Sustainable Water Management Graduate Certificate

The graduate certificate in Sustainable Water Management is designed to provide graduate students with an understanding in both the science and policies related to managing water resources. This includes such topics as water quality and quantity, water treatment technologies, environmental mitigation and impacts of climate change on water. The certificate places an emphasis on interactions between human and ecosystem health and water management practices.

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:

EEPS 564 - Water Sustainability and Climate
ENVE 516 - Watershed Management
ENVE 527 - Stream Restoration Design
ENVE 533 - Green Infrastructure Design
GEOG 436 - Water Resources ^*
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