Environmental Planning & Assessment Certificate
(Start Date for this Program TBA)
Contact:
Christine Stinson, Ph.D.
Dean of Information & Learning Management
Ferrum College
Phone: (540) 365-4311
E-mail: cstinson@ferrum.edu
David Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Dean, School of Natural Science & Mathematics
Ferrum College
Phone: (540) 365-4364
E-mail: djohnson@ferrum.edu
Why Environmental Planning?
Environmental Planning and Assessment helps businesses:
- Build good working relationships with regulatory agencies
- Avoid costly regulatory delays and penalties
- Understand cost accounting and tax accounting implications of compliance costs
- Improve strategic planning
- Meet regulatory requirements effectively and efficiently
Course Description
ESC 310 (3 credits) and LLP 015 (non-credit)
Environmental Planning and Assessment
This course is an introduction to environmental law and policy, impact analysis and evaluation, and planning and decision-making for operations with environmental impacts.
Participants will become familiar with environmental compliance issues and will learn how to use regulatory requirements as a source of information to improve and enhance the management of small- and medium-sized businesses.
Prerequisites
- AA degree or higher
- College-level ecology class
- Or- permission from instructor
Program Options
Students have the option to enroll in ESC 310 for 3 credit hours or in LLP 015 for a non-credit certificate, but will attend class together.
ESC 310
Requires: Group Project, Final Exam, 75% attendance
LLP 015
Requires: 100% attendance