Graduate Certificate Environmental Education at Arizona State University

Programme overview

If you are passionate about safeguarding and managing the environment, the environmental education certificate program prepares you with the requisite knowledge and skills needed to respond to environmental challenges as an informed citizen. Through the program, you develop a suite of tools and enhance your environmental attitudes, values and knowledge, building skills that prepare you and communities to collaboratively undertake positive environmental action.

Faculty: Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation | Department: Division for Advancing Education Policy, Practice | Duration: 15 credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Fall, Spring, Summer | Location: Tempe, AZ, United States

What you will study

15 credit hours Required Core (10 credit hours) SCN 502 Environmental Education: Investigating Global Issues (3) SCN 507 Biomimicry for Sustainable Innovations (3) SCN 510 Conservation of Biological Diversity (4) Other Requirements (5 credit hours) SCN 504 Sonoran Desert Flora (3) SCN 505 Tropical Ecology and Sustainable Development (3) SCN 506 A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert (4) SCN 508 Exploring Urban Environmental Education (3) SCN 509 Environmental Education Project (1) SCN 513 Nature Based Mindfulness (3) SCN 598 Special Topics (1) Additional Curriculum Information Students complete five credit hours of other requirements.

Career pathways

Graduates are prepared to pursue positions such as: Department of Environmental Conservation coordinator education program leader in a local, state or national park electric vehicle manufacturing worker environmental education coordinator in a school museum environmental education coordinator outdoor education and camps director solar power engineer and installer summer camps director summer programming coordinator U.S.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation. Applicants must have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in any field from a regionally accredited institution. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program or a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program. Applicants are required to submit: graduate admission application and application fee official transcripts personal statement professional resume proof of English proficiency Additional Admission Information An applicant whose native language is not English must provide proof of English proficiency regardless of current residency. The personal statement should include candidate's academic qualifications, interests, motivations and other important factors relating to their academic pursuits.

Domestic applicants: USD 13,327 a year (2026-27). Arizona resident tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads Source

International applicants: USD 24,780 a year (2026-27). International tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads ar Source

Intake: Fall, Spring, Summer

Duration: 15 credit hours

Apply through the official page: https://admission.asu.edu/apply/graduate/admission

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