Connect Environmental Stewardship with Advanced Pedagogical Leadership
Environmental education connects learners with the natural world while fostering critical thinking, sustainability literacy, and community engagement. Eastern Oregon University’s Environmental Education Graduate Certificate is a 20-credit, 100% online program designed for practicing educators, community partners, and natural resource professionals. Through advanced coursework and a comprehensive field practicum, this graduate program equips you with the pedagogical frameworks, inclusive practices, and program design competencies needed to lead environmental education initiatives across diverse settings.
Program Highlights
- Total Credits: 20 graded graduate credit hours
- Level: Graduate Certificate
- Delivery Format: 100% Online
- Program Launch: Summer 2025 start
- Core Focus: Foundations of environmental education, instructional design, program evaluation, inclusive practices, participatory science, and field practicum
- Applied Learning: Features an intensive 5-credit hands-on field practicum (EVED 506)
What You Will Learn
- Foundations & Advanced Pedagogy: Explore the theories, principles, and instructional strategies of environmental education to design meaningful learning experiences (EVED 501 & EVED 502).
- Program Development & Evaluation: Master the techniques needed to design, implement, and evaluate environmental education programs in schools, parks, nature centers, and non-profit organizations (EVED 503).
- Inclusive Practices & Participatory Sciences: Implement culturally responsive teaching methods to broaden access to outdoor learning while engaging communities through citizen and participatory science models (EVED 504 & EVED 505).
- Applied Field Practicum: Demonstrate leadership and synthesize graduate coursework in an active educational setting through a 5-credit supervised field practicum (EVED 506).
