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Undergraduate Education for Environmental Managers

Undergraduate Education for Environmental Managers. Objective:. Engineers, doctors, accountants, lawyers, etc… must obtain an accredited degree tailored toward their profession as a qualification for licensure.  Established professions. Environmental management is maturing as a profession.

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Undergraduate Education for Environmental Managers

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  1. Undergraduate Education for Environmental Managers

  2. Objective: • Engineers, doctors, accountants, lawyers, etc… must obtain an accredited degree tailored toward their profession as a qualification for licensure.  • Established professions. • Environmental management is maturing as a profession. • Current certification requires baccalaureate degree or science related baccalaureate degree. • The objective of this workshop is to develop a framework for a single, recognized undergraduate degree for environmental professionals.

  3. Current Undergraduate Background of Environmental Managers1 • 62% Science • 20% Engineering/Technology • 9% Professional degrees (science related) • 5% Management • 4% Other • 1 source: Morelli, John. “Environmental Professional Questionnaire.” Survey. April 2, 2009.

  4. Skill Sets: Managerial vs. Technical • Results of onsite and web-based surveys • Typical tasks required of environmental managers • Weighted by the frequency of those tasks • Context • Regulatory compliance • Sustainable society

  5. Skill Sets: Managerial vs. Technical • Onsite workshops • Corvinus University of Budapest, June 2008 • 75% - Managerial • 25% - Technical • American College of Management and Technology (ACMT Dubrovnik), October 2008 • 52% - Managerial • 48% - Technical • ~ 3% shift towards managerial skills with sustainable society context

  6. Skill Sets: Managerial vs. Technical • Surveys • RIT EHS Leadership Session, November 2008 • 53% - Managerial • 47% - Technical • ~ 3% shift towards managerial skills with sustainable society context • Online survey, Spring 2009 • 62% - Managerial • 38% - Technical • ~2% shift towards managerial skills with sustainable society context

  7. Summary of Today’s Environmental Manager • 82% to 91% have technical undergraduate education • 62% Science • 20% Engineering/Technology • 9% Science related professional degree • Educational requirements for professional certification • Non-specific Baccalaureate OR • Baccalaureate or equivalent degree in physical, earth or natural science, engineering, or mathematics. • Skill sets required • ~60% managerial • ~40% technical • 2% to 4% shift towards managerial skills when considering sustainable society

  8. Undergraduate EducationSubject Areas • General Education (%50) • Math • Science • Liberal Arts • Professional Courses (50%) • Management • Technical

  9. General Education – Liberal Arts • General writing LOTS • Technical writing LOTS • Business writing LOTS • Historical Perspectives of the Environment • public presentation and speech • Sociology • Philosophy • Economic • Ethics • Research methodology

  10. General Education – Science General Education – Math • College algebra/pre-calculus • Statistics • Basic calculus • Biology – 1 year through • Chemistry – 1 year through organic chemistry • Physics – general (algebra based) • Earth science/hydrology/geology • Ecology

  11. Professional Education • Management • Environmental law • Regulatory systems • Management systems • Organization management/change/behavior • Environmental/public policy • Project management (environmental focus) • Accounting • Business principles • Business sustainability • Marketing

  12. Professional Education • Technical • Air (1 or more) • Water (1 or more) • Solid and Hazardous waste (1 or more) • Occupational safety • Occupational health/Industrial hygiene • Energy • Transportation (energy and pollutants) • Land use • Impact analysis • Risk assessment • Toxicology • Electives for concentrations

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