Find out more about Master of Science in Environmental Policy & Management / National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Program Details

Learn how to prepare NEPA compliance documents with the master’s in Environmental Policy and Management focusing on the National Environmental Policy Act. This online degree from APUS provides hands-on experience analyzing NEPA regulations and evaluating legal challenges. 

Classes in this environmental science master’s degree discuss the environmental compliance process laid out in NEPA and the Council on Environmental Quality Guidelines.  Students practice analyzing environmental impact documents to identify strengths and weaknesses, legal soundness, and adequacy of environmental impacts for proposed major federal action.

Graduates will understand how to create documents including:

• Categorical exclusions
• Environmental assessments
• Environmental impact statements

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