As of January 1, 2007 students in DUSP will be able to enroll in a new Environmental Planning Certificate Program. Any student who can meet the requirements will be eligible to receive the EP Certificate when he or she graduates. The requirements are completion of (1) 11.601 (the graduate Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning; (2) an environmental management practicum such as 11.360 or 11.362; and (3) six subjects, at least one from each of five listed sub-areas: Science, Health and Political Decision-making; Land Use, Growth Management and Restoration; Ecology and Landscape; Facility Siting, Infrastructure and Sustainable Development; and Methods of Environmental Planning and Analysis. The goal is to give graduates of DUSP seeking jobs in the environmental planning field a competitive edge by acknowledging the specialized competence and skills they have acquired.
The Certificate Program will be administered by the EPP faculty. The list of subjects in each sub-area along with the overall Certificate requirements are subject to change. Students can sign up for the Certificate Program by contacting Ms. Nina Tamburello (EPP administrator) at ninat@mit.edu.
Download the EP Certificate Form.
See below for a complete list of requirements and subjects in each subfield.
Required Subjects
- 11.601 Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning
- An approved environmental planning Practicum
Sub-field # 1: Science, Health and Political Decision-making (at least one is required)
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11.630J Environmental Law, Policy and Economics
- 11.631J Regulating Chemicals, Radiation and Biotechnology
- 11.725J Chemicals in the Environment: Fate and Transport
- 11.373 Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy
- 11.368 Environmental Justice
- 14.42 Environmental Policy and Economics
Sub-field # 2: Land Use, Growth Management and Environmental Restoration (at least one is required)
- 11.360 Community Growth and Land Use Planning
- 11.367 Law and Policy of Land Use
- 11.370 Brownfields Policy and Practice
- 11.374 Politics of Ecosystem Management
- 11.953 Comparative Land Use and Transportation Planning
- 1.252J Urban Transportation Planning
- 1.253J Transportation Policy and Environmental Limits
Sub-field #3: Ecology and Landscape (at least one is required)
- 1.018J Ecology I: The Earth System
- 1.72 Groundwater Hydrology
- 1.731 Water Resource Systems
- 1.75 Limnology and Wetlands Ecology
- 1.814 Industrial Ecology
- 11.305 Landscape Ecology and Urban Development
Sub-field # 4: Facility Siting, Infrastructure and Sustainable Development(at least one is required)
- 11.304 Site and Urban Systems Planning
- 11.479 Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries
- 11.572J Transportation Systems
- 11.528J Urban Spatial Structure, Transportation and Technology
- 11.941 Developing Energy Policies for a Sustainable Future
- 11.368 Environmental Justice
- 4.401 Introduction to Building Technology
Sub-field # 5: Methods of Environmental Planning and Analysis (at least one is required)
- 11.255 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector
- 11.362 Environmental Planning Methods
- 11.520 Workshop on Geographic Information Systems
- 11.523 Fundamentals of Spatial Data Base Management
Substitutions
Substitions must be approved in advance by the EP Certificate Committee. Course descriptions will be needed for subjects offered at other universities along with proof of completion. Please list course number and title.
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