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Certificate
Program
 Certificates
are granted by the Institute for stewardship ecologists, naturalists, environmental
analysts, land resources analysts, and water resources analysts. Students
working toward a certificate so indicate on their enrollment application
form or give written notice to the Institute Registrar. Students who have
indicated they are working toward certification have priority for admission,
course selection, and, following completion of their first academic session,
receive additional consideration for fellowships and grants-in-aid. Certificate
requirements are revised periodically, and students may comply either with
those requirements listed in the Official Bulletin under which they first
entered the Institute, or the most recent requirements, at their discretion.
Application
for Certificates
General
Requirements for Certification
Certificates
Application
for Certificates
Persons who are working toward a certificate from the Institute must file
a formal certificate application as soon as possible, but not later than
the beginning of the semester in which they expect to graduate from their
home institution. Postgraduates and graduate students should file a formal
certificate application as soon as possible, but not later than the beginning
of their final academic session at the Institute.
General
Requirements for Certification
Students working toward any of the Institute certificates must complete
or achieve the following:
a. A baccalaureate degree program at a liberal arts college or university
approved by the Institute.
b. An approved major field of study at a liberal arts college or university
with an average grade of C or better in the major field of study.
c. A minimum of three approved courses taken in residence at the Institute
for a minimum of 270 contact hours taken in residence at the Institute.
d. A minimum of four field courses totaling a minimum of 300 contact
hours to be made up of courses from either or both the college and the
Institute. (A field course is one in which 50% or more of the contact
hours are spent in out-of doors situations. The remaining 50% or less
of the contact hours is spent in classrooms, laboratories, government
buildings, fish hatcheries, etc.)
e. A minimum of one applied course with a minimum of 45 contact hours.
(An applied course is one in which 40% or more of the contact hours
is devoted to applications and techniques which are routinely used in
occupational and vocational work.)
f. A minimum of two interdisciplinary courses each with a minimum of
45 contact hours. (An interdisciplinary course is one in which no more
than 40% of the contact hours is derived from subject matter from a
single traditional liberal arts department of field of study. Examples
of such departments and fields of study are biology, political science,
chemistry, history, physics, geology, and literature.)
g. An average grade of C or better for courses taken at the Institute.
Certificates
Environmental Analyst
Land Resources Analyst
Naturalist
Water Resources Analyst
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