Master of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management

The Master of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management (MSEEM) curriculum is a multidisciplinary program with courses taught in schools across Georgia Tech including Public Policy, Business, City and Regional Planning, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Economics, among others. MSEEM can be completed either full time (4-4-2 courses in a single year) or part time (2-2-1 courses each year for 2 years).

Program of Study
Required courses
PUBP 6312Economics of Environmental Policy3
PUBP 6360Sustainable Energy & Environmental Management3
PUBP 6801Research Paper6
Electives 1
Quantitative Methods6
Applied Policy Methods and Data Analysis
Cost Benefit Analysis for Policy
Quantitative Models in Public Policy
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Advanced Research Methods I
Advanced Research Methods II
Big Data and Public Policy
Special Topics (Cost Benefit Analysis)
Special Topics (Life Cycle Cost Analysis)
Industrial Ecology in Environmental Engineering
Air Pollution Physics and Chemistry
Advanced Environmental Data Analysis
Environmental Analysis Using GIS
Environmental Geochemistry
Advanced Environmental Data Analysis
Climate and Global Change
Data Analytics in Business
Understanding Markets with Data Science
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Materials in Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing
Sustainable Energy & Environmental Management9
Cost Benefit Analysis for Policy
Earth Systems
Environmental Issues
Environmental Values and Policy Goals
Sustainability and Environmental Policy
Environmental Law
Energy Policy & Markets
Utility Regulation and Policy
Energy Technology Policy
Special Topics (Enviornmental Finance)
Special Topics (Smart Cities)
Special Topics (Utility Regulation & Policy)
Special Topics (Life Cycle Cost Analysis)
Special Topics (Energy Efficiency & Environmental Impacts)
Environmental Systems I
Issues in Sustainable Construction Technology
Zero Energy Housing
Smart and Sustainable Cities
Environmental Engineering Systems
Environmental Systems Design Project
Environmental Impact Assessment
Fundamentals of Environmental Modeling and Mathematics
Sustainable Engineering
Air Pollutant Formation and Control
Transportation, Energy, and Air Quality
Air Pollution Physics and Chemistry
Chemical Engineering of Energy Systems
Fundamentals and Challenges for a Sustainable Chemical Enterprise
Introduction to Climate Change Planning
Urb Env Plan & Design
Environmental Planning and Impact Assessment
Climate Change and the City
Sustainable Urban Development
Introduction to Climate Change
Introduction to Complex Environmental Systems
Environmental Geochemistry
Climate and Global Change
Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment
Macroeconomics of Innovation
The Environment in World History
Energy and International Security
Sustainable Business Practicum
Business Strategies For Sustainability
Materials in Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing
Policy & Management3
Ethics, Epistemology, and Public Policy
Fundamentals of Policy Processes
Public Management
Policy Implementation and Administration
Microeconomics for Policy Analysis
Public Finance Policy
Public Policy Analysis
Policy and Program Evaluation
Policy Tools for Environmental Management
Environmental Values and Policy Goals
Sustainability and Environmental Policy
Environmental Law
Energy Policy & Markets
Utility Regulation and Policy
Climate Policy
Energy Technology Policy
Advanced Environmental Policy
Policy Tools for Environmental Management
Environmental Law
Total Credit Hours30
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Hours must include two (2) quantitative courses, three (3) SEEM courses, and one (1) policy & management course.

Other program guidelines:

  • Students may take one section of PUBP 6801 pass/fail. The other section of PUBP 6801 must be for letter grade. All other courses must be taken on a letter-grade basis.
  • Students taking two sections of PUBP 6801 in the final term to complete the program are considered to meet full-time requirements for the summer. One section of PUBP 6801 must be for letter-grade.
  • All courses used to satisfy the course requirements must be completed with a grade of C (2.00) or better.
  • A maximum of 3 credit hours of transfer credit may be used to satisfy the course requirements. This includes courses taken at another institution or credit earned through the AP or IB program, assuming the scores meet Georgia Tech minimum standards.