Sustainability
Academic Certificate
Major Code: 6240
Award: AC
CIPS Code: 03.0104
Total Credits: 15-17
Description: The Academic Certificate (AC) in Sustainability is interdisciplinary and builds a strong academic expertise along one of five significant pillars of sustainability, where students will examine and assess how to minimize unintended consequences and enhance a mutually productive relationship between man and nature. The five pillars are organized into specialized tracks, including land use and human transformations of the earth, competition for water and other natural resources from the earth systems, political and economic treatment of the earth, coupled human-environment interactions, and entrepreneurship for transforming ideas for sustainable products/services into viable businesses.
Program Notes
Students must earn a grade of "C" or better for all courses required within the program.
Program Prerequisites
Restricted Electives
Credits: 9-11 |
Students must select one (1) of the following five (5) tracks: | ||
Track I: Sustainability: Earth Systems Credits: | ||
Students must choose two (2) courses from the following list: | ||
AGS260 | Origin and Composition of Soils | 4 |
ASM104 | Bones, Stones, and Human Evolution | 4 |
BIO105 | Environmental Biology | 4 |
BIO182 | General Biology (Majors) II | 4 |
CHM107 | Chemistry and Society (3) and | |
CHM107LL | Chemistry and Society Laboratory (1) | 4 |
GLG110 | Geological Disasters and the Environment (3) and | |
GLG111 | Geological Disasters and the Environment Lab (1) | 4 |
GLG140 | Introduction to Oceanography | 3 |
GPH211 | Landform Processes | 4 |
GPH213 | Introduction to Climatology (3) and | |
GPH215 | Introduction to Climatology Laboratory (1) | 4 |
Students will choose one (1) course from the following list: | ||
ASB226 | Human Impacts on Ancient Environment | 3 |
COM263 | Elements of Intercultural Communication | 3 |
ENH206 | Nature and Environmental Literature | 3 |
ENH260 | Literature of the Southwest | 3 |
GCU102 | Introduction to Human Geography | 3 |
GCU141 | Introduction to Economic Geography | 3 |
HUM201 | Humanities: Universal Themes | 3 |
PHI216 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
POS120 | World Politics | 3 |
RDG112 | Successful College Reading for Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Sciences or Technology | 3 |
SBU200 | Society and Business | 3 |
SOC251 | Social Problems | 3 |
Track II: Sustainability: Social, Political, Economic Treatment of the Earth Credits: | ||
Students will choose two (2) courses from the following list: | ||
ASB102 | Culture in a Globalizing World | 3 |
COM263 | Elements of Intercultural Communication | 3 |
ECN212 | Microeconomic Principles | 3 |
ECN263 | The Economics of Natural Resources, Population and the Environment | 3 |
GCU102 | Introduction to Human Geography | 3 |
GCU141 | Introduction to Economic Geography | 3 |
HRM290 | Ecotourism | 3 |
POS120 | World Politics | 3 |
PSY132 | Psychology and Culture | 3 |
SBU200 | Society and Business | 3 |
SOC180 | Social Implications of Technology | 3 |
Students must choose one (1) to two (2) courses from the following list: | ||
BIO105 | Environmental Biology | 4 |
CHM107 | Chemistry and society (3) and | |
CHM107LL | Chemistry and society Laboratory (1) | 4 |
ENH206 | Nature and Environmental Literature | 3 |
ENH260 | Literature of the Southwest | 3 |
GLG110 | Geological Disasters and the Environment (3) and | |
GLG111 | Geological Disasters and the Environment Lab (1) | 4 |
GPH210 | Society and Environment | 3 |
HUM201 | Humanities: Universal Themes | 3 |
PHI216 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
Track III: Sustainability: Coupled Human-Environment Systems Credits: | ||
Students will choose two (2) courses from the following list: | ||
ASB102 | Culture in Globalization World | 3 |
ASB222 | Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: Old World (3) OR | |
ASB223 | Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: New World (3)3 | |
ASB226 | Human Impacts on Ancient Environments | 3 |
COM263 | Elements of Intercultural Communication | 3 |
ENH206 | Nature and Environmental Literature | 3 |
ENH260 | Literature of the Southwest | 3 |
HUM201 | Humanities: Universal Themes | 3 |
PHI216 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
REC150AB | Outdoor Adventure Skills | 3 |
Students will choose one (1) to two (2) course from the following list: | ||
ASM104 | Bones, Stones, and Human Evolution | 4 |
BIO105 | Environmental Biology | 4 |
BIO108 | Plants and Society | 4 |
BIO182 | General Biology (Majors) II | 4 |
CHM107 | Chemistry and Society (3) and | |
CHM107LL | Chemistry and Society Laboratory (1) | 4 |
GLG110 | Geological Disasters and the Environment (3) and | |
GLG111 | Geological Disasters and the Environment Lab (1) | 4 |
GPH210 | Society and Environment | 3 |
PHI104 | World Philosophy | 3 |
POS120 | World Politics | 3 |
Track IV: Sustainability: Human Transformation of the Earth Credits: | ||
Students will choose 9-11 credits from the following list: | ||
ASB100 | Introduction to Global Health | 3 |
ASB226 | Human Impacts on Ancient Environments | 3 |
CNS205 | Sustainable Construction/LEED Certification | 3 |
ECE101 | Origins of Science and Engineering | 3 |
ECE111 | Bioengineering Systems | 3 |
FON135 | Sustainable Cooking | 3 |
FON143 | Food and Culture | 3 |
FON161 | Sustainable Food Production Systems | 3 |
HES210 | Cultural aspects of Health and Illness | 3 |
INT170 | Interior Materials | 3 |
SCT100 | Introduction to Sustainable Built Environments | 3 |
SCT271AA | Sustainable Design Internship (1) OR | |
SCT271AB | Sustainable Design Internship (2) | 1-2 |
SOC180 | Social Implications of Technology | 3 |
WED124 | Environmental Wellness | 3 |
Track V: Sustainability: Business and Entrepreneurship Credits: | ||
Students will choose one (1) option from the following list: | ||
EPS150 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3) and | |
EPS195 | Business Start-Up and Planning (2) | 5 |
MGT253 | Owning and Operating a Small Business 3 and | |
MGT298AA | Special Project (1) or | |
SSH298AA | Special Project(1) | 4 |
Students will choose one (1) option from the following list: | ||
GBS151 | Introduction to Business (3) OR | |
GBS205 | Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Environment of Business (3) | 3 |
Students will choose one (1) option from the following list: | ||
ECN212 | Microeconomics (3) OR | |
SBU200 | Society and Business (3) | 3 |
Offered through the Sustainability program
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