The Graduate Sustainability Certificate equips students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to make significant, systemic changes in their communities and careers, paving the way for a more sustainable future. The program supplements student’s disciplinary depth with an interdisciplinary framework, and an introduction to the many ways sustainability is implemented. Through the sustainability certificate, students gain foundational knowledge, key competencies required for innovating creative solutions to sustainability challenges, and hands on experience applying this understanding to meaningful, real-world situations.
Tyra Byers scdirector@uga.edu 706-542-0458 https://sustainability.uga.edu/certificate/about/
Please visit https://sustainability.uga.edu/certificate/courses for a printable course list.
The certificate is awarded to graduate students who successfully complete at least 17 hours of course work, including an anchor course (3 credit hours) which provides a foundation in sustainability and challenges students to evaluate their behavior as citizens and consumers and consider interdisciplinary challenges associated with a sustainable future; one course from each of the three spheres of sustainability—ecological, economic, and social (9 credit hours); two semesters of a sustainability seminar (2 credit hours), including presentations from UGA and local sustainability experts; a capstone course / project (3 credit hours) applying knowledge gained through hands-on solutions to sustainability challenges; and a portfolio of written reflections.
The program is open to all current graduate students who are in good standing.
| SUST 4200/6200 (2 hours) | Interdisciplinary Sustainability Seminar | 1 |
| SUST 4500S/6500S | Interdisciplinary Sustainability Capstone | 3 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| AESC 8310 | Food Systems Sustainability, Security, and Resilience | 3 |
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ECOL 4080/6080
Analytical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Principles of Integrative Conservation and Sustainability | 4 |
| ETAP 5700E/7700E | Sustainability Education: Promising Practices | 3 |
| FANR 4020/6020 | Sustainable Development | 3 |
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FANR(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG)(INTL) 4271/6271
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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People, Planet, and Profit | 1-9 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| AESC 8310 | Food Systems Sustainability, Security, and Resilience | 3 |
| ANTH 4010/6010 | Historical Ecology | 3 |
| ANTH 4900/6900 | Special Topics in Anthropology | 3 |
| ATSC(GEOG) 4160/6160 | Applied Climatology in the Urban Environment | 3 |
| CVLE(MCHE)(LAND) 4660/6660 | Sustainable Building Design | 3 |
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ECOL(FANR) 4220/6220
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
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Restoration Ecology | 3 |
| ECOL(FISH)(WASR) 4310/6310 | Freshwater Ecosystems | 3 |
| ECOL 8710 | Land Conservation Practicum | 4 |
| EDES(PLAN) 4650/6650 | City Planning | 3 |
| EHSC 7010 | Fundamentals of Environmental Health Science | 3 |
| ENVE 4230/6230 | Energy in Nature, Civilization, and Engineering | 3 |
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FANR(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG)(INTL) 4271/6271
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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People, Planet, and Profit | 1-9 |
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FANR 4273S/6273S
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Field Studies in Sustainable Development | 1-9 |
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FORS(ANTH) 4270/6270
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Field Studies in Conservation | 1-10 |
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FORS 5100E/7100E
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
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Forest Ecology | 3 |
| GEOL 4220/6220 | Hydrogeology | 3 |
| HORT 4030S/6030S | Sustainable Community Food Production | 4 |
| HORT(CRSS)(ENTO)(PATH) 4125/6125-4125L/6125L | Organic Agricultural Systems | 4 |
| JURI 5290S/7290S | Interdisciplinary Environmental Law Practicum | 3-4 |
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LAND 4390/6390
Analytical Thinking
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Ecological Landscape Restoration | 3 |
| LAND 6030 | Nature and Sustainability | 5 |
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LAND 6310
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Landscape Ecology: Materials and Processes | 3 |
| LAND 4730/6730 | Issues and Practices in Sustainable Design | 3 |
| MARS 8050 | Climate, Oceans, and the Marine Biosphere | 3 |
| WILD 5200/7200 | International Issues in Wildlife Conservation | 2-6 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| AAEC 8020 | Topics in Agricultural and Applied Economics | 1-3 |
| AESC 8310 | Food Systems Sustainability, Security, and Resilience | 3 |
| ECOL 4880/6880 | Environmental and Natural Resource Policy | 3 |
| ENVM 4800/6800 | Water Resource Economics and Management | 3 |
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FANR(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG)(INTL) 4271/6271
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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People, Planet, and Profit | 1-9 |
| FANR(AAEC) 7860 | Natural Resource and Environmental Economics I | 3 |
| JURI(FANR)(ECOL) 4810/6810 | Natural Resources Law | 3 |
| JURI 4826/6826 | Renewable Energy Law and Policy | 2-3 |
| JURI 5280/7280 | Environmental Law | 2-3 |
| JURI 5750/7750 | International Environmental Law | 2-3 |
| MIST 4550/6550 | Energy Informatics | 3 |
Choose 7 credit hour(s) from the following:
| AESC 8310 | Food Systems Sustainability, Security, and Resilience | 3 |
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ALDR(AFST)(LACS) 4710/6710
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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International Agricultural Development | 3 |
| ANTH 4070/6070 | Cultural Ecology | 3 |
| ANTH 4085/6085 | Conservation on a Changing Planet | 3 |
| ANTH(CMLT) 4235W/6235W | Writing Bali | 3 |
| ANTH 4242/6242 | Culture and Tourism in Bali | 3 |
| ANTH(GEOG) 4275/6275 | Conservation and Development in Costa Rica | 3-6 |
| ANTH 4285/6285 | The Anthropology of Surfing | 3 |
| ANTH 8050 | Advanced Topics in Anthropology | 1-15 |
| AND ANTH 8525 | Environmental Governance | 1-3 |
| ANTH 8515 | Institutional Dimensions of Sustainability | 3 |
| ANTH 8540 | Conservation and Community | 3 |
| ANTH(ICON) 8560 | Conservation and Development Practice | 3 |
| ATSC(GEOG) 4160/6160 | Applied Climatology in the Urban Environment | 3 |
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CRSS 4020S/6020S
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Social Sustainability in Agricultural and Food Systems | 3 |
| ECHD 4015/6015 | Environmental Psychology | 3 |
| ECOL 4880/6880 | Environmental and Natural Resource Policy | 3 |
| EETH(AESC) 4190/6190 | Agricultural Ethics | 1 |
| EHSC 7650 | Water Quality: Protection, Monitoring, and Management for Health | 3 |
| ENTR 5450/7450 | Corporate Social Responsibility | 3 |
| ENTR 7990 | Directed Study in Entrepreneurship Topics | 3 |
| ENVE 4530/6530 | Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis | 3 |
| ENVM(EHSC) 4250/6250 | Environmental and Public Health Law | 3 |
| ENVM(AAEC) 4930/6930 | Environmental Law and Governmental Regulation | 3 |
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FANR(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG)(INTL) 4271/6271
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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People, Planet, and Profit | 1-9 |
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FANR 4800W/6800W
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
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Renewable Resources Policy | 2 |
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FANR(WILD) 4820/6820
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife Conservation | 3 |
| GEOG 4890S/6890S | Athens Urban Food Collective (AUFC) Service-Learning | 3 |
| GEOG 8120 | Seminar in Climatology | 3 |
| JRLC 5990 | Seminar in Journalism and Mass Communication | 3 |
| JURI(FANR)(ECOL) 4810/6810 | Natural Resources Law | 3 |
| JURI 5280/7280 | Environmental Law | 2-3 |
| JURI 5750/7750 | International Environmental Law | 2-3 |
| LACS(SOCI) 4211/6211 | Environmental Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
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LAND 6040
Creativity & Innovation
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Community and Place | 5 |
| PADP 7200 | Directed Study in Public Administration | 3 |
| PADP 8660 | Climate and Environmental Policy | 3 |
| PHIL(EETH) 4220/6220 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL(EETH) 4250/6250 | Philosophy of Technology | 3 |
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PRTM 5900/7900
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Ecotourism and Sustainable Development | 3 |
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RELI 4095/6095
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Christianity and Sustainability | 3 |
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WMST 4170S/6170S
Critical Thinking
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Environment, Gender, Race, and Class | 3 |
Final portfolio: a collection of documents presented at the completion of the certificate that ties together the courses, seminar, and capstone project completed by the student. This portfolio will provide students with an opportunity to reflect on the integration of disciplines, systems thinking, analysis of complex problems, and their ongoing commitment to sustainability.
Select additional courses, as needed, in consultation with an advisor to meet the minimum number of required credit hours for this program.