Urban Sustainability Graduate Certificate

The graduate certificate in Urban Sustainability will allow students to examine the challenges and opportunities of creating sustainable cities including energy efficiency, green infrastructure, and social equity by developing a basic understanding of planning, ecological design principles and sustainable landscaping. The transdisciplinary design of this certificate will prepare students to support the development of more sustainable cities for future generations.

Home unit: College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies .

Campus Code

Knoxville Campus

Graduate Certificate Type

Add-On
Stand-Alone

Credit Hours Required

15 graduate credit hours

Required Courses (6 credit hours)

Select TWO courses from list below:

SUST 501 - Sustainability Foundations and Perspectives ^* Students must complete SUST 501 if they have not previously completed equivalent sustainability coursework.
SUST 510 - Sustainability Reporting for Organizations
SUST 520 - Data Analysis and Problem Solving for Sustainability
CECS 599 - Graduate Capstone

Elective Courses (9 credit hours)

Select THREE courses from list below:

EEPS 543 - Urban Ecology
GEOG 440 - Global Perspectives on Urban Sustainability
GEOG 446 - City and Community Sustainability Planning
LAR 534 - Ecological Design: Theories and Methods I ^*
POLS 554 - Sustainable Communities
POLS 581 - Fundamentals of Planning
Note: ^* Course has its own set of prerequisites. Please consult the catalog for more information.

Non-Course Requirements

To receive the certificate, students must:

complete the Graduate Certificate Course Verification Form and
through MyUTK, apply to graduate from the certificate program.

Undergraduates