Certificate in Environment and Sustainability
This certificate program is open to all WSU undergraduate students.
Program Requirements
Completion of the certificate in environment and sustainability requires a total of 13 credit hours of course work. This includes completion of GEOL 200 Introduction to Environment and Sustainability (3 credit hours) upon filing a plan of study in the certificate, and the GEOL 490 Environment and Sustainability Seminar (1 credit hour) at the conclusion of the certificate program. The remainder of the course work in this certificate program (9 credit hours) will be from courses in the particular track chosen by the student.
An overall grade point average of at least 2.000 for all courses comprising the certificate program, and no grade below C, is required to earn the certificate.
Students can choose from one of four tracks:
- Environmental policy and communication;
- Human society and the environment;
- Resource and remediation science and technology; or
- Environmental and green sciences.
These tracks allow students to tailor their studies in the certificate program to suit their individual interests and educational goals. Students are required to pick a certificate track upon completion of GEOL 200 Introduction to Environment and Sustainability and register their choice with the director of the certificate program. Students are free to change their certificate track at any time; however, credit hours from a previous track will only count towards the new track if the courses are listed in both tracks.
Environment and sustainability is an area of rapid growth, innovation and research. Given the highly dynamic nature of this field, the certificate program is also dynamic to ensure that students gain the greatest value from the program. As such, the courses listed in each track will be regularly evaluated to ensure that they provide appropriate value and reflect state-of-the-art developments. As new relevant courses are introduced at WSU they may be added to the certificate program within the most appropriate track(s). Similarly, courses that are no longer taught may be dropped from the certificate structure. Alterations to the courses offered in the certificate program will be made in concert with the faculty of record and relevant department chair.
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| GEOL 200 | Introduction to Environment and Sustainability | 3 |
| GEOL 490 | Environment and Sustainability Seminar | 1 |
| Tracks | ||
| Select one of the following four tracks from which the bulk of the certificate classes will be taken (minimum of 9 total credit hours) | 9 | |
| Environmental Policy and Communication Track | ||
| Engineering Ethics | ||
| Environmental Politics | ||
| American Literature I | ||
| Energy, Resources and Environment | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
Service Learning/Internship/Undergraduate Research Option | ||
| Human Society and the Environment Track | ||
| American Environmental History | ||
| History of Kansas | ||
| Science and the Modern World | ||
| Engineering Ethics | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| Contemporary Social Problems | ||
| Health & Lifestyle | ||
| Sociology of Globalization | ||
| Urban Sociology | ||
| Ethics of Space Exploration | ||
| Environmental Politics | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Energy, Resources and Environment | ||
| Introductory Environmental Science | ||
| Women and the Environment | ||
Service Learning/Internship/Undergraduate Research Option | ||
| Resource and Remediation Science and Technology Track | ||
| Engineering Ethics | ||
| Energy, Resources and Environment | ||
| Geomorphology and Land Use | ||
| Geohydrology | ||
| Soils | ||
| Advanced Geohydrology | ||
| Applied and Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Organic Chemistry I | ||
| Organic Chemistry II | ||
| Environmental Engineering Technology | ||
| Introduction to Fluids | ||
| Energy Management and Sustainability | ||
| Solar and Wind Engineering | ||
| Water and Wastewater Treatment | ||
| Hydraulics and Hydrology | ||
| Recovery of Engineering Materials | ||
| Energy and Sustainability | ||
| Sustainability and Technology | ||
Service Learning/Internship/Undergraduate Research Option | ||
| Environmental and Green Sciences Track | ||
| Earth Science and the Environment 1 | ||
| General Geology 1 | ||
| Meteorology | ||
| Energy, Resources and Environment | ||
| Oceanography | ||
| Geomorphology and Land Use | ||
| Geologic Perspectives on Climatic Change | ||
| Geohydrology | ||
| Soils | ||
| Advanced Geohydrology | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Introductory Environmental Science | ||
| General Ecology | ||
| Ecosystem Management and Restoration | ||
| Applied and Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| General Chemistry I | ||
| General Chemistry II | ||
| Organic Chemistry I | ||
| Organic Chemistry II | ||
| Environmental Physics | ||
Service Learning/Internship/Undergraduate Research Option | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 13 | |