The Sustainability Certificate equips students with the skills to make significant, systemic changes in their communities, paving the way for a more sustainable future. Through the process of obtaining the sustainability certificate, students gain knowledge about the myriad of issues pertaining to sustainability, achieve enlightened perspectives about what sustainability means for individuals, communities, and the world, and acquire experience applying this understanding to meaningful, real-world situations.
Tyra Byers scdirector@uga.edu 706-542-0458 https://sustainability.uga.edu/certificate/about/
17 total hours
To be eligible for admission to the program, students must be in good standing with the University. To begin, students should complete the application process found on the website. For further information, visit the program website at http://www.sustain.uga.edu or contact scdirector@uga.edu.
| SUST 4200/6200 | Interdisciplinary Sustainability Seminar | 1 |
| SUST 4500S/6500S | Interdisciplinary Sustainability Capstone | 3 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| ECOL 1000 * | Ecological Basis of Environmental Issues | 3 |
| ECOL 3300 | Field Program in Ecological Problem-Solving | 4 |
| ECOL 4880/6880 | Environmental and Natural Resource Policy | 3 |
| ETAP 5700/7700 | Sustainability Education: Promising Practices | 3 |
| FANR 1500 | Fundamentals of Sustainable Development | 3 |
| FANR 4020/6020 | Sustainable Development | 3 |
| FANR(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG)(INTL) 4271/6271 | People, Planet, and Profit | 1-9 |
| LAND 2310 | Introduction to Sustainability | 3 |
*When taught by Dr. Krista Capps.
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| ANTH 4010/6010 | Historical Ecology | 3 |
| ATSC(GEOG) 4160/6160 | Applied Climatology in the Urban Environment | 3 |
| BIOL(FANR) 3460 | Biology of the South Pacific | 3 |
| CRSS(FANR) 3060 | Soils and Hydrology | 3 |
| CVLE(MCHE)(LAND) 4660/6660 | Sustainable Building Design | 3 |
| ECOL 1000 | Ecological Basis of Environmental Issues | 3 |
| ECOL 2100 | Global Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future | 3 |
| ECOL 3100-3100L | Tropical Field Ecology | 4 |
| ECOL(BIOL) 3510 | Ecology Laboratory | 3-4 |
| ECOL 3520 | Applied Field Ecology | 4 |
| ECOL 3530 | Conservation Biology | 3 |
| ECOL 3770S | Urban Ecology - Service Learning | 3 |
| ECOL(FANR) 4220/6220 | Restoration Ecology | 3 |
| ECOL(FISH)(WASR) 4310/6310 | Freshwater Ecosystems | 3 |
| ECOL 4880/6880 | Environmental and Natural Resource Policy | 3 |
| EDES(PLAN) 4650/6650 | City Planning | 3 |
| EHSC 3060 | Introduction to Environmental Health Science | 3 |
| EHSC 4080 | Environmental Air Quality | 3 |
| EHSC 4090 | Emerging Technologies: Bioremediation | 3 |
| EHSC 4200 | Global Climate Change and Public Health | 3 |
| EHSC(FDST)(MIBO) 4310-4310L | Environmental Microbiology | 4 |
| EHSC 4400 | Environmental Issues in the Developing World | 3 |
| EHSC 4610 | Water Pollution and Human Health | 3 |
| ENVE 2610 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Sustainability | 3 |
| ENVE 4230/6230 | Energy in Nature, Civilization, and Engineering | 3 |
| FANR(MARS) 1100 | Natural Resources Conservation | 3 |
| FANR(ECOL)(GEOG) 1200 | Natural History of Georgia | 3 |
| FANR(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG)(INTL) 4271/6271 | People, Planet, and Profit | 1-9 |
| FANR 4273S/6273S | Field Studies in Sustainable Development | 1-9 |
| FISH(ECOL)(MARS)(WILD) 4550/6550-4550L/6550L | Sustainable Aquaculture | 4 |
| FORS(ANTH) 4270/6270 | Field Studies in Conservation | 1-10 |
| FORS 5100E/7100E | Forest Ecology | 3 |
| GENE(ECOL) 4020W/6020W | Biotic Responses to Climate Change in the Ocean | 3 |
| GEOG(ATSC) 3180 | Global Climate Change: Causes and Consequences | 3 |
| GEOG 4020/6020 | Fluvial Geomorphology | 3 |
| GEOG 4350/6350-4350L/6350L | Remote Sensing of Environment | 3 |
| GEOG 4460/6460 | Field Methods in Remote Sensing | 3 |
| GEOL 1120 | Environmental Geoscience and Sustainability | 3 |
| GEOL 4220/6220 | Hydrogeology | 3 |
| HORT 2000 | Horticulture Science Perspectives of Sustainable Plant Production | 3 |
| HORT 3300E | Organic Gardening | 3 |
| HORT 4030S/6030S | Sustainable Community Food Production | 3 |
| LAND 1500 | Design and the Environment | 3 |
| LAND 4360 | Advanced Landscape Ecology | 3 |
| LAND 4730/6730 | Issues and Practices in Sustainable Design | 3 |
| WILD 5200/7200 | International Issues in Wildlife Conservation | 2-6 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| AAEC(AFST)(ENVM) 4720 | Applied International Development Economics | 3 |
| AAEC 4730 | The World Food Economy | 3 |
| ANTH 3150 | Water Worlds | 3 |
| CSCI 1210 | Computer Modeling and Science | 3 |
| DMAN 3200 | Disaster Policy | 3 |
| ECOL 4880/6880 | Environmental and Natural Resource Policy | 3 |
| ECON 2100 | Economics of Environmental Quality | 3 |
| ECON 3100 | Introduction to Sustainable Development | 3 |
| ECON 4150 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| ENVE 4540 | Economics of Energy and Sustainable Development | 3 |
| ENVM 3060 | Principles of Resource Economics | 3 |
| ENVM(AAEC) 4150/6150 | Energy Economics | 3 |
| ENVM 4380 | Environmental Management and Sustainable Business Practices | 3 |
| ENVM 4650/6650 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| ENVM 4660 | Environmental Valuation: Methods and Applications | 3 |
| ENVM 4800/6800 | Water Resource Economics and Management | 3 |
| FANR(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG)(INTL) 4271/6271 | People, Planet, and Profit | 1-9 |
| GEOG 3660 | Geography of Food Commodities | 3 |
| INTB 5100/7100 | Special Topics in International Business | 1-3 |
| JURI(FANR)(ECOL) 4810/6810 | Natural Resources Law | 3 |
| MIST 4550/6550 | Energy Informatics | 3 |
| TXMI 4260 | Global Sourcing and Logistics of Textile Products and Apparel | 3 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| AESC 2050 | Effects of Global Agriculture on World Culture | 3 |
| ALDR(AFST)(LACS) 3820 | Reflections on Fighting Hunger | 3 |
| ALDR(AFST)(LACS) 4710/6710 | International Agricultural Development | 3 |
| ANTH 3200 | How the World Works: The Anthropology of Consumption and Globalization | 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(FANR) 4842/6842 | Institutional Dimensions of Sustainability | 3 |
| ANTH(ECOL)(FANR)(SOCI) 4846 | Environmental Governance | 3 |
| ATSC(GEOG) 4160/6160 | Applied Climatology in the Urban Environment | 3 |
| COMM 3310 | Case Studies in Public Communication | 3 |
| CRSS 4020S/6020S | 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 |
| ENTR 5450/7450 | Corporate Social Responsibility | 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 |
| FANR(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG)(INTL) 4271/6271 | People, Planet, and Profit | 1-9 |
| FANR 4800W/6800W | Renewable Resources Policy | 2 |
| FANR(WILD) 4820/6820 | Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and Wildlife Conservation | 3 |
| FCID 3000 | Science and Human Values: How Things Are and Which Things Matter | 3 |
| FHCE 3300 | Housing in Contemporary Society | 3 |
| FHCE 4340S/6340S | Housing and Community Development | 3 |
| GEOG 1125 | Resources, Society, and the Environment | 3 |
| GEOG 2250H | Resources, Society, and the Environment (Honors) | 3 |
| GEOG 4890S/6890S | Athens Urban Food Collective (AUFC) Service-Learning | 3 |
| HPRB 1710 | Health and Wellness | 3 |
| INTL 4610 | Environmental Politics | 3 |
| JURI(FANR)(ECOL) 4810/6810 | Natural Resources Law | 3 |
| LACS(SOCI) 4211/6211 | Environmental Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| LAND 4095 | Sustainability in Design | 4 |
| LAND 4440/6440 | Plant Communities of the Cherokee Landscape | 3 |
| PHIL(EETH) 4220/6220 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL(EETH) 4250/6250 | Philosophy of Technology | 3 |
| PRTM 5900/7900 | Ecotourism and Sustainable Development | 3 |
| RELI 4095/6095 | Christianity and Sustainability | 3 |
| SOCI(ANTH) 3400 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| SOWK 2154 | Introduction to Social Work | 3 |
| SOWK 2156 | Intro to Power, Oppression, Social Justice, Evidence-Informed Practice, Advocacy, and Diversity | 3 |
| SOWK 5757 | Current Issues in Social Work I | 2-6 |
| SOWK 5767 | Current Issues in Social Work II | 2-6 |
| TXMI 4390 | Studio VI: Advanced Residential Design Method | 3 |
| WMST 4170S/6170S | Environment, Gender, Race, and Class | 3 |
Students must complete a portfolio which includes various aspects of learning throughout the certificate and reflection on how the student has integrated sustainability education into their lives.