About The Program

The Environmental Resource Policy Program (ENRP) at GW offers a multidisciplinary approach to environmental and sustainability studies. Combining perspectives that include science, economics, law, and public policy, the program prepares students to enter careers in the field of environmental policy or to proceed to doctoral-level work in connected academic disciplines. Within the umbrella of ENRP, students can focus on concentrations:

• Environmental Science and Policy
• Urban Sustainability
• Renewable Energy 

These concentrations will be positioned to become free-standing degrees if and when the data collected over time makes that desirable. 

A cluster of core courses provides the broad intellectual base and the tools for understanding and researching the complex field of environmental and related studies.  Electives allow students to construct their own concentrations, and to focus on their own interests within the field.  The capstone course – which assigns students to external entities such as NGOs, Governmental agencies, or sponsored research – gives students an opportunity to engage in research and apply the multi-disciplinary knowledge they have gained to real-world environmental issues.