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Environmental Policy and International Development Graduate Certificate

Deepen your knowledge of pressing global issues like climate change, resource scarcity, and population growth. Gain a deeper understanding of the policies and solutions needed to address today’s environmental and international development challenges.

Key learning outcomes

  • Understand the environmental ethics in game and wildlife management, natural resource use, water management, biological diversity, fisheries, ocean protection, and agricultural production.
  • Analyze the science of climate change, social adaptation of human communities, and diplomacy efforts born out of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
  • Navigate environmental policy, regulation, and legislation, including major environmental statutes as well as common and constitutional laws within the United States.
  • Leverage tools for developing sustainable economies, such as economic valuation, value chain, and cost benefit analysis. 
  • Lead effectively in a variety of organizational contexts using change management principles. 

Getting started

No application is required. You simply register for graduate courses during our fall, spring, or summer registration periods. 

Earning the Certificate

To meet the requirements for the certificate, you must:

  • Complete four certificate courses for graduate credit.
  • Earn at least a B grade in each course.
  • Complete the courses within three years.

Learn more about pursuing a certificate and the process of requesting your certificate.

Certificate Courses

The professional graduate certificate in Environmental Policy and International Development requires four courses:

  • Certificate core courses (choose at least 2 courses; you may select up to 4 courses)
  • Certificate electives (formerly knowledge courses) (you may select up to 2 courses; however, elective courses are not required for this certificate)

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If you’re also considering a master’s degree, select certificate courses can be counted toward a related degree field of study.

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Registration

Summer 2021 registration opens March 1. Fall 2021 registration opens in July. Start planning now by browsing the course catalog: 

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Certificate at a Glance

Required Courses

4

Number of courses for this certificate. (You may complete all online.)

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Average Cost

$11,600

Cost of completing the certificate courses, at current tuition rates.

Time Investment

1.5

Number of years, on average, it takes to complete this certificate. You may take up to three years.

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