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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Academic Catalog
Sustainability Certificate
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Total Credits: 16
Major Code: 8910
Program Description
The Sustainability certificate program will provide students with an understanding of the foundation of sustainability, as well as insights and tools for encouraging and strengthening environmental awareness and action in their personal lives and communities. The emerging green economy will require individuals with diverse backgrounds as well as knowledge in their individual field. The certificate program will provide students the opportunity to extend their sustainability knowledge beyond the traditional fields. Students will be encouraged to choose courses from a range of disciplines including: environmental, economic, social/cultural, and wellness. Courses will prepare students to holistically view and thoroughly understand system interconnectivity in our changing modern world.
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Program Requirements: 7 credits
Additional Requirements: 9 credits
Choose 9 credits from the following:
Program Goals
By completing this certificate, students will achieve the following learning goals:
- Understand what sustainability is, how systems thinking is used within sustainability, and how sustainability applies to various disciplines;
- Understand the basics of natural systems and their interactions with humans, as well as the principles and challenges of conservation;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the science behind climate change, the interaction of historic climate change and society with respect to technology, social organization, political organization, and other aspects of culture, the potential global consequences of climate change, and strategies for mitigating and adapting to it;
- Demonstrate an understanding of global environmental policy and its consequences; and
- Understand sustainability across various scales, from the local to the global, as well as the connections that exist between those scales.
Completion Requirements
- A minimum of 12 semester credits in courses numbered 1000 or above must be completed at ARCC.
- A minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 in courses numbered 1000 or above at ARCC.
- A minimum grade of C must be earned in all program requirements.
- All course requirements must be complete before a certificate will be awarded.
- To complete your program, please submit the appropriate application found here.
- The requirements of this program are subject to change without notice.
Note
This information is subject to change. Changes and updates are posted on anokaramsey.edu.
You are encouraged to contact an academic advisor at 763-433-1230 for course planning assistance, information about transfer credit evaluation, and transfer options.
Anoka-Ramsey Community College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and educator and a member of Minnesota State. Disclaimer, Non-Discrimination Statement, and Student Consumer Information, such as graduation rates and median debt, can be found here: AnokaRamsey.edu/disclosures.
This document is available in alternative formats to individuals with disabilities by calling the Minnesota Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1-800-627-3529.
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