Online Graduate Certificate in Environmental Planning and Design

The environmental planning and design graduate certificate from American Public University (APU) offers you the opportunity to learn how to develop, design, and evaluate actionable strategies for implementing sustainable design practices at the landscape scale.

With this environmental planning certificate, you’ll deepen your knowledge of planning tools such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), environmental impact analyses, hazard mitigation, spatial analysis, and sustainable design principles. In addition, you’ll study the complex correlations among humans, natural resource usage, and the resulting impact on the environment. You’ll also participate in practical projects using real-world tools.

Furthermore, you’ll become familiar with the role of government at the local, regional, national, and international levels in environmental planning. This graduate certificate is ideal for expanding your knowledge of environmental planning and design without committing to a degree program.

What You Will Do

  1. Study all elements necessary to design, implement, and evaluate sustainable developments, landscapes, and environments
  2. Understand the complex and dynamic interactions between humans and their environment
  3. Become familiar with the role of government policy at municipal, regional, national, and global levels to achieve sustainable development
  4. Learn the concepts to practical applications in order to design and implement sustainable environmental planning
  5. Grow your knowledge of environmental policymaking, environmental legislation, socio-political environmental planning influences, and development plans to comply with professional environmental planning and sustainability principles