Description

Students earning a certificate in Sustainable Development, Health, and Equity will have learned:

1. Scientific understanding of Climate Change and impacts on Natural Systems.
2. Climate model projections and carbon accounting tools.
3. Current knowledge on environmental and climate change impacts on human and social systems and opportunities for adaption, mitigation, and sustainable solutions.
4. Understanding of environmental health sciences, issues, and solutions. Translation of science to environmental health practice.
5. Sustainable development policies and governance at the local and global level with a focus on health and equity targets.

Requirements

To obtain a certificate, students must complete the required courses with a 3.0 grade point average or higher.

• ENVS 684 Climate Change and Impacts 3 semester hours
• ENVS 688 Environmental Health 3 semester hours
• ENVS 689 Sustainability, Health, and Equity 3 semester hours