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GRADUATE DEGREE TRACKS   INTRODUCTION The College of Arts and Sciences administers this interdisciplinary program leading to the Master of Science degree in environmental sciences. The mission of the Environmental Sciences Program is to cultivate the studentsâ perspectives of environmental issues and provide students with refined knowledge of environmental issues at the local, regional, and global scale. The Program will increase the studentâs technical competence in addressing and analyzing these issues, their origins, ramifications, and resolutions. The Environmental Sciences Program at SIUE is interdisciplinary and is designed to enhnce and promote professional education and career opportunities in a wide area of interests. There are five areas of emphasis: 1) Environmental Biology; 2) Environmental Chemistry; 3) Environmental Education; 4) Environmental Policy and Public Administration; and 5) Environmental Technology and Assessment.   PROGRAM OF STUDY The Master of Science degree in Environmental Sciences requires a minimum of 33 hours of graduate work for those students selecting to complete a thesis and 38 hours of graduate work for those students electing to complete a non-thesis paper.