Program advisor: B. De Stasio
Lawrence offers a cooperative program with Duke University in the areas of environmental science and forestry. Upon satisfactory completion of this five-year program, spending three years at Lawrence and two at Duke’s School of the Environment, the student will receive the B.A. degree from Lawrence and the professional degree Master of Forestry or Master of Environmental Management from Duke.
The major emphases at Duke are in the following:
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Forest resource production
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Resource ecology
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Resource policy and economics
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Water and air resources
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Ecotoxicology.
An undergraduate major in natural sciences, social sciences or pre-engineering is good preparation for the programs at Duke, but a student with any undergraduate concentration will be considered for admission.
The student must complete a total of 48 units at Duke, which generally takes four semesters. The student must complete 162 units at Lawrence and fulfill all other requirements that cannot be completed at Duke. All students contemplating this cooperative program should plan to take work in ecology, economics and statistics at Lawrence before matriculating at Duke.
Some students may prefer to complete the bachelor’s degree before undertaking graduate study at Duke. The master’s degree requirements for these students are the same as those for students entering after the junior year, but the 48-unit requirements may be reduced for relevant, already completed undergraduate work of satisfactory quality. All credit reductions are determined individually and consider both the student’s educational background and objectives.
