Environment school training courses in Anchorage, AK (public, in-house or online)

The Master of Science degree in Outdoor and Environmental Education (MSOEE) provides graduate students training in outdoor and environmental education, literacy, pedagogy, and programming using APU’s active learning model.

As an MSOEE student, you will not only be learning about the field of Outdoor and Environmental Education, but you will also be directly working with K-12 students, college students, and adults as you actively teach them about the natural world. We invite you to learn m...

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In our department, we study the natural world, how humans interact with the natural world, and indeed, how humans are a part of the natural world.

As a student in the Environmental Science Department, you are included in this study. Faculty strive to collegially include undergraduate and graduate students in the responsibility, professionalism and camaraderie that comes with seeking a career in our field.
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Careers in the environmental sciences are rewardin...

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This course educates students on the key elements of an integrated approach to environmental project management, an endeavor that requires expertise in scientific, engineering, legal, public policy, and project management disciplines. Emphasis is placed on critical factors that are often unique to a major environmental project, such as the uncertainty surrounding scope definition for environmental cleanup projects and the evolving environmental regulatory environment. The students learn to devel...

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This course examines the interrelationships between the environment and the ways in which energy is produced, distributed, and used. Worldwide energy use patterns and projections are reviewed. Particular attention is paid to the electrical and transportation sectors of energy use. Underlying scientific principles are studied to provide a basis for understanding the inevitable environmental consequences of energy use. Topics studied include fossil, nuclear, and existing and potential renewable so...

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This is a multidisciplinary course that focuses on the critical assessment of science, impacts, mitigation, adaptation, and policy relevant to climate change and global environmental sustainability.The first half of the course actively investigates concepts and aspects of environmental sustainability, including the review of international assessments and reports and the analyses of relevant implications for human health, natural resources, energy supply and demand, and waste/pollution.The second...

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