Apply by October 1 for next Class, beginning January 2015
- No need to relocate. Continue to live and work in your community.
- Study with a cohort of global peers
- Small class sizes of 20-25
- Four field residentials (one-month per term) in such countries as India, Nepal, Namibia, and the USA
- Complete a self-organized two-year applied practicum project that focuses on a local priority in your community
- Coursework spans online learning and face-to-face interaction with faculty and peers during field residentials
- Courses span the natural sciences, social sciences, and management. Special emphasis includes holistic community-based approaches, processes for empowerment, leveraging three-way partnerships between communities, governments, and external actors, and scaling-up local impact across regions. Core conservation courses include: 1) Fundamentals of Ecosystem-based Conservation; 2) Community-based Natural Resource Management; 3) Sustainable Livelihoods and Incentives for Conservation; 4) Global Conservation Trends and Policies; 5) Technologies for Practitioners; and 6) Facilitation-Presentation Skills for Practitioners.