Environmental Planning - Institutional Certificate of Proficiency

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

The primary goal of the proposed Certificate in Environmental Planning at Utah State University (USU) is to provide students with an introductory professional education in the core principles of environmental planning. The Certificate in Environmental Planning would complement multiple majors within USU, including Environmental Studies, Applied Economics, Conservation and Restoration Ecology, Geography, Integrated Studies, Recreation Resource Management, Sociology, Soils and Sustainable Land Systems, and others by offering a planning component through professional education in the core principles of environmental planning. In a growing field, with significant impact on society and the world, where there is a shortage of professionals, students benefit by earning a directly applicable credential to be more competitive in the marketplace.