Required Courses: 3- 7 cr.

• ES 102: Intro to Sustainability OR EGRT 113: Building a Sust. World (4 cr)
• ES 400: Certificate Capstone/Placement (0-3 cr; can be taken for 0 credits if student has an appropriate 1-3 credit internship/placement within their major). 

Additional Intro Course: 3 cr;

cannot count for credit in both the student’s major and the certificate; student must take an introductory course outside of their major:

• Soc 101: Intro to Sociology 
• PS 105: American Government & Politics 
• PS 116 (Quest I): Environmental Politics and Sustainability 
• ES/Soc 261: Environment & Society 
• Social Justice 101: Intro to Social Justice 

Upper-level electives (6 cr, from 2 different departments) 

• Anthro/ES 346: Indigenous Peoples and National Parks 
• Anthro/ES 347: Indigenization 
• Anthro/ES 348: Economy, Nature & Culture  
• PS 321: American Public Policy  
• PS 335: State and Local Government  
• PS 350: Political Behavior and Elections  
• PS/ES 357: Environmental Policy  
• PS/ES 388: Global Environmental Politics 
• Soc 311: Sociology of the Modern City  
• Soc 325: Collective Behavior and Social Movements 
• Soc 342: Social Ecology  
• Soc 361: Social Networks and Organizations

Certificate in Sustainability & Social Change Learning Outcomes: 

• Understand the root causes of systemic social and environmental problems and the need for social change within a framework of sustainability. 

• Apply techniques for achieving social change utilizing pathways such as collective action, political processes, or social organizing.