About The Certificate
The Interdisciplinary Certificate in Sustainability requires 17 credit hours
The Interdisciplinary Sustainability Certificate empowers students from any undergraduate or graduate degree with a broad sustainability framework and key competencies for innovating creative solutions to complex problems. Through coursework, applied capstone experiences, critical reflections, and community connections, students graduate prepared to address the challenges of sustainability in many different fields.
The requirements consist of an Anchor course in Sustainability (3 credits), one course from each of three “spheres” Ecological, Economic, Social (3 credits each), two semesters of the Sustainability Seminar (total of 2 credits), a Sustainability Capstone course (3 credits), and a Portfolio.
The Sustainability Certificate emphasizes seven key competencies to link knowledge, skills, values, aptitudes, and attitudes necessary to address complex sustainability challenges in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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With deepest gratitude, we celebrate Dr. Ron Balthazor, founding director of the Interdisciplinary Certificate in Sustainability. Under Dr. Balthazor’s leadership, the Certificate in Sustainability has become one of the largest certificate programs at UGA while maintaining a deep sense of community and purpose.