How To Register

FormatOnline
Schedule2025 Fall: October 6 – November 28, 2025
2026 Spring: February 2 – April 10, 2026
Registrations OpenNow
Registrations Close2025 Fall: Oct 3 2025
2026 Spring: Jan 30 2026
Tuition$2400 (whole program)
$650 (per course)
ContactDr. Sheri Andrews-Key, Program Director
IMPORTANT: Once the Micro-Certificate programs reach the start date, no refunds will be provided.

Refund Policy

If you would like to withdraw from a micro-certificate, including the courses that are part of these programs, please submit written notice via email at least seven business days before your program/course starts (if you register for a full program, please refer to the start date of the first course in the program). A 20% admin fee will be applied to the withdrawal and refund.

Registration

Registrations for the Online Micro-Certificate: Climate Vulnerability & Adaptation are currently open.

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2025 Fall
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Full Certificate (2025 Fall)

The full certificate will include 4 courses (3 core courses + 1 out of 2 elective courses).

Individual Courses (2025 Fall)

Note: Courses must be taken in sequential order, as they build on one another.

Course 1: Climate Change Science Application in Vulnerability Assessments

Course 2: Climate Change Adaptive Capacity of Sustainable Forest Management

Course 3: Climate Change Adaptation Development and Implementation

Electives

Note: Students are required to take one of these courses to complete the certificate.

Elective 1: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: Policy Implications and the Business Case for Adaptation

Elective 2: Introduction to Climate and Ecological Models for Forest Adaptation

2026 Spring
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Full Certificate (2026 Spring)

The full certificate will include 4 courses (3 core courses + 1 out of 2 elective courses).

Individual Courses (2026 Spring)

Note: Courses must be taken in sequential order, as they build on one another.

Course 1: Climate Change Science Application in Vulnerability Assessments

Course 2: Climate Change Adaptive Capacity of Sustainable Forest Management

Course 3: Climate Change Adaptation Development and Implementation

Electives

Note: Students are required to take one of these courses to complete the certificate.

Elective 1: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: Policy Implications and the Business Case for Adaptation

Elective 2: Introduction to Climate and Ecological Models for Forest Adaptation