Environmental Sustainability seeks to protect the natural environment and ecological health while maintaining or improving the quality of human life.
Minor in Environmental Sustainability
This minor allows students to gain the core skills necessary for problem-solving in the contemporary era, where business and governments adhere to new environmental legislation, organizations are concerned with conservation, and society responds to environmental changes.
Students in any discipline may obtain the minor by completing the required credits within online course options available. With a minor in Environmental Sustainability, you will have the opportunity to study sustainability issues from a transdisciplinary perspective – thinking outside the traditional boundaries of your discipline – and gain practical insight into how Canada and the world are moving forward to address these issues.
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Micro-certificate in Environmental Sustainability
This micro-certificate introduces students to conceptual and applied aspects of environmental sustainability.
Society faces many complex issues such as climate change, resource depletion, and pollution that require integrated, innovative solutions and the consideration of multiple perspectives. Studying environmental sustainability provides an opportunity to develop environmental awareness and fundamental skills that today’s employers seek and society needs.
Environmental Sustainability is a transdisciplinary area of study that combines economics, social and environmental sciences. It seeks to protect the natural environment and ecological health, while maintaining or improving the quality of human life through development.
The micro-certificate in Environmental Sustainability is designed for those who already have a degree or who do not wish to pursue a degree. The program consists of required courses which introduce students to conceptual and applied aspects of environmental sustainability.
Learn more about this micro-certificate here.
- Minor in Environmental Sustainability
- Micro-certificate in Environmental Sustainability
