University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment

 

School of Natural Resources and Environment
Established	1927
Dean	Marie Lynn Miranda
Academic staff	50
Location	Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Nickname	SNRE
Website	snre.umich.edu

Samuel T. Dana Building

The School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) was originally founded as the School of Forestry in 1927. Although originally housed in the Kraus Building, it is now housed in the S.T. Dana Building. SNRE provides graduate-level degrees at the doctorate and master's levels. The school houses several nationally-known research centers, works with experts in other fields at the University of Michigan, and works towards the goals of protecting the earth's resources and pursuing the achievement of a sustainable society.

Degree Programs

Master's-level education is offered in the following areas:

Aquatic Sciences (Aquatics) Behavior, Education and Communication (BEC) Conservation Biology (ConBio) Environmental Informatics (EI) Environmental Justice (EJ)

Environmental Planning and Policy (EPP) Landscape Architecture (MLA) Sustainable Systems (SS) Terrestrial Ecosystems (Terrestrial)

Two doctorate-level degrees are offered by the school:

• Landscape Architecture
• Natural Resources and Environment

Dual-Degree Programs

SNRE prides itself in committing to excellence, and endeavors to work with experts in other fields. SNRE has formally initiated three dual-degree programs:

Michigan Law Ross School of Business (Erb Program)

College of Engineering (Engineering Sustainable Systems)

In addition to above administration-approved dual-degree programs, SNRE students have initiated several additional dual-degree programs, including:

Anthropology Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Economics Education Engineering

Public Health Public Policy Sociology Urban Planning

Graduate Certificates

In addition to these programs and dual-degree programs, SNRE offers the following graduate certificate programs for any graduate student concurrently enrolled at the University of Michigan:

• Industrial Ecology
• Spatial Analysis

Centers of Excellence

The school houses several different centers of excellence that exemplify the variety of areas in which the school's faculty and students conduct research.

Center for Sustainable Systems (CSS) Cooperative Initiative for Limnology and Ecosystem Research (CILER) Ecosystem Management Initiative (EMI) Environmental Justice Initiative (EJI) Environmental Psychology Lab (EPLab) Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise

Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute (GESI) Institute for Fisheries Research (IFR) International Forestry Resources and Institutions Research Network (IFRI) Michigan Sea Grant Minority Environmental Leadership Development Initiative (MELDI)