Certificate in Environmental Interpretation
The Environmental Interpretation Certificate provides the recipient with a relevant background in environmental interpretation to prepare students to work as interpretive guides in park and other tourism venues and work in the professional areas of public information/education in resource management agencies.
Applicants to the Environmental Interpretation Certificate program are required to be a Texas State University Undergraduate degree seeking or post-baccalaureate student in good standing.
The certificate in Environmental Interpretation requires 16 semester credit hours. Students must complete the following courses with no grade less than a “C” and an overall average for the five classes of at least a 2.5.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GEO 2410 | Introduction to Physical Geography | 4 |
| GEO 4322 | Interpretive Environmental Geography | 3 |
| Select nine hours from the following: | 9 | |
| Natural Resource Use and Management | ||
| Environmental Management | ||
| Landscape Biogeography | ||
| Cultural and Political Ecology | ||
| Total Hours | 16 | |
