Certificate in Sustainability
The Certificate in Sustainability is focused on developing sustainability problem solving skills and requires a minimum of 12 credit hours. The certificate is available to all students. Sustainability involves balancing human aspirations for a good quality of life with the environmental quality and resource needs of future generations. Advancing sustainability requires understanding interactions between ecological and social systems in order to design actions inspired by beneficiaries needs. The Sustainability Certificate will help students pursue careers in fast-growing green job and non-profit sectors of clean energy, resource conservation, transportation efficiency, pollution prevention, waste elimination, second-generation bio-fuels, green building and infrastructure design, as well as human rights and community development.
Requirements
A minimum grade of C- is required for each course taken in the certificate. A minimum cumulative GPA in all certificate coursework is 2.0.
| Required Course | ||
| ENV_SC 2600 | Sustainability Foundations: An Introduction to Sustainability | 3 |
| or BIOL_EN 2600 | Sustainability Foundations: An Introduction to Sustainability | |
| Capstone Course: Select one course | 3 | |
| NAT_R 4370 | Society, Environment and Natural Resources | 3 |
| or ABM 4370 | Society, Environment and Natural Resources | |
| or SOCIOL 4370 | Society, Environment and Natural Resources | |
| ENV_SC 4600W | Sustainability Science Problem Solving - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| ENV_SC 4560 | Observing the Earth from Space | 3 |
| ARCHST 4990 | Thesis Design Studio | 5 |
| Specialization: select two courses (two courses within a specialization are suggested) | ||
| Energy Systems & the Built Environment | ||
| ARCHST 2323 | Sustainable Building Design Fundamentals | 3 |
| ARCHST 4323 | Sustainable Technologies and Systems | 3 |
| CV_ENG 2800 | Introduction to Engineering Sustainability | 3 |
| SOCIOL 3460W | Technology and Society - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| International Development & Policy | ||
| ABM 3271 | International Agricultural Development | 3 |
| ENV_SC 4400W | Environmental Law, Policy, and Justice - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| NAT_R 1400 | A Series of Unfortunate Events in Global Water Issues | 3 |
| NAT_R 4353 | Natural Resource Policy/Administration | 3 |
| T_A_M 4110 | Global Sourcing | 3 |
| Food Systems & Natural Resources | ||
| ABM 2215 | Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Agriculture | 3 |
| F_W 4220 | Human Dimensions of Fish and Wildlife Conservation | 3 |
| ABM 4370 | Society, Environment and Natural Resources | 3 |
| or NAT_R 4370 | Society, Environment and Natural Resources | |
| or SOCIOL 4370 | Society, Environment and Natural Resources | |
| SOCIOL 4425W | Sociology of Food - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| Social Systems & Environment | ||
| ABM 1120 | Population, Environment and Sustainability | 3 |
| or PEA_ST 1120 | Population, Environment and Sustainability | |
| or SOCIOL 1120 | Population, Environment and Sustainability | |
| ABM 2070W | Environmental Economics and Policy - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| ANTHRO 4320 | Ecological and Environmental Anthropology | 3 |
| SOCIOL 4370 | Society, Environment and Natural Resources | 3 |
| or NAT_R 4370 | Society, Environment and Natural Resources | |
| or ABM 4370 | Society, Environment and Natural Resources | |
| GEOG 2660 | Environmental Geography | 3 |
| SOCIOL 3330 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| or PEA_ST 3330 | Environmental Justice | |
Application for Certificate
Students interested in this certificate should complete the online form here.