Program Description
The interdisciplinary graduate certificate on human dimensions of environmental change is designed to help students access theoretical perspectives, skills, and/or other resources provided by various programs and departments at Rutgers on the human and social parts of environmental problems. The certificate program provides in class opportunities and out of class networking to create spaces for interdisciplinary interaction. The program is open to any student enrolled in a Rutgers University graduate program and is run by the Department of Human Ecology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. The certificate program represents a collaboration among faculty from several graduate programs, and allows students to examine the political, cultural, economic, historical, and other human dimensions of environmental change while carrying out studies an existing graduate program.