WHAT IS A CERTIFICATE PROGRAM?

A certificate program is separate from your major, from your college requirements, even from your college itself. ANY Rutgers University student (or even a part-time, non-degree student) in any major may sign up for the Certificate Program in Social Strategies for Environmental Protection. Take the five required courses, plus any three elective courses approved by your certificate advisor. (These courses may also count toward your major or your area requirements.) When you complete the requirements, you will receive a certificate form Cook College certifying that you have completed the program in Social Strategies for Environmental Protection. Will the certificate help you get a job? There are no guarantees...but it can't hurt.

IS THIS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR YOU?

1. Are you interested in the social aspects of environmental protection: law, communication, politics, behavior?

2. Do you plan a career involving people and environmental problems? OR Do you see yourself working as a public citizen to help protect and preserve the environment?

3. Have you taken (and enjoyed) some of the courses listed?

If yes, then see

.... Prof. Neil Weinstein, 206 Cook Office Building (932-9169 ext 319)

.... Prof. William Hallman, 222 Cook Office Building (932-9167 ext 313)

.... Prof. William Goldfarb, Dept. of Environmental Resources (932-9632)

Revised 6/99 Cook College Certificate Program

SOCIAL STRATEGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS often requires social intervention skills, not just an understanding of the biological or physical environment. The pollution control specialist should know the workings of the legislature as well as those of the atmosphere. The citizens' activist needs to understand the legal system and to communicate proposals effectively to the right audiences.

This certificate program is designed to give students, regardless of their majors, an understanding of individual behavior, social organization and values, politics, law, and communication as these fields relate to environmental protection. The aim is to provide action-oriented training in skills that will strengthen environmental protection efforts. The program culminates in a practicum project in which these skills are applied to an environmental problem of current concern.

REQUIRED COURSES (5 courses, 15 credits). See opposite side for details.

ELECTIVE COURSES (3 courses, 9 credits). See opposite side for details.

6/99 Cook College Certificate Program
SOCIAL STRATEGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Name____________________ Date__________ P.O. Box___________

College Major______________ Expected Graduation_______________

Email____________________________________________________

REQUIRED COURSES (5 courses, 15 credits)

___11:375:333 Environmental Law I OR 03:975:450 Environmental Law
(Environmental Law I is often filled; do not wait until your senior year to take it)

___11:374:322 Environmental Behavior

___11:374:279 Politics of Environmental Issues

___One communication skill course beyond the 6 credits required as part of your college graduation requirements. (Note: though some of the courses below may be limited to Communications or Journalism majors, special permission can sometimes be obtained for Certificate students. See Prof. Weinstein.)

___01:355:300,301 Advanced Expository Writing

___01:355:302 Scientific and Technical Writing

___01:355:303 Writing for business and the professions

___04:192:220 Fundamentals of speaking and listening

___04:192:359 Persuasive Communication

___04:192:365 Principles of Public Relations

___04:192:380 Public Speaking

___04:571:324 News Reporting and writing

___04:571:327 Public Information and Public Affairs

___A 3 credit independent project (possibly combined with a co-op placement). See your certificate advisor for guidance and written approval before you begin the project. The independent project will be related to environmental protection or environmental education. It should not be an academic project limited to library research, and in most cases the primary activity will be off campus. It will normally involve at least two of the main themes of the Certificate Program (law, politics, behavior change, and communication). Finally, the student should have substantial responsibility for conceiving and directing the project. Merely helping an organization carry out an activity that has been planned by others and that does not give the student opportunity to make his or her own decisions is inappropriate. Often this project gives students the chance to make career contacts and check out their interest in environmental work. When feasible, group projects are acceptable and encouraged.

(I approve this project plan: ____________________________________certificate advisor signature)

ELECTIVE COURSES (3 courses, 9 credits)

___11:373:363 Environmental Economics OR 01:220:332 Environmental Economics

___11:375:334 Environmental Law II OR 11:372:325 Legal Aspects of Conservation

___11:374:201 Research Methods in Human Ecology

___11:374:313 Environmental Policy and Institutions

___01:830:374 Environmental Psychology

___19:910:666 Social Action Techniques and Methods

___03:975:482 Social Aspects of Environmental Design

___01:790:341 Public Admin.: American Bureaucracy OR 01:790:342 Public Admin.: Policy Making

___01:790:305 Public Policy Formation

___xx:xxx:xxx Additional communication skill course from list under required courses

___xx:xxx:xxx Other course approved by a certificate advisor: