July 19, 2004

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA CERTIFICATE IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
The College of Engineering at the University of Florida announces a graduate-level Certificate in Environmental Policy and Management (CEPM). Administered by the Environmental Policy Center of the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, the program includes courses offered by the College of Law and the Food and Resource Economics Department of the College of Agriculture. The CEPM is offered entirely online and is available to on-campus students as well. Individuals working in, or interested in learning more about, environmental policy and management can become certified in a body of knowledge in these specializations without formally pursuing graduate degrees if they so desire.

The CEPM emphasizes scientific, technologic, economic, legal, political, and social dimensions of policy formation and implementation, and environmental management. The distance learning delivery mode allows students in remote locations to complete course assignments and communicate with faculty and other students anywhere and in their own time. The program maintains the high academic standards of the University of Florida.

ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must have earned a bachelor’s degree. They may apply for admission to the UF Graduate School, may be admitted as post-baccalaureate (6-EG) students, or they may be admitted as non-degree seeking students (0-EG). It is not necessary to be admitted to the Graduate School to earn a certificate, but students who are admitted under the 6-EG classification, and later enroll in a graduate program, may petition to transfer up to 15 credit hours to their graduate degree program. To qualify for a certificate, students must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or better for the entire program. A grade of C in one course only will be accepted, providing the overall 3.0 average is maintained. No grade below C will be accepted. Prospective students should contact the following:

Prerequisites
Prior to enrolling in any course, the student must ensure that either the prerequisites for the course, if any, have been met, or he or she must obtain approval to waive the requirement.

Computer Requirements
Students must have a PC with access to the Web and e-mail. High speed connections to the web are preferred. Adobe Acrobat Reader version 5.0 or higher should also be available, but can be downloaded through the course web site.

The Program
The CEPM program includes a total of 15 semester hours of credit. There are 4 core requirements. The 5th course is an elective. The core requirements are specified below. The elective may be chosen from one of the courses shown below which was not taken as part of the core. The program is as follows:

1. Required: ENV 5075 - Environmental Policy (3) [Fall], or ENV 6441 - Water Resources Planning and Management (3) [Spring]
2. Required: EES 6051 - Advanced Environmental Planning and Design (3) [Fall], or EES 5307 - Ecological Engineering (3) [Spring]
3. Required: AEB 6933 - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy (3) [Spring]
4. Required: EES 6318 - Industrial Ecology (3) [Summer]
5. Electives: ENV 6932 - The Global Environment Policies and Institutions (3) [Fall, Spring], EES 6007 - Adv. Energy and Environment (3) [spring], ENV 6932 - Industrial Ecology (3) [Summer], or one of the courses not selected in 1 and 2 above.

Course Descriptions
ENV 5075 - Environmental Policy (3) Policy analysis, policymaking, and policy implementation. Analytical methods for evaluating alternative policies. Legal, social, political, and economic patterns and processes which shape the climate within which environmental policy is made.

ENV 6441 – Water Resources Planning and Management (3) Principles and practice of water resources planning and management. Protocols employed at local, state, federal, regional and international levels. Plan formulation, evaluation, and implementation. Stakeholder involvement in planning processes. Analytical tools. Case studies.

EES 6051 - Advanced Environmental Planning and Design (3) Sustainable communities and regions. Quantitative methods for evaluation of environmental impacts and carrying capacity. Theories of spatial and temporal organization of systems of humanity and nature.

EES 5307 - Ecological Engineering (3) Principles and practices in design and management of environment with society; systems concepts for organization of organization of humanity, technology, and nature.

AEB 6933 - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy (3) Prereq: Introductory economics course or consent of instructor. A study of the role of government in natural resource and environmental management. Discusses the rationale for government role. Includes historical perspective on the evolution of natural resource and environmental policies and programs. Surveys current public policies and programs at the state and federal government levels, and identifies institutions which address international and global and environmental issues. Considers the role of economist as policy analyst, providing information on likely consequences of policy options.

ENV 6932 - The Global Environment­Policies and Institutions (3) A study of global environmental policies, laws, and institutions. Issues of coordinating environmental policies among international governing bodies, nations, and state and local governments. Links between global environmental policy and sustainable development.

EES 6007 Adv. Energy and Environment (3) Energy basis for systems of humanity and nature, including principles of systems ecology, ecological economics, and public policy.

EES 6318 - Industrial Ecology (3) The linkage of industrial activity with environmental and social sciences. Corporate environmental management and environmental ethics. Resources, laws and economics. Environmental accounting. Industrial products and processes, and life cycle assessments. Case studies of corporate environmental policies.

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