Message: Earn Your Master The Wild Way!
The Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) is an exciting Master’s degree for individuals who are interested in creating social and ecological change. In this groundbreaking program, students learn how to use inquiry as a tool for co-creating a better and more sustainable future. Designed for environmental and education professionals across many fields as well as people who want to help drive change in their communities, students engage in exciting experiential learning and field study opportunities with Woodland Park Zoo. AIP students work directly through Woodland Park Zoo staff to improve local communities through shared investigation and action, while also learning with peers and faculty in an unprecedented national network of leading institutions.
AIP BENEFITS

The zoo as your window to a world of learning: AIP master’s students earn 35 total credit hours: 21 credit hours of AIP Web+ courses that combine web-based instruction with experiential learning on-site at Woodland Park Zoo plus 14 credit hours of AIP Core Courses that occur on the web. Up to 7 credit hours from an Earth Expeditions global field course may count toward the degree.

Convenient and flexible: Can be completed in 2.5 to 5 years part-time while working!

Affordable: Approximately $5,600 per year for basic courses and fees! Course costs are subject to annual budget approval and are subject to change.

Relevant: Program courses and projects integrate Washington State Science Learning Standards for inquiry-based science learning, best practices in informal science and conservation education, and participatory education as a tool to engage all communities in the creation of a more sustainable future.

Want to know more about the Advanced Inquiry Program?
Please join us for one of our informational forums!
Tuesday, November 12 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. (at Woodland Park Zoo’s Education Center)
Monday, November 18 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. (via webinar)
Thursday, January 16 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. (at Woodland Park Zoo’s Education Center)
Wednesday, January 29 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. (via webinar)

To RSVP, please call 206.548.2579 or email aip@zoo.org

Check out the Advanced Inquiry Program page on the zoo’s website for more information: http://www.zoo.org/aip

Applications for the Advanced Inquiry Program are accepted until February 28, 2018 for summer enrollment. For more information or to apply, see Project Dragonfly’s website: http://aip.miamioh.edu/apply