I-Oregon State University inikeza ochwepheshe bemithombo yemvelo indlela entsha neguquguqukayo yokuqhubekisela phambili imisebenzi yabo ngokunikela nge-inthanethi yokuqala yesizwe. isitifiketi seziqu emahlathini asemadolobheni. Isitifiketi sihlanganisa ubuchwepheshe be-OSU kwezamahlathi kanye nesithunzi sayo njengomholi kazwelonke wezemfundo ye-inthanethi ukuze kuhlinzekwe abafundi ngendawo yokufunda esebenzisanayo ebahlomisa kangcono ukuphatha izihlahla ezindaweni zasemadolobheni nasezindaweni ezizungezile.
“Alikho elinye ithuba elinjengaleli e-US lapho uchwepheshe osebenzayo engathola imfundo yezinga eliphezulu emkhakheni wamahlathi asemadolobheni ku-inthanethi futhi aqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe, akhulise umndeni noma ahlale ezweni lakubo,” kusho uPaul Ries, umqondisi wezitifiketi kanye nomfundisi ekolishi le-OSU's Forestry. "Inikeza ukufinyelela okwengeziwe emfundweni yezinga lokuqala okungenzeka ukuthi bangayitholi ngenye indlela." I-Oregon State ithathwa njengenye yezikhungo ezihamba phambili emhlabeni kwezemfundo yezamahlathi, njengoba ikleliswe kwabayi-10 ocwaningweni lwamazwe ngamazwe eminyakeni emibili edlule. U-Ries uthi lolu hlelo lokuqala lwalo lwamahlathi emadolobheni luzoqinisa isithunzi somhlaba wonke se-OSU.
Silethwe ku-inthanethi yi-OSU Ecampus, isitifiketi sezikweletu ze-18- kuya kwezingu-20 sinikeza ukuqeqeshwa okusebenzayo kubantu abafuna ukuqhubekela phambili - noma ukubeka unyawo lwabo emnyango - emsebenzini wamahlathi asemadolobheni. Abafundi bangasebenzisa nesitifiketi njengesisekelo se-Oregon State's 45-credit Master of Natural Resources degree degree online. “Abantu abaningi abasebenza kulo mkhakha abanazo iziqu noma isitifiketi esithi ‘amahlathi asemadolobheni’ ngoba akukapheli sikhathi eside kangaka,” kusho uRies. “Lokhu kuzovula iminyango ebingakatholakali kubantu phambilini.”
Amahlathi asemadolobheni, kalula nje, abhekisela ekuphathweni kwezihlahla lapho sisebenza khona, sihlala futhi sidlala. Kungumkhuba owaqala emakhulwini eminyaka eMelika, kodwa leli gama alizange liqanjwe kuze kube yiminyaka yawo-1970. Njengoba amadolobha amaningi kuzwelonke eqala ukutshala izinsiza eziningi engqalasizinda eluhlaza, kudaleka imisebenzi eminingi ukusiza ukubumba inqubomgomo nokuhlela. “Izihlahla zichaza izindawo zethu zomphakathi, noma ngabe isifunda samabhizinisi noma ipaki lapho sizijabulisa khona ngempelasonto,” kusho uRies. “Izihlahla zivame ukuba yizinto ezijwayelekile. Zinikeza izindawo zethu umuzwa wendawo futhi zisinikeze izinzuzo zemvelo, ezomnotho nezenhlalakahle. Badlala indima enkulu ekuphileni kwamadolobha ethu.”
Ikharikhulamu yesitifiketi ihlanganisa izihloko eziningi ezizosiza ochwepheshe bathuthukise ulwazi lwabo kanye nesethi yamakhono. Izifundo ezidingekayo zifaka ubuholi bezamahlathi e-Urban, Ukuhlela Amahlathi Edolobha, Inqubomgomo Nokuphatha, kanye Nengqalasizinda Eluhlaza. Abafundi bangaphinda bakhethe ezinhlobonhlobo zokukhetha, okuhlanganisa i-Arboriculture, i-Ecological Restoration, kanye ne-Geographic Information Systems.
Abafundi kumele futhi baqedele iphrojekthi yetshe letshe lezamahlathi emadolobheni, ezobahlinzeka ngokuqeqeshwa komuntu ngamunye okuvela kubuhlakani be-OSU noma abanye ochwepheshe bezinsiza zemvelo endaweni yangakubo.
“Sizosebenza nabafundi noma kuphi lapho bekhona, ukuze i-capstone ingagcini nje ngokubonisa lokho abakufundile kodwa futhi ibe into abangayisebenzisa njengesisekelo sokuthola umsebenzi ongcono.”
Eminyakeni yamuva i-OSU Ecampus iye yazuza ukuqashelwa njengomunye wabahlinzeki abangcono kakhulu bemfundo ye-inthanethi esizweni, kusukela ku-US News & World Report, SuperScholar nezinye izikhungo ezisezingeni. Imibandela yokukala isekelwe ezicini ezifana nekhwalithi yezemfundo, iziqinisekiso zekhono, ukuzibandakanya kwabafundi, ukwaneliseka kwabafundi kanye nokwehluka kokukhethwa kweziqu.
Uhlelo lwesitifiketi samahlathi asemadolobheni luqala ngale nkwindla. Funda kabanzi mayelana nohlelo, ikharikhulamu yalo nokuthi ungasifaka kanjani isicelo ku ecampus.oregonstate.edu/urbanforestry.
-----------
Mayelana ne-OSU College of Forestry: Iminyaka eyikhulu, iKholeji Yezamahlathi ibiyisikhungo esisezingeni lomhlaba sokufundisa, ukufunda nokucwaninga. Ihlinzeka ngezinhlelo zeziqu kanye neziqu zeziqu ekusimamiseni imvelo, ukuphatha amahlathi kanye nokukhiqiza imikhiqizo yezinkuni; yenza ucwaningo oluyisisekelo nolusetshenziswayo mayelana nemvelo nokusetshenziswa kwamahlathi; futhi isebenza amahektha ayi-14,000 amahlathi asekolishi.
Mayelana ne-Oregon State University Ecampus: Ngezinhlelo eziphelele zeziqu ze-inthanethi, i-OSU Ecampus inikeza abafundi ithuba lokuthola imfundo esezingeni eliphezulu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bahlalaphi. Ihlinzeka ngezinhlelo ezingaphezu kuka-35 ze-undergraduate kanye neziqu ku-inthanethi futhi ibalwa ngokuqhubekayo phakathi kwabahlinzeki abahamba phambili besizwe bezemfundo ye-inthanethi. Funda okwengeziwe Oregon State degrees online at ecampus.oregonstate.edu.