Curriculum
The Air Resources Management Curriculum in the Nelson Institute is designed to meet the critical need for environmental professionals
competent in air resources issues spanning air system behavior, multimedia issues, regulation, analysis, planning, design and control.
The course work combines study in science, economics, health, engineering, ecology and policy subjects to address air management issues
at both the local and ecosystem scales.
Each ARM Certificate student must complete six courses and a seminar (18 credits) including:
- two required policy courses
- two required technical courses
- two approved electives
- a seminar
By entering ARM early in their graduate studies and planning carefully, students often can select courses that satisfy both their
degree programs and ARM requirements. Students must complete all 18 required credits in order to obtain the certificate which will
appear on the student's UW transcript. Doctoral students have the option of completing either the 18-credit certificate or the
10-credit Ph.D. external minor.
The ARM curriculum and list of electives is available in pdf format.
(Free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
18-Credit Certificate
Requirements (13 cr.):
Core policy requirements
- Envir St 539: Air Resources Science and Policy (3 cr.)
- Envir St 502: Air Pollution and Human Health (3 cr.)
Core technical requirements
- CEE 423: Air Pollution Effects, Measurements, and Control (3 cr.)
- Atmospheric Science (3 cr.) -- Any 300-level or higher AOS class or other approved air-related course.
Seminar
- Envr St 761: Colloquium in Air Pollution (1 cr.)
All students pursuing the certificate or PhD minor should enroll in this course for credit (or attend if already taken for credit)
each year that they are in the program
Electives (5 cr.):
Skills and methods elective (3 cr.)
Students must select one course in risk assessment or management, economics, law, policy analysis, GIS, statistics, cost-benefit
analysis, engineering analysis, measurement, instrumentation, or other skills or methods course.
- A E E/Econ/Forest 431: Natural Resource Economics
- A E E/Envir St 881: Benefit Cost Analysis
- Envir St 343: Environmental Economics
- Envir St 400: Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation (irreg)
- Envir St 671: Energy Economics
- Envir St/Land Arc/Soil Sci 695: Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resources
- Geog/Envir St 377: Intro to Geographic Information Systems
- Law 848: Environmental Law
- Stat 571: Statistical Methods for Bioscience I
- Stat xxx: other stats courses selected in consultation with student's committee
Advanced elective (2 cr.)
Students must take one advanced elective course that is approved by the ARM advisor and program chair to complete their certificate.
- Atm Ocn 310: Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean I
- Atm Ocn 330: Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean I
- Atm Ocn/Envir St 535: Atmospheric Dispersion and Air Pollution
- Atm Ocn 638: Atmospheric Chemistry
- Atm Ocn/ Envir St/et al 980: Earth System Science Seminar
- ChE 426: Mass Transfer Operations
- Civ Engr 427: Solid & Hazardous Waste Engineering
- Civ Engr 521: Industrial Pollution Control
- Civ Engr 609: Special Topics in Water Chemistry: Air Chemistry
- Civ Engr 629: Special Topics in Environ. Engineering: Air Pollution Lab
- Envir St 461: Environmental Systems Concepts
- Envir St 449: Government and Natural Resources
- Envir St 400: Risk and the Environment (irreg)
- Env Tox/ Envir St/Pl Path 368: Environmental Law, Toxic Substances & Conservation
- Ind Engr/NEEP 708: Societal Risk Management of Technological Hazards
- ME 569: Applied Combustion
- ME 770: Advanced Experimental Instrumentation
Optional substitution: Students with a strong background in an area covered by one of the core requirements may petition the Chair to
substitute advanced coursework in that area for the core requirement.
10-Credit Ph.D. Minor
This minor is an external minor and requires approval by the ARM faculty.
- Core Policy Requirement (3 credits)
- Envir St 539 - Air Resources Science and Policy
- Core Technical Requirement (3 credits)
- CEE 423 - Air Pollution Control Technology
- Seminar (1 credit)
- Envir St 761 - Colloquium in Air Pollution
- Approved Elective (3 credits)
Satisfactory Progress
ARM students are expected to develop a study plan during their first semester indicating which courses they expect to take.
Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 3.0 in their seven ARM courses, with a minimum grade of BC in any one course.
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