Sustainable Business Practices Graduate Certificate

The Sustainable Business Practices graduate certificate is designed to support graduate students in developing an understanding of sustainable business practices. Sustainable business practices should be a priority for all industries and can be applied in all aspects of business from production to supply chains to management and marketing. The transdiciplinary design of this certificate program will prepare students to apply sustainable business practices across a variety of industries to improve efficiency, increase profitability and support a healthy global society for future generations. This certificate requires a minimum of 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 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:

SCM 505 - Supply Chain Management Strategy, Customer Value, and Innovation
SCM 563 - Supply Chain Operations ^*
SCM 571 - Global Strategic and Sustainable Sourcing ^*
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