Academic Programs
Curriculum
Required Core Courses
- Environmental Law (3 or 4 credits)
- Natural Resources Law (3 credits)
- Land Use Planning and Control Law (3 or 4 credits)
- Administrative Law (3 credits), or Florida Administrative Law (2 or 3 credits)
- Capstone Colloquium (1 credit)
Electives
- Adaptive Management: Water and Watershed Systems (3 credits)
- Administrative Law (3 credits)
- Advanced Environmental Law & Litigation (3 credits)
- Advanced Takings Law (2 or 3 credits)
- Agricultural Law (2 or 3 credits)
- Conservation Clinic (3 credits; may be taken for 1 or 2 semesters)
- Condominium & Community Development Law (2 credits)
- Environmental Dispute Resolution (2 credits)
- Environmental Issues in Business Transactions (3 credits)
- Externship (Up to 6 credits)
- Florida Administrative Law (2 or 3 credits)
- Independent Study - (Must be Overseen by an Environmental Faculty Member (Up to 3 credits))
- International and Comparative Environmental Law*
- International and Comparative Environmental Law Skills Lab*
- International Environmental Justice*
- International Environmental Moot Court (1 credit)
- International Trade and Environment (2 or 3 credits)
- Land Finance (3 credits)
- Law & Economics (2 credits)
- Legislation (2 credits)
- Local Government Law (2 or 3 credits)
- Mediation & Other Dispute Resolution Processes (2 or 3 credits)
- Negotiation & Mediation
- Negotiation, Mediation & Other Dispute Resolution Processes (3 or 4 credits)
- South Florida Ecosystems
- Water Law (2 credits)
- Wetlands & Watersheds: Law, Science & Policy
Seminars
- Animal Rights & the Law
- Ecology & the Law
- Environmental Justice
- Historic Preservation Law
- International Environment & Trade
- Land Use
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law & Policy
- Selected Issues in Public Policy
- Sustainable Development
- Wildlife Law
*Offered through the Summer Environmental Study Abroad Program in Costa Rica
In addition to the core courses and electives, students interested in deeper knowledge about environmental and land use issues can draw on the resources and opportunities offered by the University of Florida, a major research University with a wealth of relevant programs and degrees.
Other courses may qualify as certificate electives with the Director's approval.
For detailed course descriptions, see the curriculum.