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CWS Graduate Certificate

Center for Water & Society Graduate Certificate in

Sustainable Water Resources Systems

Online Application to Certificate Program

Certificate Degree Schedule - Certificates-ICSW.pdf
(from Graduate School website)

This Certificate formally recognizes students will have a set of core competencies in understanding current water resource issues and develop an advanced understanding of the problems and new technology development in their field of expertise. This certificate will be useful to students in such fields as natural resource management, business and policy, environmental and civil engineering, geology and geological engineering, and environmental policy. Students who complete this certificate will be able to demonstrate that they understand water resource management from an interdisciplinary perspective that includes policy, natural sciences, and applied sciences.

Graduate Certificate Requirements: 12 Credits total

Students interested in obtaining a graduate certificate must apply to the certificate program using the online application through the Grad School. Please submit this application before you begin taking courses for the certificate. Only 1/3 of previously completed credits can be applied to the certificate degree schedule.

(1) UN5100 Water and Society Colloquium (1 Credit - required)

Spring 2013: UN5100 Interactions between water and people
Spring 2012: UN5100 Humans and Aquatic Ecosystems: A Fluid Situation
Spring 2011: UN5100 The Value of Water: Concepts & Frameworks

Credit for the following UN5990 courses will satisfy this requirement of the certificate:

Spring 2010: UN5990 Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Lakes Ecosystem
Spring 2009: UN5990 Climate Change and the Sustainability of Water Resource

(2) Other Water Related Courses
A minimum of one course is required from each of the following categories. Courses will be selected from the list of approved courses on the degree schedule.

Hydrology

Natural Systems

Policy and Societal Systems & Economics

Physical Hydrology and Engineered Water Resource Systems

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Michigan Tech Center for Water and Society
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan, 49931-1295, USA
Center E-mail: mtcws@mtu.edu