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Watershed Management
Undergraduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2022-2023 academic year.
Watershed management plays a crucial role in protecting water quality and aquatic ecosystems, preventing water pollution, decreasing flood risk, and minimizing other human and environmental health impacts related to polluted runoff. The certificate program in watershed management at University of Maryland Global Campus is designed to help prepare you for careers with local, state, and federal government; industry; consulting; and nongovernmental organizations implementing watershed and stormwater management programs.
You’ll learn about geospatial analyses and the biophysical and social impacts of human activities on watersheds. The program offers you an opportunity to practice collaborative and community-based approaches to reducing stormwater impacts to watersheds. Activities emphasize how to effectively manage watersheds to reduce the impact of land development, industrial processes, and everyday human activities.
Program Highlights
- Gain skills: Gain the skills needed for monitoring water quality and controlling sources of water pollution.
- Apply science: Apply scientific reasoning and knowledge of ecological principles to make informed decisions.
- Advance your skills: Study the concepts of geographic information systems (GIS) to address current environmental challenges.
- Build knowledge: Study the physical, chemical, and biological impacts of human activity on watersheds.
- Analyze policy: Analyze the development and implementation of the principles of constitutional and administrative law.
- Integrate knowledge: Integrate knowledge about environmental systems and regulations to minimize and prevent pollution.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, ENHS 300)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 305)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 340)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 350)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 360)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 405)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for careers with local, state, and federal government; industry; consulting; and nongovernmental organizations implementing watershed and stormwater management programs.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
18
Transfer Credits
Up to 9
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $ per credit hour
(Europe & Downrange)
See our Tuition Rates page for details.
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Environmental Management
Master of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2022-2023 academic year.
With a master’s degree in environmental management from University of Maryland Global Campus, you'll demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities, and dispositions for effective ecosystem-based environmental management in today’s integrated, global environment. By exploring and assessing water, land, air, and climate systems, and applying knowledge and skills from a range of disciplines, you can formulate holistic, viable solutions to environmental problems. In this program, you can gain the skills to assess risk; communicate scientific, economic, ethical, and legal considerations for audits and consultations; work effectively in teams; and engage ethically with a wide variety of stakeholders. Your capstone course offers you the opportunity to work with an environmental organization, such as the Maryland Energy Administration or the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, on a consulting project.
Program Highlights
- Formulate solutions: Formulate holistic, ethical, and viable solutions to environmental issues by applying knowledge and skills from a range of disciplines, such as science (physical and behavioral), history, and economics.
- Think critically: Apply critical-thinking skills to anticipate, identify, and evaluate resource and pollution issues.
- Build professional skills: Devise a professional development plan to maintain or develop the knowledge and skills necessary to address rapidly evolving environmental challenge.
- Communicate effectively: Communicate with audiences clearly and in culturally competent ways in a variety of contexts.
- Utilize teamwork: Utilize teamwork, leadership, and ethical reasoning skills with a wide range of stakeholders to address contemporary environmental issues and the impact of solutions through an environmental justice lens.
- Evaluate strategies: Evaluate change-management strategies needed for a more sustainable future.
Required Courses
Initial Requirement
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
(to be taken within the first 6 credits of study)
The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses
- (3 Credits, ENVM 600)
- (3 Credits, ENVM 610)
- (3 Credits, ENVM 615)
- (3 Credits, ENVM 641)
- (3 Credits, ENVM 643)
- (3 Credits, ENVM 647)
- (3 Credits, ENVM 649)
- (3 Credits, ENVM 650)
- (3 Credits, ENVM 651)
- (3 Credits, ENVM 652)
- (3 Credits, ENVM 653)
Capstone Course
- (3 Credits, ENVM 670)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you prepare for high-level environmental management in a wide range of organizations, including industrial, commercial, governmental, and military. Possible career areas include environment and safety analysis, sustainability management, environmental policy analysis, and environmental management.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
We recommend an undergraduate course each in biology or chemistry; prior experience in an environmental field is also helpful. Strong writing skills are also encouraged.
Total Program Credits
36
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $350 per credit hour
(Europe & Downrange)
See our Tuition Rates page for details.
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Environmental Health & Safety
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2022-2023 academic year.
In the online bachelor’s degree in environmental health and safety from University of Maryland Global Campus, you will learn how to implement evidence-based professional practices to support a safe and healthy work environment. The curriculum was designed with input from employers, industry experts, and scholar-practitioners and combines theories with real-world applications. Join a program that will help you learn how to implement and monitor environmental health and safety activities to protect workers and their communities.
Program Highlights
- Recommend solutions: Use information-gathering skills and professional judgment to recommend solutions for technical or scientific problems in environmental health and safety
- Evaluate processes: Apply cognitive and technical skills to anticipate, recognize, and critically evaluate hazards and risk factors
- Follow the evidence: Select effective control methods to generate practical evidence-based solutions while following legislative and industry standards
- Adapt to change: Develop strategies for ongoing professional development and informing evidence-based practice in a continually changing global environment
- Advise on strategy: Model a range of written and oral communication formats to explain technical information and concepts to various audiences
- Practice leadership skills: Choose collaborative and ethical practices to build the relationships necessary to address contemporary environmental health and safety issues
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, ENHS 300)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 305)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 310)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 315)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 320)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 325)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 330)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 335)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 340)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 400)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 405)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 495)
Related Required Courses
The following required courses may be applied to general education requirements:
- (3 Credits, CHEM 297)
- (3 Credits, MATH 115) or a more advanced MATH course
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you to manage environmental health and safety issues, including air and water pollution, solid and hazardous waste, and injury and illness prevention.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $250 per credit hour
(Europe & Downrange)
See our Tuition Rates page for details.
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.