Protected Area Management

Perserve Wild Areas

Expand your expertise by learning about protected area principles, planning and management. Students enrolled in this online graduate certificate program will learn the necessary principles and concepts for managing protected areas and then apply those principles and concepts in a real-world context through field investigation, literature review and action-plan development. The program covers management planning, managing visitors, ecological imperatives of protected areas, sustainability and community-based conservation.

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97%

of FCFC graduates are employed or in graduate school

 

30,000

acres of land managed for faculty and students to use for research and learning

85%

of FCFC graduates work in the field they studied

global

 reach educating protected area professionals from 13 countries, the U.S. and Canada

Other Forestry Certificate Options at UM

• Protected Area Management
  • Certificate
• Natural Resource Conflict Resolution
  • Certificate
• Water Energy Food Nexus
  • Certificate
• Wilderness Management
  • Certificate

• W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation

Courses

• NRSM 404 Wilderness in the American Context (UG) or NRSM 560 American Wilderness Philosophy and Policy (G)
• NRSM 405 Management of the Wilderness Resource (UG) or NRSM 561 Managing Wilderness Ecosystems (G)
• NRSM 406 Wilderness Management Planning (UG) or NRSM 563 Wilderness Planning Theory, Management Frameworks and Application (G)
• PTRM 407 Managing Recreation Resources(UG) or PTRM 562 Managing Recreation Resources in Wilderness Settings (G)