International Environmental Policy
Features
• Provides preparation for careers with a wide range of environmental organizations: government agencies, international organizations, nonprofits, consulting firms, and corporations.
• Focuses on concepts and tools specific to environmental policy applications.
• Provides knowledge of environmental policy while developing expertise in a disciplinary field: environmental economics, politics and the environment, business and the environment, or environmental negotiations.
• Fosters regional expertise in the Pacific, where the most pressing environmental problems persist.
Faculty
The International Environmental Policy career track is led by Junjie Zhang and Joshua Graff Zivin.
Required Courses
IRGN 457 - Cost Benefit Analysis
IRGN 458 - International Environmental Policy and Politics
IRGN 487 - Applied Environmental Economics
Three additional International Environmental Policy electives.
Recommended Capstone: IRCO 461 - Business and Government in the Global Economy
Electives
IRGN 413 - Corporate Strategy and the Environment
IRGN 446 - Applied Data Analysis and Statistical Decision Making
IRGN 453 - Sustainable Development
IRGN 490 - Climate Change, Law and Policy
IRGN 490 - The Political Economy of Energy in Asia
Please refer to the track requirements and TritonLink Schedule of Classes for additional elective courses offered by the following departments:
• Anthropology
• Biological Anthropology
• Communication
• Economics
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Scripps Institute of Oceanography
• Sociology
• Urban Studies and Planning
Please contact Student Affairs immediately if you find a course at another department for which you would like to enroll!
Student Groups
Strategic Community Consulting
Policy Consulting and Advocacy
Environment Society
Net Impact
International Environmental Policy Student Intern
“Indochina Carbon develops/oversees projects in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia that reduce carbon emissions. I am assisting with their marketing and business development and recently attended a conference on 'Carbon Markets in Asia'. I'm also remote-interning for adaptiveARC, a waste-to-energy company in San Diego. They've developed an innovative new technology which turns municipal solid waste into clean, renewable energy. I'm initiating sales with potential clients throughout Asia and conducting market research for them.“
David Shelton '09, Indochina Carbon, Hanoi, Vietnam and adaptiveARC, San Diego, CA
Global Employers for International Environmental Policy Graduates
Graduates are qualified to work for public sector employers such as multilateral organizations and government agencies; private sector employers e.g. consulting firms, multinational corporations, environmental ratings firms and industry associations; and nonprofit sector organizations including think tanks, environmental organizations and foundations.
Asia Foundation
Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Conservation International
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Gates Foundation
Industrial Economics Inc.
Kimley-Horn and Associates
Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Mott Foundation Research Triangle Institute
National Marine Fisheries Service
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Scientific Certification Systems
So Cal Gas
Sustainable Conservation
UN Evironmental Programme (UNEP)
U.S. Agency for International Development
World Wildlife Fund International
For a full list of relevant organizations, access the Employer Database in IRPSCAREERS.
