Course Requirements

Requirements for The Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management include:

Note:  Award of the Certificate is contingent on completion of the student's graduate degree.

Core Courses

Students must complete three core courses, one in each of three core elements of the Environmental Management curriculum: Environmental Policy, Business and the Environment, and Role of Scientific Application. A menu of environmental courses is selected to provide students a fundamental background in the environmental decision-making process from these three perspectives. The courses satisfying the requirements in the three core areas are listed below.

Students must complete three core courses, one in each of three core elements of the Environmental Management curriculum: Environmental Policy, Business and the Environment, and Science Application.  A menu of courses is selected to provide students a fundamental background in the environmental decision-making process from these three perspectives.  The courses satisfying the requirements in the three core areas follow.

*These courses are highly recommended for fulfilling the core requirement of each area.

To keep curriculum timely, and depending on availability of faculty, specific courses that fulfill each of the core requirements may change from year to year. Although students may complete the three core courses over one or more academic years, the specific courses to fulfill the requirement may change in subsequent years.

Students must complete a two-quarter long interdisciplinary team-based Keystone Project, which is conducted through the Keystone Project course sequence ENVIR 511, 512 offered Fall and Winter Quarters.

2011-2012 Curriculum

The Environmental Management curriculum for the 2011-2012 academic year consists of the following courses:

Quarter/Course Credits Title Time Professor Requirement

Autumn 2011

     

PB AF 597

4

Role of Scientific Information in Environmental Decisions

T Th
12:30-1:50

Allison Cullen

Science

PB AF 589/CEE 560/ENV H 577

3-4

Risk Assessment for Env. Health Hazards

T Th
8:00-10:20

Elaine Faustman

Science

ENVIR 511

4

Graduate Seminar in Environmental Management

Th
3:30-5:30

N/A

Keystone Project


Winter 2012

     

ME 515

3

Life Cycle Assessment

 

Joyce Cooper

Science

IBUS 545

4

Cases in Sustainability

 

Elizabeth Stearns

Business

ENVIR 512

4

Graduate Seminar in Environmental Management

 

N/A

Keystone Project


Spring 2012

     

ENVIR 502 / MGMT 579

 

Business Strategy and the Natural Environment

 

Timothy Hargrave

Business


Grading/Assessment/Minimum Standards

The program complies with Graduate School standards for performance and completion. Student performance will be assessed in accord with standards in primary academic units. To successfully complete the certificate, the student must earn a cumulative GPA of 3.0 in all courses taken to fulfill the requirements, and no grade in any of these courses can be lower than 2.7.

Graduate Certificate Information Sources

Additional information and Graduate School requirements for Graduate Certificate programs are available online at: Guidelines for Graduate Certificate Programs.