Certificate Course Work
Students pursuing the Sustainability Certificate must complete one* course from each of the three categories below: Foundations, Physical Systems, and Human Systems. Classes need not be taken in that order.
Important Notes about Qualifying Courses:
- Course substitutions: The list below is of identified qualifying courses. You are not limited to the choices here. Course substitutions are possible; however, substitution options for the Foundations requirement are very limited. Find out what to look for in a course substitute.
- Courses overlapping with your major: Only one of these courses (or the 2-part Global Environment series) may be from or cross-list with your major or minor department.
- Environmental Studies students: If you are counting the Global Environment series as your foundational course, your Physical and Human Systems classes must come from outside your major/minor department. This includes cross-listed courses.
- Geography students: ATMO is a program of the Geography department. If you are counting the Global Environment series as your foundational course, you must choose a course other than ATMO from the Physical Systems classes.
| Foundations for Sustainability | |
|---|---|
| *Students can choose from UBPL 200 OR the 2-part Global Environment series to fulfill this category requirement. | |
| UBPL 200: Sustainability and Society | Fall |
| OR | |
| EVRN/HIST/GEOG 140: Global Environment I: The Discovery of Environmental Change | Fall |
| AND | |
| EVRN/HIST/GEOG 142: Global Environment II: The Ecology of Human Civilization | Spring |
| Physical Systems | |
|---|---|
| GEOL 171: Earthquakes & Natural Disasters | Spring, Fall |
| ATMO 220: Unusual Weather | Spring, Summer, Fall |
| BIOL 225: Evolution and the History of Life | Fall |
| GEOL 302: Oceanography | Spring, Summer, Fall |
| ATMO/GEOG 321: Climate and Climate Change | Fall |
| GEOL 351: Environmental Geology | Spring, Fall |
| BIOL 477: Ecology and Global Change | Spring |
| GEOL 543: Environmental Ethics: A View from the Natural Parks | |
| GEOL 555: Climate Science | Spring |
| Human Systems | |
|---|---|
| SOC 160: Social Problems and American Values | Spring, Summer, Fall |
| ENGL 177: Topic: Storytelling for a Better World (must have been taken with Marta Caminero-Santangelo) | Fall |
| UBPL 300: Planning and the American City | Spring |
| HIST/EVRN 336: Ethics, Ideas, and Nature | Spring, Fall |
| ENGL 318: Topic: Lit of Social Justice (must have been taken with Marta Caminero-Santangelo) | |
| ENGL 341: Literature of Social Justice | Spring |
| HIST/EVRN 347: Environmental History of North America |
Spring |
| ANTH 350: Human Adaptation | Spring |
| GEOG/EVRN 371: Environmental Geopolitics | Fall |
| SOC/EVRN 385: Environmental Sociology | Spring, Summer, Fall |
| ENTR 490: Social Entrepreneurship | Spring, Fall |
Questions about transfer courses or grade requirements? Visit the FAQ page.
