Environmental Education Undergraduate Certificate

Educate and inform on the environment

Science employers are often looking for people with strong communication skills.

This certificate can give you an edge in the job market.

Environmental Education

This certificate is jointly offered by Department of Biology and Department of Geography, Geology and Planning and provides coursework to improve or broaden the student’s background knowledge of environmental related topics and provides instruction on techniques for presenting environmental topics in formal and in nonformal education settings.  It also provide exposure to and access to a variety of national and regional environmental education resources that participants can use when developing their own educational programs in the future. 

This certificate is administered by the College of Natural and Applied Science.

Program requirements (14-16 hours)

  1. GRY 108(3), BIO 561(2).
  2. Three courses from following with at least two different course codes. Only one internship and one field course can count toward this program. Cannot count both BIO 547 and GLG 547. Other courses approved by the faculty advisor for the program may be substituted on a case-by-case basis. BIO 399(1-3), BIO 485(1-3), BIO 527(1-4), BIO 547(3), BIO 564(2), BIO 579(4); GRY 318(3), GRY 348(3), GRY 353(2), GRY 399(1-3); GLG 110(4), GLG 115(3), GLG 171(3), GLG 350(3), GLG 360(1-3), GLG 399(1-3), GLG 547(3).
  3. All candidates must satisfy the General University Certificate Requirements.

Completion requirement

Attain a GPA of 2.50 or higher in the courses used to fulfill the certificate requirements. 

Program contact information:

Person item component: MGutierrez@MissouriState.edu
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Choose your certificate

  1. Become a Bear: Apply to Missouri State (if you're not already a current student).
  2. Contact the Academic Advising and Transfer Center to declare a certificate in environmental education.