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Water Conflict Management Graduate Certificate - Online

Program overview

The 18-credit online Water Conflict Management Graduate Certificate provides in-depth training to enhance your career in water governance and help you inact strategies across distinct and overlapping contexts, such as:

• Water governance
• Water and ecosystems
• Water and society
• Water and economics

Program graduates are able to address and facilitate hydrodiplomacy, conflict resolution, public participation, strategic planning, finance administration and public policy and law. This program is offered by the OSU Department of Geosciences (in the College of Science), and delivered online through OSU Ecampus. It also enjoys the strong support of the Institute for Water and Watersheds (IWW), the hub for water-related research at OSU; and UNESCO's PCCP  (from Potential Conflict to Cooperation Potential) program.

Benefits of an Oregon State University online program:

• All classes are taught by OSU's renowned faculty, who are known worldwide for their research, expertise and innovation in natural resources and science fields.
• OSU is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
• Online students receive the same credits as on-campus students, and credits transfer to most higher education institutions.
• Students can complete their courses from anywhere in the world with an Internet connection.
• OSU Ecampus is a member of the Natural Resources Distance Learning Consortium (NRDLC). We are one of 10 universities who work together to provide more than 250 online courses and degrees to natural resource agency professionals.

With more than 700 online courses in over 70 subjects, discover how OSU Ecampus can turn your passion to resolve water issues into into a lifelong career.