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The Interdisciplinary Natural Resource and Environmental Policy Program at Utah State University
(1998)
  • Joanna Endter-Wada, Utah State University
  • Richard S. Krannich, Utah State University
Abstract
The Natural Resource and Environmental Policy Program at Utah State University (USU) is an interdisciplinary, graduate, educational program that has been developed since the fall of 1991. The program administers and awards a graduate certificate, sponsors invited speakers, oversees student policy presentations, and facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration. The program has earned broad, campus-wide support and participation. All eight colleges at USU supported approval of the certificate program in 1994. At present, sixteen academic units are represented on its Faculty Advisory Committee, which oversees and makes decisions about the program. Fifty graduate students from fourteen academic units have pursued the Interdisciplinary Certificate in Natural Resource and Environmental Policy, eight students have received the certificate, and sixty-three faculty representing twenty academic units are affiliated with the program. The graduate certificate program appears to be enhancing students’ employment options in applied resource management and coordination roles. This paper reviews program development efforts, describes the program, analyzes some of the challenges and opportunities that have confronted program developers, and offers a preliminary assessment of outcomes.
Keywords
  • interdisciplinary,
  • natural resource,
  • environmental policy,
  • program,
  • Utah State University
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
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Citation Information
Endter-Wada, J. and R.S. Krannich. 1998. The Interdisciplinary Natural Resource and Environmental Policy Program at Utah State University. Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources. Published in Natural Resources and Environmental Issues VII: 57-64.