Ecological Sustainability Graduate Certificate

The graduate certificate in Ecological Sustainability is designed to develop an understanding of the ways that human activities affect the global ecosystem and the resulting impacts on health, behavior, social, and cultural life. The transdisciplinary design of this certificate prepares students to develop and support programs that conserve and manage natural resources while also meeting human needs for survival and well-being including efforts to preserve biodiversity and restore natural ecosystems that have been degraded.

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 the list below:

CECS 599 - Graduate Capstone
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

Elective courses (9 credit hours)

Select THREE courses from list below:

EEB 423 - Conservation Decision Making
EEB 484 - Conservation Biology
EEPS 554 - Environmental Restoration
FORS 422 - Forest and Wildland Resource Policy
FORS 423 - Wildland Recreation Planning and Management ¹
SNR 520 - Natural Resource Issues at International Level
SNR 522 - Rare Species Biology, Conservation and Management
Note: ¹ 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