Cert
Cert
Grassland Management,
The Grassland Management graduate certificate is a 12 credit hour program designed for current and future grassland professionals--managers, advisers and conservationists--and others who want to increase their knowledge about the conservation, utilization and sustainability of managed grassland systems.
Description
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kansas State University, Iowa State University, and the University of Missouri (Columbia) have been collaborating on grasslands management distance education courses as part of the multi-institutional USDA-funded Higher Education Challenge grant. The overarching project goal of the grant is to establish a multi-state agricultural consortium to develop and deliver high-priority collaborative distance education program in the food and agricultural sciences.
There is a history of excellence in grassland research and education at the institutions collaborating on the Grasslands Management Graduate Certificate Program. The graduate certificate is designed to provide students a knowledge base in pasture and range management; vegetation analysis, root growth, and utilization; grassland and wetlands ecology; watershed management; fire ecology; grassland plants, insects and diseases; and basic research and educational programs in grasslands.
All coursework for this certificate is completed online through Great Plains IDEA consortium.
Applying for Admission
Standard requirements for all graduate programs
- Application for Admission with $50 non-refundable application fee.
- Transcripts (unofficial): Uploaded as part of application form.
If International: Uploads must include all college- or university-level transcripts or mark sheets (records of courses and marks earned), with certificates, diplomas, and degrees plus certified English translations.
After admission: Official documents are required from all students who are admitted and enroll. Photocopies of certified records are not acceptable. International students enrolled in other U.S. institutions may have certified copies of all foreign records sent directly to the Office of Graduate Studies by their current school’s registrar office.
- If applicant’s native language is not English, verification of English proficiency
is required.
When sending TOEFL scores, our institution code is 6877 and a department code is not needed.
- If applicant is not a US citizen and expects an F or J visa: financial information.
- Applicants must also fulfill any additional requirements the department specifies at the time of application.
Additional requirements specific to this program
- Academics: GPA of 2.8 or higher on a 4.0 scale (undergraduate and/or graduate)
- Resume/CV
- Personal Statement: In 1-2 pages, your statement should address the following: 1) your professional goals and career aspirations and specifically what you plan to do with your degree; 2) background experiences, events, and/or education that have influenced your professional goals; 3) how enrolling in this program in this department at Nebraska will assist you in meeting your professional goals.
- Additional Information: Enter a description of any original creative tasks or output related to your discipline.
- Three letters of recommendation
Certificate programs are not considered degree programs, additionally, coursework for this program is delivered primarily online, so international students should be aware that admission to this program is ineligible for immigration forms for an F-1 student visa.
Department
Graduate Chair
Certificate Advisor
Support Staff
Campus Address
Program Faculty
Blaine Johnson (bio)
Plant Breeding, Design and Analysis of Field Crop Experiments, Plant Breeding of Hybrid Crops, Teaching Applied Plant Breeding
Alexander Pavlista (bio)
Potato Production and Pest Management, Potato Physiology, Plant Growth Regulators
Chris Proctor (bio)
Weed Management
Daren Redfearn (bio)
Integrated Forage, Crop, and Beef Systems
Terrance Riordan (bio)
Breeding and Development of Turfgrasses, Fertilizer, Pesticides and Energy
Leah Sandall (bio)
Agronomy and Plant Science
Dipak Santra (bio)
Develop and Enhance Germplasm and Cultivars of New and Existing Alternative Crops for Sustainable Production under Dry Land Farming Conditions in Northern High Plains of the USA
Walter Schacht (bio)
Plant-Grazing Interactions, Drought and Defoliation
Daniel Schachtman (bio)
Molecular Physiology
James Schnable (bio)
Computational Biology
Charles Shapiro (bio)
Cropping Systems, Soil and Crop Nutrient Management
Brandi Sigmon (bio)
Plant Evolution and Development, Comparative Genomics
Meghan Sindelar (bio)
Soil Science and Agronomy
Edward Souza
Global Wheat Breeding
Mitchell Stephenson (bio)
Range and Forage
Anne Streich (bio)
Turfgrass & Landscape Management
Dirac Twidwell (bio)
Rangeland Ecology and Management Fire Ecology
Carlos Urrea Florez (bio)
Breeding of Dry Bean Varieties That are Resistant to Rust, White Mold, Common Bacteria Blight, and Root Rots
Jerry Volesky (bio)
Grazing, Sandhills Rangeland
Richard Waldren (bio)
Plant Science Teaching
Harkamal Walia (bio)
Crop Responses to Drought, Heat, and Salt Stress
Steven Waller (bio)
Range Management and Improvement
Sam Wortman (bio)
Agronomy/Horticulture, Interactions between plants and the environment, Local, Urban, and Organic Fruit and Vegetable Production, Novel Management Tactics for Improved Sustainability of Specialty Crop Farms
Charles Wortmann (bio)
No-Till Systems, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Management, Biosolids Management
Haishun Yang (bio)
Crop Modeler
Melinda Yerka
Plant Genetics
UNL Graduate Chairs and staff please complete the program update form to provide edits. Updates to graduate program pages are made on an annual basis in conjunction with the Graduate Application for Admission.