Graduate Offerings

STUDENTS / GRADUATE OFFERINGS

Build credentials and skills for careers that apply sustainability across fields.

The School of Sustainable Futures offers graduate certificates that prepare students and working professionals to integrate sustainability into a wide range of careers. Programs are designed to be practical, applied, and accessible to students from any disciplinary background.

Graduate Courses

GES 520 - Issues in Global Environmental Sustainability

Fall/Spring, 3 credits, On campus and online

In-person Syllabus

Online Syllabus

GES520 is a graduate level course open to all graduate students across campus. Like GES470, this course covers a range of topics in sustainability. While similar to GES101 in overall format, the course accepts a much smaller class size and delves more deeply into a smaller set of topics. Graduate students read from a range of primary literature as a basis for class discussions and lectures. The students develop an understanding of the complexity of problems in sustainability and how to place these issues in a context that structures solutions in economic and social frameworks.

Registration requirements: Graduate standing or Seniors

GES 528 - Assessing the Food, Energy, Water Nexus

GES 535 - Foundations of Environmental Justice

Biobased Fuels, Energy, and Chemicals

Graduate Certificate in Environmental Justice

The Graduate Certificate in Environmental Justice helps students recognize and address environmental injustices through real-world examples and learning from experts in the field. The certificate covers the geographic and social distribution of environmental benefits and harms, the health consequences of pollution, the impacts on cultures and voices, the role of inclusive and democratic participation, and how to repair social and ecological damage. The certificate is administered through the Center for Environmental Justice and housed in the School of Sustainable Futures.

Learn more about the Environmental Justice Certificate