Community Engagement and Social Justice for Sustainability Graduate Certificate

This certificate program is designed to support graduate students in developing a deeper understanding of sustainability as it relates to community engagement and social justice. The transdisciplinary design of this certificate program will prepare students to advocate for the right of all people to live in a clean and safe environment by addressing the inequitable distribution of environmental problems among marginalized communities and promoting ethical social goals and well-being within communities. This certificate requires 15 graduate credit hours of coursework.

Home unit: College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies .

Campus Code

Knoxville Campus

Graduate Certificate Type

Add-On
Stand-Alone

Credit Hours Required

15 graduate credit hours.

Required Courses (6 credit hours)

Select TWO courses from list below:

SUST 501 - Sustainability Foundations and Perspectives ^*Students must complete SUST 501 if they have not previously completed equivalent sustainability coursework.
SUST 510 - Sustainability Reporting for Organizations
SUST 520 - Data Analysis and Problem Solving for Sustainability
CECS 599 - Graduate Capstone

Elective Courses (9 credit hours)

Select THREE courses from list below:

ANTH 419 - Anthropology of Human Rights ^*
ANTH 421 - Refugees and Displaced People
ANTH 422 - Anthropology of Global Inequality ^*
GLBS 441 - Global Justice and Human Rights
HBS 536 - Non-Profit Management
POLS 554 - Sustainable Communities
SOCI 463 - Community, Sustainability and Justice
SOCI 465 - Social Values and the Environment
SOCI 561 - Environmental Justice
Note: ^* Course has its own set of prerequisites. Please consult the catalog for more information.

Non-Course Requirements

To receive the certificate, students must:

complete the Graduate Certificate Course Verification Form and
through MyUTK, apply to graduate from the certificate program.

Undergraduates