For Students at Cook College, Rutgers University

In addition to teacher certification programs in a number of areas, Cook College offers interdisciplinary certificate programs in a number of mission areas.   Certificates are awarded only with or subsequent to the awarding of a baccalaureate degree in an approved major.

For more information, visit http://www.cookcollege.rutgers.edu/certificates/

Urban / Community Forestry Certificate Program

Adviser: Jason Grabosky: ENRS Bldg., Room 144, 732-932-9236

Urban and community forestry is the fastest growing segment of the forestry profession, especially in the northeast, where the total expenditure of time and money on community forestry (nursery, planting, pruning, removals, and line clearance) exceeds that spent on woodlands. This certificate is designed to provide students with the necessary credentials for employment by providing the fundamental knowledge and expertise required for this field.   The certificate is administered through the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources but is designed for students in several curricula.

Required Courses

Insect Biology
Fundamentals of Environmental Planning - or -
Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management
Arboriculture
Practicum in Forest Management (BA)
Urban Forestry
Forest Ecology and Silvics or Plant Ecology
Wildlife Damage Management or Wildlife Ecology and Management
Diseases of Urban and Forest Trees
Applied Physiology of Horticultural Crops or Plant Physiology

Source: The New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog, 2003-2005. Contact the Office of Academic and Student Programs (732/932-3000 x512) for the most recent version of this information.