Environmental Modeling Graduate Certificate Program
The graduate certificate in Environmental Modeling prepares Mines engineers to sustainably address the grand challenges facing engineered systems. This program will be of interest to students with engineering backgrounds who are interested in transitioning into fields of sustainability, environment, conservation and environmental engineering.
Students will explore a breadth of environmental modeling, from specific fate and transport to systems thinking. This certificate will provide students with a very marketable and in-demand skillset for quantifying environmental sustainability of designs. The certificate is a coherent curriculum by itself, but also represents an incremental goal, being 12 out of the 30 total credits towards completing a master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Certificate Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree: Required
- GRE: Not Required
- Letters of Recommendation: Not Required
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV): Required
- Statement of Purpose: Not Required. Suggested if GPA is less than 3.0/4.0
- Transcript(s): Required. Must be submitted for all schools attended (unofficial transcripts accepted for admissions review and must show successful completion of any required prerequisite course(s).
- For international applicants or applicants whose native language is not English, please review the English Proficiency requirement
Tuition
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Fees
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Investment You Can Count On
9
Course Credits Applicable to Master’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering
8%
Job Growth for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, 2020-2030, Bureau of Labor Statistics
#1
Career Return on Investment,
Research Universities,
U.S. Department of Education
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty

Terri Hogue
Rank - Professor and Dean, Earth and Society Programs
Email - thogue@mines.edu
Phone - 303-384-2588

Tissa Illangasekare
Rank - Professor and AMX Distinguished Chair of Environmental Sciences
Email - tillanga@mines.edu
Phone - 303-384-2126

Paul C. Johnson
Rank - Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; President, Colorado School of Mines
Email - presoffice@mines.edu
Phone - 303-273-3280
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