With the fall semester nearing conclusion, the Environmental Resiliency Program is celebrating one full year of programs offered online in collaboration with the Graduate School and International Education.

The professional master's degree is geared toward individuals wishing to enhance their degree with specific skills in sustainability and environmental resilience, those in current occupations where understanding these areas will help them make better choices affecting our future, and those who are interested in changing careers or moving up within their organization.

When asking what the difference is between sustainability and resiliency, professor Ken McCown said, "Sustainability is like playing checkers, while resiliency is like playing chess." The Environmental Resiliency Program has created courses offering a solid foundation in sustainability and then moved forward with courses about resiliency.

The Environmental Resiliency Program offers a master's program and eight certification credentials, including:

• An Environmental Resiliency master's program, which includes 10 courses and one thesis
• Four graduate certificates: Environmental Resiliency, Environmental Resiliency Leadership, Environmental Resiliency Sustainability, and Environmental Resiliency Certifications, Accounting and Metrics (which include five courses)
• Four microcertificates: Environmental Resiliency, Environmental Resiliency Leadership, Sustainability, and Environmental Resiliency Certifications, Accounting, and Metrics (which require three courses).

All classes may be used multiple times toward various certifications or the master's degree.

All courses are eight weeks and completely online. You may take courses as electives in your current program (as dictated by your program).

Alternatively, for current students, the application fee for these programs is waived.

Courses offered this spring include:

First Eight Weeks:

• ENRE 51203 Foundations of Resiliency
• ENRE 53203 Survey of Watershed Hydrology and Water Resource Management
• ENRE 51303 Communications for Executives
• SUST 51003 Foundations of Sustainable and Resilient Systems
• SUST 69103 Sustainable Design and Construction: Remediation and Plants on Structure

Second Eight Weeks:

• ENRE 53303 ESG Reporting
• ENRE 51103 Adaptive Leadership
• SUST 52003 Decision Making, Analysis and Synthesis in Sustainability

Early registration begins soon! Register to secure your seat!

If you have questions regarding any of the programs or courses, reach out to Jo Ann Kvamme jkvamme@uark.edu or Professor Ken McCown kennethm@uakr.edu.