Environmental Management and Policy

The Environmental Policy and Management knowledge domain provides students with multi-disciplinary perspectives, information, and experiences on the variety, complexity, and integration of environmental issues and business, government, and non-profit organizations, including the roles of individual, society, and technology.

Suggested Coursework

• SMPP 210: Strategic Environmental Management
• SMPP 207: Environment, Energy, Technology, and Science
• PAD 266: Environmental Policy

Other possible EPM coursework

• ECON 237: Economics of the Environment and Natural Resources
• EMGT 222: Energy Management
• ENRP 240: Environmental Impact Statement Procedures and Environmental Law
• IAFF 220: Science, Technology and Public Policy
• SMPP 290: Sustainable Communities and Organizations (Summer)

(Other courses offered by GW or consortium Universities will be considered on a case-by-case basis)

Student organizations and other initiatives

• Net Impact
• GW Green University Environmental Curriculum
• Recognized by World Resources Institute

Possible Job Titles for MBAs in Environmental Policy and Management

• Program analyst/manager
• Environmental analyst/manager
• Environmental compliance consultant
• Water/air quality specialist
• Environmental Researcher/Coordinator
• VP of Sustainability/Environment, Health and Safety

A Selection of Non-Profit Organizations hiring MBAs in EPM

• Environmental Defense Fund
• World Resources Institute
• Sierra Club
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Nature Conservancy
• Conservation International

A Selection of Private Sector Companies hiring MBAs in EPM

• Environment/energy consultancies
• ICF Consulting
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• SAIC
• Energy Services
• PEPCO
• VEPCO
• Washington Gas
• BG&E
• AES Corporation - A Global Power Company