Curriculum
Graduate Certificate in Natural Resources and the Environment (Online)
With courses being taught by committed academics and practitioners, you will develop the ability to manage natural resource challenges and translate data into effective communications about complex natural resource issues and solutions in our online Graduate Certificate in Natural Resources and the Environment.
The certificate is delivered in asynchronous online, seven-week modules that allows for flexibility to fit your schedule, and the four 3-credit courses can be completed in as little as two semesters. See below for course listings:
EVS 509 Web-based Mapping (3 credits)
This course is designed to provide grounding in the conceptual foundations of GIS while developing competency using web-based GIS tools to explore and communicate spatial information.
EVS 514 Environmental Data Analysis and Visualization (3 credits)
This course focuses on developing the necessary knowledge and skills to manage environmental and natural resource datasets using best practices to ensure data quality as well as employing standard approaches to summarize and communicate relevant findings.
EVS 518 Sustainable Natural Resource Management (3 credits)
This course provides an in-depth exploration of emerging and established approaches to sustainable natural resource management from a variety of disciplines.
EVS 519 Natural Resource Management Planning (3 credits)
This course presents frameworks for natural resource decision making, including structured decision making and adaptive resource management, that facilitate development of management objectives, evaluation and selection of management alternatives, and assessment of management outcomes.
Get in touch.
Program Coordinator
Michelle Peach, Ph.D.
michelle_peach@uri.edu