The University of Maine Climate Change Institute offers a MS degree in Quaternary and Climate Studies which is a thesis-based program that requires at least 30 credit hours, which will consist of at least 24 hours of coursework and at least 6 hours of thesis work. Thesis work may not exceed 15 hours.<br>All students in the M.S. program are required to take the following three courses:<br>ERS 542 (Atmosphere, Ocean, Ice, and Climate Change)<br>ANT 501/BIO501 (Climate, Culture, and the Biosphere) or ANT530 (Human Dimensions of Climate Change)<br>INT 500 (Interdisciplinary Applications of Climate Science)