Sustainability Science Graduate Certificate

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering offers an interdisciplinary graduate certificate in sustainability science designed to prepare students to be conversant in all of the fields relevant to sustainable energy production. The program draws upon the strengths of faculty members in five departments: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering; and Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology and Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences. The required courses focus upon the fundamental scientific concepts and the social and political considerations involved in developing sustainable energy.

Admission

Submit online application to Graduate Admissions Office. Students must be admitted as degree-seeking graduate students either in master’s programs, doctoral programs, or as certificate students. Other graduate students with strong mathematical preparation may apply with the specific consent of the program coordinator. Application to the certificate program is made by submitting graduate transcripts and a letter of application to the program coordinator.

Program of Study

The 12-hour certificate is earned by completing CBE 571  or CBE 572  and a minimum of 3 hours, but no more than 4 hours, of CBE 503  or CBE 673 . Other course credits may be taken from a pool of courses approved by the STAIR committee. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.00.