Graduate Programs

The Environmental Council supports interdisciplinary environmental graduate programs as a means of achieving and promoting environmental excellence at the University of Illinois. Graduate students in these programs benefit from a diverse group of faculty members and students to provide a well-rounded view of environmental issues.

Human Dimensions of Environmental Systems
The Human Dimensions of Environmental Systems program provides an interdisciplinary perspective on social, psychological, and cultural aspects of natural resources and environmental systems.
http://www.environ.uiuc.edu/hdes/

Interdisciplinary Environmental Toxicology
The Interdisciplinary Environmental Toxicology Program provides individuals from many disciplines with a basic understanding of the interaction between chemicals and living organisms.
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ietp/

Program in Environmental and Resource Economics
The graduate program in Environmental and Resource Economics (pERE) explores the complex relationships between environmental quality and economic prosperity. Using economics to analyze policy toward some of today's most critical environmental and natural resource issues.
http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/pERE/

Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (PEEB) works at scales from molecules to global change and with a diverse set of terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Broad areas of concentration include ecology, evolution and systematics, and conservation biology.
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/programs/PEEB/