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An Online Graduate Certificate in Environmental Planning and Design That Can Jump-Start or Enhance Your Education

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Earn Your Online Certificate in Environmental Planning and Design

Our University is committed to providing specialized graduate-level education to meet the critical needs of the environmental industry. We are proud to offer the Graduate Certificate in Environmental Planning and Design entirely online.

This unique program was designed to teach students the elements that are necessary to design, evaluate, and implement actionable strategies that adhere to professional environmental planning and sustainability principles. Students research and assess the complex correlations between humans, natural resource usage, and its resulting impact on the environment.

The program explains the role of government at the local, regional, national, and international levels in relation to environmental planning. Students examine core disciplines such as hazard mitigation, sustainable design, geographic information systems, and spatial analysis to resolve complex issues that often are a result of competing development plans and priorities.

The courses are taught by expert instructors, many who are leaders that draw upon their experience managing environmental planning projects in government agencies or private organizations. American Public University designed this specialized online certificate to give working adults the opportunity to fit a quality, graduate-level education into their busy lives.

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A University Built For You

Accessible Learning

Plan around your work and life responsibilities with courses that are online and feature weekly class schedules with no set login times.

Recognized for Quality

Part of American Public University System, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Several programs have earned specialty accreditation.

Save Time

Certificate students can typically transfer up to 9 credits for previous academic coursework, job experience, and professional training. We also consider ACE-evaluated training and credits by exam.

Future-Focused

You have access to our vast network of working professional students and alumni, and our career services team provides continuous assistance.

Real-World Knowledge

You’ll be guided by faculty skilled in providing an engaging learning journey rooted in real-world experience from government, Fortune 500 companies, healthcare, defense agencies, technology firms, and the military.

Your Time to Shine

You always have a front row seat in APU’s online classroom. Master’s degree and graduate certificate classes average 11 students.

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Making Quality Higher Education Within Reach

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Application Fee

There is no cost to apply.

$0
Transfer Credit Evaluation

APU does not charge to evaluate and apply eligible transfer credit.

Affordable
Textbooks & Ebooks

Some master's-level courses provide no-cost textbooks to minimize your expenses.

$370
Per Credit Hour

Tuition for master’s degrees and graduate certificates.

$250
Per Credit Hour

For undergraduate and master’s-level programs with APU’s Military Tuition Grant for eligible students

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