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Become an environmental steward

Professional Certificate in
Environmental Management for Sustainability
UMCES and USMx

What you will learn

  • You will create your personal philosophy for advising policy-makers, business leaders, and other environmental stakeholders on issues related to environmental management and sustainability.
  • How to use case-study analyses to develop effective recommendations for best-practice environmental policy.
  • How to communicate scientific findings that are accessible and compelling to all target audiences.
  • How to develop comprehensive socio-environmental report cards that explain complicated systems in a format geared toward action.
Expert instruction
4 skill-building courses
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
5 months
5 - 8 hours per week
Discounted price: $536.40
Pre-discounted price: $596USD
For the full program experience

Courses in this program

  1. UMCES and USMx's Environmental Management for Sustainability Professional Certificate

Meet your instructors
from University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), University System of Maryland (USMx)

William “Bill” Dennison
Vice President for Science Application
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences
Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen
Science Integrator with the Integration and Application Network
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences
Richard Arnold
Director of STEM Engagement
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences

Experts from UMCES, USMx committed to teaching online learning

Program endorsements

World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science team has delivered online practical training for our partners in Asia and Africa. The important thing is that students were able to apply their training to generate effective conservation outcomes.

Michele Thieme , Lead Conservation Scientist, Freshwater, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) -US

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Discounted price: $536.40
Pre-discounted price: $596USD
4 courses in 5 months
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