Environmental Ethics and Science certificate

This Graduate Academic Certificate is primarily intended for two groups of students:

Graduate students in Environmental Science, Biology, Geography, Anthropology, and related scientific fields who wish to develop a competency in the ethical and philosophical dimensions of environmental issues.
Graduate students in Philosophy and related humanities fields who wish to develop a competency in the scientific and technical dimensions of environmental issues.

Who Needs this Certificate?

Potential and practicing professionals who are or foresee being in a position to integrate science and ethics in the environmental sector broadly conceived across education, policy, research, and more.

Prerequisites

There are no particular prerequisites for this GAC. However, courses listed under the GAC may have prerequisites that need to be satisfied. Students should consult the instructors prior to taking the individual courses.

Course requirements, 12 hours

Courses listed in each category are examples; other options can be chosen with approval of the student’s adviser and the GAC coordinator.

Four courses in total are required: two courses are required from the philosophy category and two courses are required in total from the science category.

Philosophy

Choose two courses (6 hours) from the following.

Science

Choose two courses (6 hours) from the following.

Disclosures

The Gainful Employment Disclosures for Graduate Academic Certificates may be found at tsgs.unt.edu/certificatedisclosure.