{"id":476,"date":"2025-07-24T11:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/ecologyandenvironmentalsciences\/?page_id=476"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:46:07","slug":"program-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ecologyandenvironmentalsciences\/academics\/graduate\/program-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id476_41cb7e-44{margin-top:-20px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id476_41cb7e-44 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id476_41cb7e-44 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id476_41cb7e-44 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1268px;padding-top:200px;padding-bottom:199px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_18ff8e-4f\">Program Requirements<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id476_9db807-7d > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id476_9db807-7d > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id476_9db807-7d > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1100px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:75px;padding-bottom:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id476_9db807-7d{background-color:#e5f0f9;}.kb-row-layout-id476_9db807-7d > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id476_9db807-7d > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-right:50px;padding-left:50px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id476_9db807-7d > 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mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_d04919-c1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_d04919-c1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_d04919-c1 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_d04919-c1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_d04919-c1\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_d04919-c1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_d04919-c1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_d04919-c1\"]{text-align:left!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_d04919-c1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_d04919-c1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_d04919-c1\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading476_d04919-c1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_d04919-c1\">As one of the nation\u2019s leading interdisciplinary graduate programs in ecology and environmental sciences, the Ecology and Environmental Sciences (EES) graduate program provides an academic program that is rigorous, flexible, and takes advantage of 91¸£Àû\u2019s strengths in ecology, environmental sciences, and environmental policy. The primary mission of this program is to offer students the opportunity to acquire a Masters and\/or Doctorate degree with an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis and resolution of ecological and environmental problems.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_87034d-45, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_87034d-45[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_87034d-45\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_87034d-45 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_87034d-45[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_87034d-45\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_87034d-45 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_87034d-45[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_87034d-45\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_87034d-45, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_87034d-45[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_87034d-45\"]{text-align:left!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_87034d-45, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_87034d-45[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_87034d-45\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading476_87034d-45 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_87034d-45\">The EES graduate program includes over 50 faculty members in 17 academic departments who collectively represent a broad spectrum of expertise in the analysis of physical, chemical, biological, ecological, policy-related, and paleoecological aspects of terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecosystems. Faculty and their students are currently studying a wide range of challenging problems in ecology, environmental science, and environmental policy in locations as nearby as the local vernal pools of Maine and as distant as the Hawaiian Islands and the marshes of Hudson Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_49fa15-69, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_49fa15-69[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_49fa15-69\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_49fa15-69 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_49fa15-69[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading476_49fa15-69\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading476_49fa15-69 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