Indoor classes create the illusion that learning only occurs inside four walls, isolated from what the students call, without apparent irony, 'the real world'. Reflecting this principle the Watershed Management Professional Program core courses include a mix of discussion, music, film, lecture presentation, field work, small group exercises, and watershed case studies. Our faculty are professionals with extensive experience in public policy, law, social change, biology, geomorphology, ecology, landscape restoration, and education. All of our faculty consistently receive the highest ratings for both their ability to communicate and the power and practicality of the material they present. The materials and information in the courses are presented in a powerful, sometimes provocative manner that is respectful of a diversity of backgrounds, opinions and experience.
Faculty become resources for the learning of the participants.
Participants report the ability to immediately apply the knowledge gained in the courses to the watersheds where they are working. The whole thing was excellent. I guess my favorite part was visiting the folks at the Warm Springs Reservation. Beginning summer 1999, through the generosity and support of Extended Studies Professor Dick Dewey, the WMPP has been transferred to the Executive Leadership Institute , a self-supporting organization within the Division of Public Administration of the Hatfield School of Government. A Field Study in the Deschutes Watershed.