riparian Invaders: A Guide to Invasive Plants of Southeastern Pennsylvania" by Aileen Gambecia

Courses from the MES program

• ENVS 541 - Modeling Geographic Objects
• ENVS 604 - Conservation and Land Management
• ENVS 645 - Planning for Land Preservation
• ENVS 681 - Modeling Geographic Space

Typical Courses from Other Schools at Penn

School of Arts & Sciences

• BIOL 465 - Ecological Techniques in Conservation

School of Design

• CPLN 585 - Land Use Planning
• CPLN 655 - Land Use and Transportation Planning
• CPLN 671 - Sustainable Development in Cities and Regions
• CPLN 675 - Green Development
• CPLN 725 - Innovations in Growth Management
• CPLN 766 - Land Conservation Finance
• LARP 760 - Topics in Ecological Design

Fels Institute of Government

• GAFL 521 - Fundraising for Nonprofits
• GAFL 749 - Leading Nonprofit Organizations

Wharton School

• LGST 806 - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Law School

• LAW 686 - Natural Resource Law