University of California, Davis
AC-4: Graduate Program

The Transportation Technology and Policy (TTP) Graduate Group, hosted by the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis, offers M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs that prepare students to play decisive roles in creating a sustainable and equitable transportation future. Its interdisciplinary approach transcends the boundaries of traditional engineering-based studies and draws on a multitude of academic disciplines including economics, psychology, political science, ecology, and management. Students in the TTP Graduate Group complete three core courses in Transportation Technology, Transportation Policy, and Data Science and choose one of three tracks in which to specialize: Vehicles & Fuels, Demand & Behavior, or Infrastructure & Operations. The program gives students the flexibility to develop high-level skills in disciplines of their choosing to best support their interests and career goals. In addition to coursework, most students engage in research projects, and they have the opportunity to interact with leaders from industry, government, public interest groups, and academia through visiting lectures, seminars, and internships.

The Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Management (EPM) program, affiliated with the Institute of the Environment, provides advanced training in applying environmental science to real-world environmental policy and management issues. The program leverages the position of UC Davis as among the world’s strongest campuses in environmental and natural resources research and science.

The EPM program sets itself apart by targeting students with scientific and engineering backgrounds who seek applied professional careers in environmental policy and management. The focus is on building quantitative skills for practice-oriented careers in environmental policy and management. Graduates of this program will be equipped to integrate technical and scientific expertise in a social-political-natural context to provide effective environmental policy and management solutions.

The UC Davis Masters program in International Agricultural Development (IAD), hosted in the Plant Sciences Department, prepares students for careers in global agricultural and rural development. This interdisciplinary program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills that enable them to implement, facilitate and manage programs that enhance agricultural development and rural life. Students are prepared to accomplish diverse improvements, facilitate innovation in agricultural, natural, social and economic systems, and make a meaningful difference in the world.

The program includes both breadth and depth components. Breadth components, which comprise core courses required of all M.S. students, aim to establish an understanding of the issues in international agricultural development. These include the history and theory of development, project development and management, fundamentals of farming systems, and agricultural economics. In the depth component, students pursue an area of specialization within the agricultural and social sciences. The areas include, but are not limited to, agricultural and resource economics, agricultural engineering, agronomy, animal science, anthropology, aquaculture, avian science, community development, ecology, economics, entomology, environmental design, environmental toxicology, food science, gender, geography, horticulture, hydrologic sciences, human nutrition, plant pathology, plant biology, plant protection and pest management, political science, pomology, preventive veterinary medicine, range science, sociology, soils and biogeochemistry, sustainable agriculture, vegetable crops, and viticulture.

Agricultural and Resource Economics: The M.S. and joint M.S./M.B.A. programs provide advanced training in economic analysis, statistical methods, and elective fields such as agricultural marketing, international trade, natural resources and environmental economics, economic development, financial management, and managerial economics. The Ph.D. program emphasizes rigorous training in microeconomic theory and applications, quantitative methods, and applied public policy analysis combined with production economics, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, development economics, and environment and natural resource economics.
https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gare

Graduate Group in Ecology: Students gain advanced knowledge in one of the following areas of emphasis that include both basic and applied ecology: agricultural ecology; conservation ecology; ecological genomics and genetics; ecosystems and landscape ecology; ecotoxicology and physiological ecology; environmental policy and human ecology; integrative ecology; marine ecology; or restoration ecology. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in ecological theory and its applications. The GGE defines ecology broadly to span scales from genes to landscapes and explicitly includes human ecology and policy. GGE members become the professionals best trained to protect our natural resources. They strive to develop basic ecological theory as well as work with resource management agencies to help solve ecological problems.
https://ecology.ucdavis.edu/

The certificate program provides students with broad and deep exposure to environmental and natural resources law. The program was initiated as part of the school's commitment to quality environmental legal education. The certificate is awarded upon successful completion of two core courses - Environmental Law and Administrative Law; a substantial research paper on an environmental or natural resources topic; and 11 units of elective environmental law classes.

The certificate program provides students with broad and deep exposure to environmental and natural resources law. The program was initiated as part of the school's commitment to quality environmental legal education. The certificate is awarded upon successful completion of two core courses - Environmental Law and Administrative Law; a substantial research paper on an environmental or natural resources topic; and 11 units of elective environmental law classes.

Climate change and related water problems pose some of the most formidable challenges to science and society today. The IGERT in Climate Change, Water and Society (CCWAS) at UC Davis is designed to provide a new generation of scientists with the disciplinary depth and the multidisciplinary breadth to address effects of climate change on water resources, including unification of hydrologic and climate science toward a more advanced understanding of hydroclimatology and better translation of science into action. In partnership with our cooperating institutions – the Colorado School of Mines, California State University, Fresno, the Centre for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones(CEAZA; University of La Serena, Chile), and University of Concepción, Chile - the CCWAS IGERT will provide transformative interdisciplinary training spanning atmospheric science, computer science, ecology, engineering, geology, hydrologic science, political science, resource economics, and other disciplines related to climate change, water, and society. Students who complete the CCWAS IGERT curriculum will receive the Climate Change, Water, and Society certificate.

Cora Ballek, student employee in the UC Davis Sustainability office, assisted in compiling this credit response.