Lehigh University
AC-4: Graduate Program

The interdisciplinary graduate program in Environmental Engineering in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering maintains and encourages strong interactions with faculty members in other departments, including earth and environmental science, chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science and engineering, and economics. Graduate students are admitted from diverse undergraduate backgrounds, thus enriching the cross-disciplinary spirit of the program. The graduate program is flexible, accommodating full- and part-time students from a variety of fields, and offers a master's degree with or without a thesis, in addition to a Ph.D. Graduate students conduct research with professors — and with industry collaborators — from many disciplines and across universities and national labs. The research thrusts of the Environmental Engineering program are directed toward creating new knowledge and finding new technologies to address environmental problems facing society.

The EPD degree has three separate tracks through the master’s program. These are the traditional thesis track, the Community Fellows track (coursework only), and the internship track (coursework only). The new internship track was developed to better prepare our graduates for careers in environmental policy, and takes advantage of our relationship with a number of government and non-government organizations, including the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development where we have recently placed a number of EPD students. Website URL: http://environmental_policy_design.cas2.lehigh.edu/content/program

The Ph.D. degree program in Comparative and International Education (CIE) prepares students for research, scholarly inquiry, and advanced professional careers in the field of comparative and international education. With an emphasis on interdisciplinary, comparative, and cross-cultural inquiry, the program creates a strong foundation for studying education in the context of globalization, sustainable development, and social equity. Through academic curricula and international field-based research, the program engages students in examining the impact of global economic, political, sociological, and historical factors on education phenomena locally, regionally, and internationally. Emphasis is given to research topics at the forefront of education and sustainable education theory and practice, including cross-cutting issues such as gender, culture, and poverty. The program offers a combination of rigorous training in comparative education theory and research methods; key skills in policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation, and advocacy; as well as provides students with the flexibility to pursue in-depth research in a variety of areas critical to comparative and international education. Graduates are prepared to work in higher education institutions, educational research and policy organizations, government offices, ministries of education, and international development organizations. One of the hallmark components of the CIE Ph.D. program is the bridge between educational theory, research, and practice. The current graduate level programs in comparative and international education – M.Ed. in Globalization and Educational Change and M.A. in Comparative and International Education – are structured to serve individuals working or planning to work in school-specific and education policy-oriented settings. The Ph.D. degree will build on and combine the strengths of the existing programs by being practical, research-oriented, and policy-focused, while adding a robust theory-oriented and research-driven component. With the addition of the Ph.D. in Comparative and International Education, Lehigh University will be one of the few institutions to offer a graduate degree sequence that blends both international education policy- and practice-oriented studies in order to prepare students to think theoretically about global education phenomena, while at the same time apply different theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks to real-world situations.

This certificate offers a credential in environmental law and policy for individuals with backgrounds in various science, engineering, social science and humanities fields who wish to understand the theory and practice of environmental and natural resource law at the national, comparative or international level. It's especially valuable for those in environmental fields who came in contact with the law in the course of their work, to policy makers at all levels of government who routinely handle legal affairs to lawyers without specific training in environmental law, and to business people who want to know what the law says about the legality of their business' impact on the natural environment. The certificate also can be preparation for further studies in law, policy, or politics or for professional positions. Certificate courses can be counted toward the M.A. Degree in Environmental Policy Design, as appropriate. Website URL: http://environmental_policy_design.cas2.lehigh.edu/content/program