Sustainability Certificate
Curriculum
Effective September 1, 2018

The sustainability certificate can be added to environmental studies majors. Students who earn a sustainability certificate may not earn the environmental studies certificate or the certificate in engineering for energy sustainability.

Requirement for admission

• Cannot be earning the Environmental Studies Certificate or the Certificate in Engineering for Energy Sustainability, and
• Completion one of the approved courses for the certificate with a grade of B or better.

Requirement for completion

• A 3.00 GPA in the certificate
• 12 credits of coursework drawn from the list below
• A sustainability-related community service project (see link to left)
• Courses taken on a pass/fail basis will not count toward the certificate

Courses

Please check the timetable for the latest course offerings. The course list below is dynamic and will be adjusted as new sustainability courses are being offered and others dropped. Students may request to substitute a listed course with a sustainability related course that is currently not listed. Such a request requires that the student submits a written explanation how the substitute course meets the learning outcomes of the certificate and assists the student in reaching his or her individual goals for taking the certificate. Please also submit a syllabus of the substitute class. The substitute request requires approval by the certificate's faculty advisor, Ann Terlaak.

Environmental Dimension

select min. of 3 credits

Department	Course	Title	Credits	geBLC*	Semester
ENVIR ST	101	Forum on the Environment	2	__WEC	Spring
Atm Ocn/Geosci	102	Climate and Climate Change	3	__PEC	Summer
ENVIR ST	117	GreenHouse Roots Seminar	1	__EC	Fall
GEO SCIENCE/ENV STU	106	Environmental Geology (Fall) Environmental Geology (Spring)	3	__PEC	Fall, Spring
GEOG/IES	120	Introduction to the Earth System	3	__PEC	Spring
ENVIR ST	126	Principles of Environmental Science	4	__PEC	Fall, Spring
GEOG/ENVIR ST	127	Physical Systems of the Environment
AOS/IES	171	Global Change: Atmospheric Issues and Problems	3	B_PEC	Fall
GEOG/AOS/IES	332	Climate Change: Science and Impacts	3	__PIC	Fall, Spring
ENVIR ST, GEOG	309	People, Land and Food	3	__SIC	Spring

 

Social Dimension

(select min. of 3 credits)

Department	Course	Title	Credits	geBLC*	Semester
ENVIR ST	112	Environmental Studies: The Social Perspective	3	__SEC	Spring
C&E SOC	248	Environment, Natural Resources, and Society	3	__SEC
ENVIR ST, GEOG	139	Living in the Global Environment: An Introduction to People-Environment Geography	3	__SEC	Fall, Spring
Env St	210	Cultures of Sustainability: Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe	3	__HEC	Fall
GEOG/ENVIR ST	337	Nature, Power and Society	3	___IC	Fall, Spring
ENVIR ST	349	Climate Change Governance	3	__SIC	Spring
CONSUMER SCI	360	Sustainable and Socially Just Consumption	3	__SEC	Fall, Spring
CIVIL SOC & COMM ST	375	Human Ecology of Food and Sustainability	3		Spring
GEOG	439	US Environmental Policy and Regulation		__SIC
PHIL/ENVIR ST	441	Environmental Ethics	4	__ZAC	Fall
SOC	540	Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability	3	__SIC	Spring
C&E SOC	541	Environmental Stewardship and Social Justice Special Topic: The Global Perspective	3	__SAC	Spring

 

Economic Dimension

(select min. of 3 credits)

Department	Course	Title	Credits	geBLC*	Semester
AAE	244	The Environment and the Global Economy	3		Fall
AAE	246	Climate Change Economics and Policy	3	__SEC	Fall
ENVIR ST, BUSINESS MHR	310	Challenges and Solutions in Business Sustainability	3	___IC	Spring
ENVIR ST	343	Environmental Economics	3	__SIC	Fall
BUSINESS OTM	370	Sustainable Approaches to System Improvement	3		Summer
CIVENGR	421	Environmental Sustainability Engineering	3
RMI	650	Sustainability, Environmental, and Social Risk Management	3		Fall
RE	651	Green-Sustainable Real Estate Developmentt	3

 

Systems Dimension

(select min. of 3 credits)

Department	Course	Title	Credits	geBLC*	Semester
AGRO/ENV	375/402	Systems Thinking	3
CIV ENGR	494	Civil and Environmental Engineering Decision Making	3		Spring

 

Miscellaneous

(can request to use max. of 3 credits to substitute for 3 credits from the economic, social or environmental category above. This requires special permission and is only allowed if the student’s course portfolio will still cover all four dimensions of the certificate’s curriculum)

Department	Course	Title	Credits	geBLC*	Semester
INTER L&S	107	Building a Clean Energy Future	3	__WEC	Spring
EPS	150	Climate Change and Sustainability Education	3	__SEC	Spring
ILS	251	Radioactivity, People, and the Planet	3	__PIC	Spring
HORT	261	Sustainable Turfgrass use and Management	2		Spring
ENVIR ST, BSE	367	Renewable Energy Systems	3		Fall, Spring
HORT	375, LEC 001	A Growing Dilemma: The Future of Food	3		Spring
ENVIR ST/GEOG	402/475	Green Urbanism			Spring
C&I/C&E Soc/Envir St	405	Education for Sustainable Communities	3	__SIC	Spring
Inter-Ag	471	Food Production System and Sustainability	3	__BAC	Spring
DY Science	472	Animal Agriculture and Global Sustainable Development	1		Spring
INTEREGR	601	Interdisciplinary Design for Energy and Sustainability (IDEAS)

 

*Refer to this page for information on the symbols in the geBLC column.
** 1 credit maximum of ENVIR ST 402 in the residence halls.