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Environmental and Sustainability Studies Certificate Selective Lists

Location(s): West Lafayette

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Environmental & Sustainability Selectives

3 credits in each of the three categories below.

Category 1: Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political Dimensions (3 credits)

AGEC 20400 - Introduction To Resource Economics And Environmental Policy (UCC: BSS) Credits: 3.00
AGEC 25000 - Economic Geography Of World Food And Resources (UCC: BSS) Credits: 3.00
AGEC 40600 - Natural Resource And Environmental Economics Credits: 3.00
AGEC 52500 - Environmental Policy Analysis Credits: 3.00
ANTH 23500 - The Great Apes Credits: 3.00
ANTH 31300 - Archaeology Of North America Credits: 3.00
ANTH 32700 - Environment And Culture Credits: 3.00
ANTH 33500 - Primate Behavior Credits: 3.00
ANTH 37700 - Anthropology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies Credits: 3.00
ANTH 37900 - Native American Cultures (UCC: BSS) Credits: 3.00
CE 59700 - Civil Engineering Projects Credits: 0.00 to 18.00
ENGL 23400 - Literature And The Environment (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00
ENGL 34100 - Topics In Science, Literature, And Culture Credits: 3.00 -Humans, the Environment
ENGL 34400 - Environmental Ethics, Policy, And Sustainability Credits: 3.00
IE 59000 - Topics In Industrial Engineering Credits: 1.00 to 6.00 - Quantitative Analysis for Climate Change Policy
PHIL 11400 - Global Moral Issues (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
PHIL 29000 - Environmental Ethics (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
POL 22300 - Introduction To Environmental Policy (UCC: BSS/STS) Credits: 3.00 or
FNR 22310 - Introduction To Environmental Policy (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00
POL 32300 - Comparative Environmental Policy Credits: 3.00
POL 32700 - Global Green Politics (UCC: BSS) Credits: 3.00
POL 52300 - Environmental Politics And Public Policy Credits: 3.00

Category 2: Stewardship, Conservation, and Management Dimensions (3 credits)

ABE 32500 - Soil And Water Resource Engineering Credits: 4.00
AGRY 12000 - Water And Food Security Credits: 3.00
AGRY 12500 - Environmental Science And Conservation (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00 or
EAPS 12500 - Environmental Science And Conservation (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00 or
FNR 12500 - Environmental Science And Conservation (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00 or
NRES 12500 - Environmental Science And Conservation (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00
CE 35500 - Engineering Environmental Sustainability (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00 or
EEE 35500 - Engineering Environmental Sustainability (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00
EAPS 32700 - Climate, Science And Society Credits: 3.00
FNR 37500 - Human Dimensions Of Natural Resource Management Credits: 3.00
HTM 37000 - Sustainable Tourism And Responsible Travel Credits: 3.00
NRES 45000 - Soil Conservation And Water Management Credits: 3.00
SFS 30100 - Agroecology Credits: 3.00
SFS 30200 - Principles Of Sustainability Credits: 3.00

Category 3: Science, Engineering, and Technological Dimensions (3 credits)

ABE 32500 - Soil And Water Resource Engineering Credits: 4.00
AGRY 12000 - Water And Food Security Credits: 3.00
AGRY 12300 - Genetics And Society Credits: 3.00
AGRY 12500 - Environmental Science And Conservation (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00 or
EAPS 12500 - Environmental Science And Conservation (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00 or
FNR 12500 - Environmental Science And Conservation (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00 or
NRES 12500 - Environmental Science And Conservation (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00
AGRY 28500 - World Crop Adaptation And Distribution (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00
BIOL 48300 - Great Issues: Environmental And Conservation Biology Credits: 3.00
CE 35500 - Engineering Environmental Sustainability (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00 or
EEE 35500 - Engineering Environmental Sustainability (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00
CE 49700 - Civil Engineering Projects Credits: 0.00 to 18.00
EAPS 10000 - Planet Earth (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00
EAPS 36000 - Great Issues In Climate Change And Society Credits: 3.00
EAPS 37500 - Great Issues - Fossil Fuels, Energy And Society Credits: 3.00
EAPS 52700 - Principles Of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology Credits: 3.00
EAPS 52900 - Modeling Ecosystems And Biogeochemical Cycles Credits: 3.00
EAPS 58400 - Hydrogeology Credits: 3.00
EEE 43000 - Industrial Ecology And Life Cycle Analysis Credits: 3.00
FNR 21000 - Natural Resource Information Management Credits: 3.00
FNR 35700 - Fundamental Remote Sensing Credits: 3.00
HSCI 20200 - Essentials Of Environmental, Occupational, And Radiological Health Sciences (UCC: STS) Credits: 3.00
HSCI 34500 - Introduction To Occupational And Environmental Health Sciences Credits: 3.00

Notes

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