Environmental Justice

Certificate of Proficiency

Environmental Justice Institutional Certificate of Proficiency

Level:

Certificate

Credits required:

9 credits

Cost per credit:

$405 *

Next start date:

January 5, 2026

About This Program

This is a 9-credit micro certificate in Environmental Justice. Environmental justice approaches focus on fair and equitable outcomes and meaningful involvement and participation in processes of environmental decision-making. Environmental justice is intersectional and interdisciplinary and relates to inequality based on class, gender, race, ethnicity, Indigeneity, sexuality, disability, etc., and spans local to global scales. This micro certificate in Environmental Justice prepares students to understand and, if desired, support environmental justice efforts in their personal and professional lives.

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College: Humanities and Social Sciences

Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Students learn about environmental justice, which involves fair and equitable outcomes and meaningful involvement and participation in response to environmental issues. Environmental justice is intersectional and interdisciplinary and covers issues related to class, gender, race, ethnicity, Indigenous studies, and international and global concerns.
Examines impacts of social constructions of gender on individual and collective experience. Investigates how gender is shaped through social processes and through the effects of social institutions. Particular attention given to relation of gender to social stratification.
This course offers sociological perspectives on the dynamics of racial and ethnic relations focusing on social structure, group interaction processes, group inequality, cultural diversity, and gender relations within and between groups.
This course enhances the effectiveness of citizens as well as future natural resource and environmental professionals in contributing to solutions to environmental problems. Students learn why environmental policies are made, who makes these policies, and how policy processes function.

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