RWC Certificate

Both funded and non-funded students in the RWC program can achieve the Community Engagement in River and Watershed Systems Certificate by completing the following courses:

  • Community Engaged Scholarship (CE 543; 1 cr.) – This rotating topics class for 1 credit course will provide students with an introduction to the Certificate and its requirements, a theoretical and methodological overview of community-engaged scholarship, and guidance to develop a community-engaged scholarship proposal.
  • Native Science, Tribal Environmental Policy and Collaboration (SOE 539; 3 cr.) – Introduction to historical and contemporary Tribal environmental perspectives, issues, knowledge, practices, and values with an emphasis on water systems and ecosystem management.
  • Integrated Solutions Experience (ENGR 530; 3 cr.) – Using teamwork and problem-solving skills through guided participation, the course works towards solutions to real, client-generated projects delivered to clients in the form of high-level, professional reports and presentations.
  • Community Engaged Scholarship Experience (SOE 592; 3 cr.) – A capstone course including in-depth review and discussion of a student’s community engagement experience.  Students interested in this certificate should plan to take SOE 592 after a significant portion of their engagement has been completed. The course includes:
    • Writing a paper to synthesize and reflect on the community engagement experience;
    • Developing a creative, sharable summary of the student’s project that articulates at minimum the project, methodology, outcomes, and lessons learned;
    • A satisfactory evaluation of the student work and partnership by community partners;
    • An oral presentation at the annual RWC Program Symposium or at a CEREO seminar.

If you wish to join the RWC Program and earn the RWC Certificate, please apply here.