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Graduate Certificate in Natural Hazards Resilience at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

Programme overview

These certificate courses train researchers and practitioners who can help the public, non-profit, and private sectors become more resilient in the face of natural hazards and disasters and adapt to the effects of a changing climate. To apply to this certificate, students must have completed a bachelor’s degree. This certificate program is hosted by the Department of City and Regional Planning, but it is designed for students from a range of academic disciplines, such as public policy, geography, climate science, and engineering.

Faculty: Gillings School of Global Public Health  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Chapel Hill, NC, United States

What you will study

The certificate requires a minimum of 10 credit hours. Required courses include PLAN 655 Planning for Natural Hazards and Climate Risk; PLAN 656 Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation; PLAN 754 Natural Hazards Resilience Speaker Series; ENVR 600 Environmental Health; ENVR 765 Space Time Exposure Mapping and Risk Assessment; ENVR 788 Managing Environmental Financial Risk.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate certificate: applicants are generally admitted to the Graduate School, which requires a four-year bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better; international applicants add TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

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