社会和生态系统专业的研究生证书旨在教育学生有关人类活动与自然生态系统之间复杂而动态的相互作用的信息。了解这些相互作用对于实现可持续发展至关重要。通过培训和研究，社会与生态系统证书计划可以为未来的科学家，教育家和资源管理者提供独特的培训，使其可以从事私人和公共组织的职业。社会与生态系统计划（SEP）是一个独特的跨学科领域该计划通过高级研究生水平的培训和研究为学生在私营和公共组织的职业生涯做准备。该证书课程专为在农业，生物学，工商管理，经济学，工程学，渔业和野生动植物，林业，地理，地质，农村社会学及相关学科等
The graduate certificate in Society and Ecosystems intends to educate students about the complex and dynamic interactions between human activities and natural ecosystems. Understanding those interactions is essential for achieving sustainable development.Through training and research, the Society and Ecosystems certificate program uniquely prepares future scientists, educators and resource managers for careers with private and public organizations.The Society and Ecosystems Program (SEP) is a unique interdisciplinary program that prepares students for careers with private and public organizations through advanced graduate level training and research. The certificate program is designed for students with undergraduate-graduate training in agriculture, biology, business administration, economics, engineering, fisheries and wildlife, forestry, geography, geology, rural sociology and related disciplines. Students who are in a graduate or professional program in their area of specialization take two integrated courses and complete a thesis or dissertation that applies more than one discipline. The program is designed to enhance the student's familiarity with disciplinary and interdisciplinary concepts and principles from the social and natural sciences and humanities.