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67 Short courses in Environmental Sciences

Health and Environment
Dalhousie University's Health and Environment programme offers you the opportunity to discover new ways to improve the well-being of your community by learning from experts in health and wellness. With its courses and certificates, you can gain valuable skills and knowledge to help others be healthy and productive.

Adventure Guide
This Adventure Guide from Thompson Rivers University combines classroom instruction with courses in wilderness travel, canoeing, rock climbing, mountaineering, whitewater kayaking and more.

Ecology: Living Landscapes in the West of Ireland
The new and exciting Ecology: Living Landscapes in the West of Ireland course of the University of Galway offers students practical experience of the natural environment in the west of Ireland. It provides students with survey skills to identify natural resources, and develops their skills to evaluate the sustainable use and conservation of Ireland’s ecological resources.

Tackling Environmental Challenges for a Sustainable Future
Discover how environmental research can inform how we respond to and solve the major global environmental issues of today. Join the Tackling Environmental Challenges for a Sustainable Future programme from the University of York.

Nature Connectedness - For A New Relationship With Nature
In the UK, the Government’s 25-year Environment Plan aims to improve the natural environment within a generation and to reconnect people with nature. To achieve that, people everywhere need to feel that nature matters to them. University of Derby offers the Nature Connectedness - For A New Relationship With Nature programme.

Air Pollution
This Air Pollution course at Newcastle University will discuss major pollutants, their sources and their effects (environmental and health).
Offshore Wind Farm Technology - Design, Installation and Operation
The Offshore Wind Farm Technology - Design, Installation and Operation course from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) presents video lectures, readings, quizzes and assignments. You will have the chance to interact with other professionals in the field and share knowledge and experience through online forums.
Animals and Society
During this Animals and Society Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Colorado Boulder you will analyze the socially constructed boundaries drawn between humans and animals and review their consequences
Environment - Responding to Change
The Environment - Responding to Change module from The Open University UK will encourage you to look at these issues from multiple perspectives and to take a holistic view of environmental systems, including how we value them.
Climate Change and Policy
The Climate Change and Policy course at King's College London will focus on the essentials of climate science, impacts and adaptation to climate change, and international climate policy and achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions globally.
Arctic Meltdown
Sharpen Your Knowledge of the Changing Arctic. Master your knowledge of the Arctic, the rapid changes taking place, and their connections with Northern peoples, economies and geopolitics on this Arctic Meltdown Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Colorado Boulder.
Air Quality Action Planning (Distance Learning)
The Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC) in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the UWE Bristol (University of the West of England) is pleased to offer an exciting Air Quality Action Planning (Distance Learning) short course.
Safeguarding our Daily Bread from Wheat Rust Diseases (Internship)
The Safeguarding our Daily Bread from Wheat Rust Diseases (Internship) project from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) covers the mechanism of non-cannonical resistance genes and supports their efforts to engineer wheat plants with improved disease resistance.
Applied Environmental Sciences
The Applied Environmental Sciences at Royal Roads University will help you chart a path post-certificate. You may complete our undergraduate diploma and degree or start a meaningful career in science.
Come Rain or Shine - Understanding the Weather
On this course Come Rain or Shine - Understanding the Weather at University of Reading by FutureLearn, you’ll explore the physical processes behind the UK’s distinctive weather patterns, through practical activities, weather experiments, and outdoor investigations.
Introduction to Water and Climate
Water is essential for life on earth and of crucial importance for society.The Introduction to Water and Climate program is offered by the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).
Introduction to Water and Climate
Water is essential for life on earth and of crucial importance for society. Cycling across the Introduction to Water and Climate planet at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and the atmosphere, it also has a major influence on our climate.
GIS and Environment
This GIS and Environment module at the University of Leeds looks at the many ways in which GIS can be applied to the study of the environmental sciences including modelling terrain, hydrology, ecology and land use.
Regenerative Materials - Structural Specialisation
The Regenerative Materials - Structural Specialisation programme offered by ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology focuses on the structural specificities of earth, bio-based or re-used materials in buildings used as load bearing walls or structures.
Environmental Science
In this wide-ranging module in Environmental Science from The Open University UK you will learn about aspects of biology, chemistry, earth science and physics that can be applied to the study of the environment. But there is much more. The holistic nature of environmental science is stressed through studying the many links that operate between different environments.