The Grassland Management graduate certificate, offered by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is a 12 credit hour program designed for current and future grassland professionals--managers, advisers and conservationists--and others who want to increase their knowledge about the conservation, utilization and sustainability of managed grassland systems.
Grasslands Management, Postgraduate Certificate
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kansas State University, Iowa State University, and the University of Missouri (Columbia) have been collaborating on grasslands management distance education courses as part of the multi-institutional USDA-funded Higher Education Challenge grant.
The overarching project goal of the grant is to establish a multi-state agricultural consortium to develop and deliver high-priority collaborative distance education program in the food and agricultural sciences.
There is a history of excellence in grassland research and education at the institutions collaborating on the Grasslands Management Graduate Certificate Program. The graduate certificate is designed to provide students a knowledge base in pasture and range management; vegetation analysis, root growth, and utilization; grassland and wetlands ecology; watershed management; fire ecology; grassland plants, insects and diseases; and basic research and educational programs in grasslands.Programme Structure
Courses include:- Ecology of Invasive Species
- Forage Quality
- Grassland Fire Ecology
- Grassland Monitoring and Assessment
- Watershed Management in Grasslands
- Turfgrass and Landscape Weed Management
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- Programme intensity Full-time
- Full-time duration 12 months
- Credits 12 alternative credits
- Languages
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- Delivery mode Online
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General Requirements
- Transcripts and/or mark sheets showing the grades earned in each course
- A diploma or certificate of graduation. (Not required if the transcript includes the name of the degree and the date it was conferred.)
- The Diploma Supplement, if the degree is Bologna-compliant
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332 USD/creditTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 332 USD per credit and a duration of 12 months.
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