Environmental Studies Sustainability and Resilience Undergraduate Certificate
The Environmental Studies Sustainability and Resilience Certificate is an opportunity for students to earn recognition for taking a cross-section of environmentally-themed courses from a variety of disciplines. Students in the certificate program have the opportunity for cross-disciplinary learning in a required capstone course or leadership internship tackling a key topic in environmental studies. Past course topics have included climate change and global sustainability.
Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours to earn the certificate. Students may petition to have electives not listed here added to the list of accepted courses. This certificate is open to students of all majors.
Note: This program, previously named the Environmental Studies Undergraduate Certificate, was updated in 2020. First-year students who enrolled in 2020 utilize the new program information. Students enrolled prior to 2020 will follow the Environmental Studies Undergraduate Certificate curriculum. For questions about this program’s curriculum prior to 2020, please contact Loraine McCosker by emailing mccosker@ohio.edu.
Certificate Requirements
Core Requirement:
ES 3620: Environmental Science and Public Policy (Online or Hybrid)
Ecology Elective
Complete one of the following courses:
BIOS 2200: Conservation and Biodiversity (Online)
BIOS 2750: Ecology in the 21st Century (Online)
BIOS 3760: Field Ecology
GEOG 3440: Agricultural Ecosystems
GEOG 4170: Landscape Ecology
PBIO 2060: Sustainable Agriculture
PBIO 2090: Plant Ecology
PBIO 3330: Restoration Ecology
PBIO 4350: Plant Population Bio and Comm Ecology
Policy, Politics, and Regulation
Complete one of the following courses:
ECON 3010C: Economics of Altruism
ECON 3130: Economics of the Environment (Online)
ECON 3140: Natural Resource Economics
ECON 3350: Economics of Energy
ECON 3710: Cost Benefit Analysis
EH 2000: Intro to Environmental Health and Safety (Online)
ES 4720: Energy Systems and Policy
ES 4730: Environmental Entrepreneurship
ES 4832: Sustainability Implementation Practicum
GEOG 3210: Population Geography
GEOG 3260: Urban Geography
GEOG 3460: Environmental Law
GEOG 4480: Migration and Development
GEOG 4520: Environmental and Sustainability Planning
POLS 4250: Environmental and Natural Resources Policy and Politics
POLS 4260: Politics of Contemporary Environmental Movement
POLS 4840: The Politics of Sustainability
POLS 4880: Environmental and Public Policy Dispute Resolution
T3 4010: Climate Change and Public Health
Natural and Physical Sciences
Complete one of the following courses:
BIOS 4290: Marine Biology
BIOS 4310: Aquatic Biology
BIOS 4810: Animal Conservation Biology
CE 3530: Basics of Environmental Engineering
CHE 4530: Alternative Fuels and Renewable Energy
CHE 4610: Atmospheric Chemistry
CHEM 1205: Survey of Chemistry for Health Sciences
CHEM 1210: Principles of Chemistry (Online)
CHEM 1510: Fundamentals of Chemistry (Online)
EH 3100: Air, Waters and Wastes (Online)
ES 4300: Field Methods in Environmental Studies
ES 4250: Watershed Management
ES 4710: Bioenergy: Science, Policy, and Business
GEOG 3010: Meteorology
GEOG 3020: Climatology
GEOG 3150: Landforms and Landscapes
GEOG 3160: Biogeography
GEOL 2310: Water and Pollution (Online)
GEOL 4270: Water Geochemistry
GEOL 4290: Contaminant Geochemistry
GEOL 4800: Principles of Hydrogeology
Social Sciences and Humanities
Complete one of the following courses:
ANTH 3600: Origins of Food Production
ANTH 3780: Human Ecology
COMS 3300: Environmental Communication (Online)
EH 3040: Environmental Health in Appalachia
EH 4000: Environmental Health and Safety Risk Communication
ENG 3100J: Writing About Environmental Sustainability
ES 4610: Resilience Theory and Practice (Online)
ES 4630: Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation & Resilience Policy (Online)
ES 4640: Risk, Climate Security, and Community Engagement (Online)
ES 4900: Special Topics in Environmental Studies
GEOG 3330: Appalachia: Land and People
GEOG 3430: Global Issues in Environment
GEOG 4450: Gender, Environment, and Development
GEOG 4470: Natural Resource Conservation
GEOG 4560: The Just and Sustainable City
HIST 3060: American Environmental History
JOUR 4150: Environmental and Science Journalism
PHIL 3350: Environmental Ethics
REC 3400: Environmental Interpretation
REC 3550: Principles of Ecotourism
REC 4800: Wilderness Literature
SOC 3670: Corporate and Government Crime
SOC 4810: Environmental Sociology
SOC 4950: Sociology Capstone
T3 4850: Sustainability Citizenship
Environmental Studies Synthesis
Complete one of the following courses:
ES 4500: Environmental Studies Capstone Seminar (3.0 hr)
ES 4910: Environmental Studies Leadership Experience (2-5 hr)
READY TO GET STARTED?
To enroll in the certificate, contact the Voinovich School Office of Student Success at 740.593.9381 or gvsinfo@ohio.edu.
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