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Sustainability Certificate

Undergraduate certificates may only be earned and will only be awarded in conjunction with a bachelor's degree. They will not be awarded as an independent credential.

Information about the Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Liberal Studies can be found on the department page.

The sustainability certificate gives students an additional accreditation, along with their degree, to enter dynamic worlds of commerce, science, social work, and policy that will continue to be developed in the near future as the global environment becomes more prominent on everyone’s agenda.

Certificate Requirements

Core-Level Introduction

Satisfactorily complete the following course:
IDST 2050Sustainability

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Economics Course

Satisfactorily complete one of the following courses:
ECON 2100Economics and Society

3
ECON 2105Principles of Macroeconomics

3
ECON 2106Principles of Microeconomics

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Ethics or Humanities Course

Satisfactorily complete one of the following courses:
BUAD 2172Business Ethics

3
PHIL 2010Survey of Philosophy

3
PHIL 2020Logical & Critical Thinking

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Ecology Course

Satisfactorily complete one of the following courses:
BIOL 1120Biodiversity

3
BIOL 2800Ecology

4
ENSC 1000Intro to Environmental Science

3
ENSC 1050Sustainability and World Pop

3
ISCI 2001Life & Earth Science

3
Total Credit Hours:3-4

Upper-Level Economics Course

Satisfactorily complete one of the following courses:
ECON 3440Comparative Economic Systems

3
ECON 3650Public Choice Theory

3
ECON 3680Nat Resource & Environment Eco

3
ECON 3840Economic Growth

3
MGMT 3141Principles of Management

3
MKTG 3161Principles of Marketing

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Upper-Level Ethics or Humanities Course

Satisfactorily complete one of the following courses:
GEOG 4250Geography of Health

3
GEOG 4400Resource Use

3
GEOG 4450Environment & Society

3
HIST 3400Intro to Global Food Studies

3
KINS 3353Environmental Health

3
KINS 4353Global Public Health

3
ODED 4520Experiential Education

3
PHIL 4410Ethical Theory

3
PHIL 4415Thinking Animals

3
PHIL 4680Environmental Ethics

3
POLS 4415Environmental Policy

3
SOCI 3433Sociology of Food

3
SOCI 3446Social Stratification

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Upper-Level Ecology Course

Satisfactorily complete one of the following courses:
BIOL 4705Population & Community Ecology

3
BIOL 4710Biogeography

4
BIOL 4725Community & Ecosystem Ecology

4
BIOL 4740Environmental Conservation

3
BIOL 4795Aquatic Ecology

4
BIOL 4870Wildlife Management

4
CHEM 3510Biochemistry

3
ENSC 3050Environ Prob & Sustain Solut

3
ENSC 3200Econ & Environmental Geology

4
ENSC 3680Natu Resources/Environ Ecology

3
ENSC 4150Environmental Hydrogeology

4
ENSC 4600Soil & Environmental Quality

4
ENSC 4705Population & Community Ecology

3
ENSC 4710Biogeography

4
ENSC 4740Environmental Conservation

3
GEOL 3200Econ & Environmental Geology

4
GEOL 4150Environmental Hydrogeology

4
GEOL 4600Soil & Environmental Quality

4
Total Credit Hours:3-4

Sustainability Capstone

Satisfactorily complete the following course:
IDST 4960Internship

1 - 15
IDST 4995Sustainability Capstone

1 - 4
Total Credit Hours:3

Total Credit Hours: 24-26

Note:

  • Courses used to fulfill certificate requirements may also be used to fulfill core, major, minor, or other program requirements.
  • Federal financial aid will not pay for a certificate course unless that course is also necessary to complete a student's required number of hours for the bachelor's degree or another bachelor's degree requirement. Students should contact the Financial Aid Office if they have questions about their federal aid eligibility.