JD/MS in Conservation Biology: Cross-Counting Courses

Courses in the scientific programs relevant to the JD/MS or PhD Joint Degree Program that are expected to count in the Law School as courses that are consistent with the goals of the Joint Degree Program include:

• APEC 5611 Economic Aspects of Environmental Management (3 credits)
• APEC 5651 Economics of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy (3 credits)
• APEC 8601 Natural Resource Economics (3 credits)
• APEC 8602 Economics of the Environment (3 credits)
• CBio 8001 Conservation Biology Seminar (topic dependent) (1 credit)
• CBio 8095 Contemporary Problems in Conservation Biology (1 credit)
• EEB 4609 Ecosystem Ecology (3 credits)
• EEB 5051 Analysis of Populations (3 credits)
• EEB 5053 Ecology: Theory and Concepts (4 credits)
• EEB 5361 Visions of Nature: The Natural World and Political Thought (4 credits)
• ENT 5321 Ecology of Agricultural Systems (3 credits)
• ESPM 5061 Water Quality and Natural Resources (3 credits)
• LA 5204 Landscape Ecology (3 credits)
• PA 5013 Law and Urban Land Use (1.5 credits)
• PA 5211 Land Use Planning (3 credits)
• PA 5301 Population Methods and Issues for the U.S. and Third World (3 credits)

In addition, successful completion of a Plan B paper by students pursuing the Plan B (non-thesis) MS degree, a thesis by those pursuing a Plan A (thesis) MS degree, or a dissertation by those pursuing the PhD degree will satisfy the Law School's third-year writing requirement with approval from the Law School Dean of Students.

The Graduate School will accept 12 semester credits toward elective courses for work done at the Law School. The Associate Dean of the Graduate School and the Director of Graduate Studies in the science program will advise joint degree students on precisely which credits may be transferred for Graduate School credit. Law School courses expected to qualify for Graduate School credit in the joint JD/MS or PhD degree program include:

• Law 5637 Agricultural Law (3 credits)
• Law 6201 Land Use Planning (3 credits)
• Law 6215 Environmental Law (3 credits)
• Law 6634 Regulated Industries (3 credits)
• Law 6809 Seminar: Agricultural Law and Economics (2 credits)
• Law 6854 Seminar: Biotechnology and Law (2 credits)
• Law 6868 Seminar: Business/Environmental Law (2 credits)
• Law 6883 Seminar: International Environmental Law (2 credits)
• Law 6885 Seminar: Advanced Environmental Law (2 credits)
• Law 7035 Environmental Law Moot Court (2 credits)
• Law 7608 Independent Research (2 credits) (topic dependent)

Students seeking the JD/MS or PhD joint degree may take additional Gradute School Courses outside the Law School and conservation biology.

JD/MS or JD/PhD students are eligible for a minor in bioethics, bioinformatics, or human genetics.