Program Overview

Overview

The Climate Change Undergraduate Academic Certificate is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of climate change, including its causes, impacts, and mitigation strategies.

Course Requirements

To complete the certificate, students must take a total of 12 credits, consisting of:

• One required course: Global Climate Change (GEOG 3130/5130)
• Three elective courses from the following list:
  • Tree Rings and Environmental Change (GEOG 3170/5170)
  • Climatology (GEOG 4010)
  • Climate Change Ecology (GEOG 4300)
  • Climate Change Mitigation (GEOG 4350/5350)
  • Societal Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change (GEOG 4550)
  • Geography of Energy Systems (GEOG 4880)
  • Glaciology and the Dynamic Frozen Earth (GEOL 4350/5350)
  • Climate Change and Society (SOC 4660)

Optional Recommendations for Electives

The department recommends that students consider the following elective courses to obtain a broad understanding of climate change:

• For breadth in all aspects of climate change:
  • Climatology (GEOG 4010)
  • Climate Change Ecology (GEOG 4300)
  • Climate Change Mitigation (GEOG 4350) or (GEOG 5350)
  • Societal Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change (GEOG 4550)
• For emphasis on climate change and energy/society:
  • Geography of Energy Systems (GEOG 4880)
  • Climate Change Mitigation (GEOG 4350) or (GEOG 5350)
  • Societal Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change (GEOG 4550)
• For emphasis on climate change and biophysical impacts:
  • Climatology (GEOG 4010)
  • Climate Change Ecology (GEOG 4300) or Biogeography (GEOG 4100)
  • Tree Rings and Environmental Change (GEOG 3170) or (GEOG 5170)
  • Climate Change Mitigation (GEOG 4350) or (GEOG 5350)