2024-2025 Academic Catalog

May 17, 2025

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2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Sustainability Certificate

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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.

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 2050 Sustainability

Subtotal: 3

Economics Course

Satisfactorily complete one of the following courses:

Subtotal: 3

Ethics or Humanities Course

Satisfactorily complete one of the following courses:

Subtotal: 3

Ecology Course

Satisfactorily complete one of the following courses:

Subtotal: 3-4

Upper-Level Economics Course

Satisfactorily complete one of the following courses:

Subtotal: 3

Upper-Level Ethics or Humanities Course

Satisfactorily complete one of the following courses:

Subtotal: 3

Subtotal: 3-4

Sustainability Capstone

Satisfactorily complete the following course:

Subtotal: 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.

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