Environmental Planning and Management Program Overview
Rapid deterioration and consumption of our planets’ natural resources, immense waste production, environmental decline, and climate change are just some of the environmental issues threatening human health and the well-being of planet Earth.
The Johns Hopkins engineering management online program examines how environmental engineering and science affect real-world outcomes in public policy, decision-making, and the economy. Through the use of interactive learning tools and online course delivery, students learn how to plan, execute, and evaluate the most complex environmental projects of our time. All three of our environmental planning programs take into account factors like modern technology, social constraints, and the availability of financial resources, all taught by our experienced instructors.
Upon completing the environmental management program, you will:
- Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of concepts and issues relevant to environmental sustainability and climate change
- Solve quantitative problems and technical assessments relevant to environmental sustainability, climate change science, and green technologies
- Critically analyze and review a range of pertinent literature, case studies, and documentaries.
- Understand major U.S. environmental laws and regulations and how they affect organizations and individuals.
- Employ techniques to manage organizations, personnel, and external resources.
- Construct and/or critique an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for an environmental project.
- Apply tools of economic analysis, including benefit-cost analysis to public sector policy or investment in environmental projects.
Comparing Engineering For Professionals Environmental Programs
At Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals, we offer three different programs that cater to various aspects of environmental engineering. Each program offers a master’s degree, post-master’s certificate, and graduate certificate option.
- The Environmental Engineering program focuses on the design of environmental engineering processes, infrastructures, remediation technologies, and treatment.
- The Environmental Engineering and Science program focuses on the fundamental concepts of physics, chemistry, biology, and geology as applied in the context of environmental issues, with less emphasis on design and management.
- The Environmental Planning and Management program focuses on the relationships between environmental engineering/science and public policy analysis and the role of economic factors in the environmental management and water resources planning using decision-making tools.
If you have additional questions about the differences between these programs, please reach out to our admissions team, who can help you find the program best for you.
Environmental Planning and Management Courses
Get details about environmental planning and management course requirements, prerequisites, focus areas, and electives offered within the program. All courses are taught by subject-matter experts who are executing the technologies and techniques they teach. For exact dates, times, locations, fees, and instructors, please refer to the course schedule published each term.
Program Contacts
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Hedy Alavi
Program Chair Climate, Energy, and Environmental Sustainability, Program Chair Environmental Engineering, Program Chair Environmental Engineering and Science, Program Chair Environmental Planning and Management
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Christopher Overcash
Program Manager Climate, Energy, and Environmental Sustainability, Program Manager Environmental Engineering, Program Manager Environmental Engineering and Science, Program Manager Environmental Planning and Management
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Climate Change, Energy, and Environmental Sustainability
As the world's population increases and technological advances accelerate, demands for natural resources and energy continues to threaten Earth's physical and ecological systems. Through the environmental planning program, you will learn to design and implement solutions to address these challenges. Earn this graduate certificate with just 5 courses.
Tuition and Fees
Did you know that 78 percent of our enrolled students’ tuition is covered by employer contribution programs? Find out more about the cost to complete your part-time, online environmental management program, including tuition for prerequisite and program courses and the Dean’s Fellowship.
“I liked the flexibility it provided as someone who works full time. I also enjoyed how it was relevant to the current work I am doing. ”
Why Hopkins?
With the Johns Hopkins engineering management online programs, you will join the front lines of our world’s defense against climate change.
Beyond Rankings: We help you fulfill your vision. - We are proud to be ranked among the top online graduate engineering schools by U.S. News & World Report. But we’re about more than just numbers and rankings—we’re focused on making sure you flourish as a learner and engineer.
Network and Connect - Your knowledge is stronger with a network. In the applied and computational mathematics program, you will make career-advancing connections with accomplished scientists and engineers who represent a variety of disciplines across many industries.
Industry-Specific Knowledge - Unique to Engineering for Professionals, faculty are senior-level, notable professionals who are the decision-makers and changemakers in the industry. For you, this means you learn the latest techniques, technologies, and solutions-based strategies to start enhancing your career, immediately.
“It was great that the whole program was available online, and that classwork for the courses was flexible so that I could complete each week’s assignments on my own schedule while working full-time. The program offered a good, broad scope of courses available to fit my degree requirements and interests. Some of the professors were really great, engaged with their students well, and provided interesting and challenging content. ”
Environmental Planning and Management Program FAQs
Graduates who hold a masters in environmental management and planning can pursue careers in fields ranging from public policy to research to environmental law. Within each of these careers, you may specialize even further, becoming an expert in a specific region’s environment, a type of environmental concern, specific business concerns or become a specialized policymaker.
Environmental management is the management of an organization, government, or business and their impact on the environment. As a result, environmental managers research and establish policies, practices, and processes based on business, law, and science to help reduce harmful environmental effects.
Environmental engineers apply engineering principles to questions about infrastructure, building, and industrial operations to ensure more environmentally-friendly outcomes rather than focus on the overall management and plan of the impact.
Prerequisite course requirements must be completed at a regionally accredited university/college, and you must have received a B– grade or higher.
Academic Calendar
Find out when registration opens, classes start, transcript deadlines and more. Applications are accepted year-round, so you can apply any time.
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Jessica Jeffery, MS ’19, an environmental engineer with General Motors, is focused on electrification.
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Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals faculty, like Christopher Overcash, guide students through the latest techniques used to examine engineering solutions to complex and multidisciplinary problems in climate change, waste production, and beyond. A member of our team of instructors for ten years, he examines the future of environmental engineering, science, and management.
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After the launch of the UN’s 2015 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), to be achieved by 2030, the job marketplace for environmental engineers has skyrocketed. Across industries and countries, there…