| MORE ABOUT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (MS)
The Master of Science (MS) in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy degree prepares students with natural or engineering science backgrounds to assume roles in public policy development and implementation. The program focuses on understanding the role of science and technology in our society, in particular in relation to its economic growth, health, environment, education, and national security.
The program also covers the impact of science and technology on the political and economic relationships among nations. MS students are taught to analyze and design policies for appropriate promotion and regulation of science and technology regionally, nationally, and internationally.
What can you do with this MS degree?
The combination of the science/technical undergraduate training and/or degree with the policy-focused graduate degree makes MS students very attractive in the job market.
What do our graduates do?
Humphrey Institute alumni currently work locally, nationally, and internationally in such jobs as:
- Researcher, University of Virginia
- Director, Iowa Chapter, Sierra Club
- Program administrator, Minnesota Department of Commerce
- Coordinator, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota
- Economist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C.
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