NC State UniversityMasters of Environmental AssessmentCertificate in Environmental Assessment

New Student OrientationJuly 2015

• Agenda– Welcome– Introductions of Faculty and Staff– Program Statistics

• Number of Students (new & continuing)

– NC State Policies and Procedures (Sarah Slover)• Advising• Enrollment• Administrative Issues (LOA, Add/Drop, Deadlines)

– Program Requirements (Catherine LePrevost)• Required courses• Electives• Professional Project (Barry Goldfarb)

– Distance Education Technology (Catherine LePrevost)• Learning Management Systems

– Library Resources (Natural Resources Library)– Question and Answers

Environmental Assessment OnlineLink to recorded version (must be a current student to hear)

Faculty

Dr. Harry Daniels Linda Taylor

Dr. Damian Shea Dr. Catherine LePrevost Dr. Elizabeth Nichols

Dr. Barry Goldfarb Dr. Stephen GrahamDr. Waverly Kallestad

• Other Faculty– Dr Stacy Supak(GIS 510)– Dr. Lada Kochtcheeva (PS 536)

• Staff– Sarah Slover- Graduate Program Coordinator

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Fall 2015 Enrollment

Continuing Masters Students……………….30Continuing Certificate Students……………..2New Masters Students…………………………..5New Certificate Students..……….…………….3

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– Administrative Details• Registration, MyPackPortal• NCSU ID card – See “Sign me up” at

https://services.jsatech.com/index.php?cid=45• Emails• Academic Responsibilities• Technology Requirements (

http://ea.cals.ncsu.edu/online-graduate-programs/master-of-environmental-assessment/#MasterTech)

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– Administrative Details, continued• Last day to add a class online: August 25 (after that,

you need instructor permission)• Last day to drop online: October 16 . If it is your

last/only class, you must go through the Counseling Center (http://counseling.dasa.ncsu.edu/forms/)

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– Program Requirements• Required Courses• Electives• Professional Project

– Advising Questions

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Required Courses

• EA 590- Environmental Stressors (Fall)• EA 502- Environmental Risk Assessment (Spring)• EA 503- Environmental Exposure Assessment (Fall)• EA 504- Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Sum 10

weeks)• PS 536- Global Environmental Law and Policy (Sum weeks)

OR EA 590 – Environmental Assessment Law and Policy (Spring)

• GIS 510- Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Fall, Spring, Summer?)

Electives

• Environmental Assessment Electives– Advanced Risk Assessment– New Courses added in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016

• Bio and Ag Engineering (BAE)– Design of Stormwater BMP– Watershed Monitoring and Assessment

• GIS– Surface Water Hydrology with GIS– Advanced Geospatial Analytics

• Business, Communications, Project Management, Statistics• For a complete list, see http://ea.cals.ncsu.edu/online-courses/

Choosing courses

Courses required as part of your graduate program

Elective courses related to your graduate program

Other electives

Rules of the road

• Maintain a 3.0 GPA• Complete your degree within allowed years – 4

for Certificate, 6 for Masters (beginning with the date of the first class you intend to have count toward completion of degree requirements)

• Masters: maintain continuous enrollment - at least 1 credit every semester (except in summer)

• Masters: complete your Plan of Work (more information coming later, but generally around the time you have or are completing 18-21 hours of coursework)

EA 665 Professional ProjectMasters only

• Original student work• Capstone work involving analysis and/or synthesis• Can collect data or use existing data, including

employer data or faculty data• Work products can take many forms, but all will

include a professional presentation and final paper• Link to Professional Project Guidelines here• Examples of previous projects

Professional Project, continued

• Taken in your last semester(s)– requires permission of the instructors, Linda

Taylor/Barry Goldfarb • Project Advisor may be any EA faculty member• 6 units, typical sequence:– 1st semester, 2 credits—complete a study plan• Link to project identification, development and planning

here

– 2nd semester, 4 credits—complete the project

Resource Links

• Log In to Moodle (wolfware.ncsu.edu/login/)• Public Website (ea.cals.ncsu.edu)• NCSU Distance Education Virtual Orientation (

http://distance.ncsu.edu/student-services/virtual-orientation.php)

• Blackboard Collaborate Orientation (delta.ncsu.edu/knowledgebase/blackboard-collaborate-participant-orientation/)

• LinkedIn- NCSU Masters of Environmental Assessment (www.linkedin.com)