环境法证研究生证书

环境取证（EF）的研究生证书计划为研究生和在职专业人员提供进入EF领域或在其内发展所需的分析，解释和沟通技巧，包括使用科学技术来调查违反环境法规的行为并进行分摊对环境损害负责。该程序将检查污染物的特性并确定其来源，即使排放发生在几十年前也是如此。所采用的方法包括分析（地质）化学，野外地质学和生物学以及遥感等方法。从业人员还必须了解法律框架，并具有相当的计算和统计专业知识。该程序强调使用多环芳烃（PAH），石油生物标志物和痕量金属对环境基质进行地球化学指纹识别的理论和实践经验，以及将电子和光学显微镜应用于地
The Graduate Certificate Program in Environmental Forensics (EF) provides graduate students and working professionals with the analytical, interpretive, and communication skills needed to enter or advance within the EF profession, including the use of scientific techniques to investigate violations of environmental regulations and to apportion responsibility for environmental damages. The program examines the characterization of contaminants and determination of their origins, even if the discharge occurred decades ago. The methods employed include those of analytical (geo) chemistry, field geology and biology, and remote sensing, among other disciplines. Practitioners must also understand the legal framework and have considerable computational and statistical expertise. This program emphasizes both theory and hands-on experience in the geochemical fingerprinting of environmental matrices using polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), petroleum biomarkers and trace metals, as well as in applying electron and optical microscopy of earth materials to forensic problems. This is a 15-credit program.