| Environmental graduate programs distance | | | | solutions to the environmental problems |
| learning are intensive interdisciplinary | | | | facing mankind today. |
| programs that involve the students in | | | | Graduate Programs by Distance Learning |
| social, political and educational | | | | Fischler School of Education and Human |
| perspectives on the environment. The | | | | Services associated with The Nova |
| range of environmental courses offered | | | | Southeastern University, Florida offers |
| in the different universities by | | | | an MS in Environmental studies. The |
| distance learning include environmental | | | | Royal Roads University is a member of |
| biology, environmental architecture | | | | the Association of Universities and |
| design, environmental control | | | | Colleges of Canada, the Association of |
| technologies, environmental education, | | | | Commonwealth Universities and the |
| environmental engineering technology, | | | | Business Council of British Columbia. It |
| environmental health engineering, | | | | offers a Graduate Certificate and |
| environmental psychology and | | | | Graduate Diploma program in |
| environmental health. A few universities | | | | Environmental Education and |
| stipulate that the student opt for | | | | communication. It also has a full Master |
| electives such as computer and | | | | of Arts degree on the subject. The |
| telecommunication skills, programs in | | | | Institute of Global Education offers MS |
| leadership, human development and family | | | | and PhD degrees in Integrated Ecology |
| studies, enroll for an internship and | | | | and Nature. The focus of the course is |
| submit a thesis. The programs aim to | | | | on building socially and environmentally |
| give the student theoretical foundations | | | | responsible relationships. The degree is |
| of environmental education and a | | | | accredited to the West Coast University |
| practical means of applying the theory | | | | by International council for Open and |
| to daily living. | | | | Distance Education recognized by UNESCO |
| Course Content: Environmental Graduate | | | | and UNO. The University of Denver, the |
| Programs Distance Learning | | | | Nicholos school of Environment and Earth |
| The courses are constructed around the | | | | sciences, the Southern Methodist |
| philosophy that the student needs to | | | | University, the University of |
| develop his understanding of the | | | | Connecticut, the University of Florida |
| environment and must be equipped with | | | | and the University of Alabama are some |
| skills that enable him to design and | | | | of the other universities which offer |
| deliver environmental information as an | | | | environmental graduate programs distance |
| agent of creative change. The | | | | learning. |
| theoretical foundations of environmental | | | | The depth and range of environmental |
| education and communication are | | | | studies is only limited by the |
| considered an integral part of learning. | | | | imagination of the student and the |
| Analysis and tools for analysis are | | | | resources of the University. The student |
| considered essential for a student | | | | can skim the surface of the subject by |
| tackling environmental issues of the | | | | selecting a broad based program or drill |
| age. All the environmental graduate | | | | down to the depth on a single topic by |
| programs distance learning are directed | | | | selecting a specialized area of study. |
| towards equipping the student with the | | | | The student is the best judge of his |
| necessary skills to provide viable | | | | area of interest. |