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Undergraduate Certificate

Undergraduate Certificate in Environmental Studies

University of Wisconsin-Madison Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies 245 courses

About This Program

The Environmental Studies Certificate Program allows undergraduate students at UW-Madison to explore the environmental intersections that complement their major but with fewer curricular requirements than the major. Students completing the certificate also benefit from participation in the Nelson academic community and gain invaluable access to a network of multidisciplinary problem-solving colleagues. The certificate program is available only to UW-Madison students pursuing a bachelor's degree through the university's regular academic departments.

Degree Requirements

Environmental Humanities/Social Science (take one course)

Code Course Title Credits
ENVIR ST 112 Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives 3
ENVIR ST 113 Environmental Studies: Environmental Humanities 3
ENVIR ST 125 Green Screen: Environmental Perspectives Through Film 3
ENVIR ST 139 Global Environmental Issues 3
SOC 140 Introduction to Community and Environmental Sociology 4
ENVIR ST 215 Sustainability 3
ENVIR ST 239 Making the American Landscape 3-4
ENVIR ST 244 The Environment and the Global Economy 4
SOC 248 Environment, Natural Resources, and Society 3
ENVIR ST 270 The Environment: Religion & Ethics 3-4
ENVIR ST 339 Conservation and Climate Change - Local to International Strategies 3-4
ENVIR ST 460 American Environmental History 4
ENVIR ST 465 Global Environmental History 3-4
ENVIR ST 488 Greeks, Romans and the Natural Environment 3

Environmental Physical Science/Biological Science (take one course)

Code Course Title Credits
ATM OCN 100 Weather and Climate 3
ATM OCN 101 Weather and Climate 4
ENVIR ST 106 Environmental Geology 3
GEOSCI 110 Evolution and Extinction 4
PHYSICS 115 Energy and Climate 3
ENVIR ST 120 Introduction to the Earth System 3
CIV ENGR 121 Sustainability Engineering for Non-Engineers 3
ENVIR ST 126 Principles of Environmental Science 4
ENVIR ST 127 Physical Systems of the Environment 4
ATM OCN 132 Water and People 3
ENVIR ST 230 Soil: Ecosystem and Resource 3
BOTANY 240 Plants and Humans 3
BOTANY 460 General Ecology 4
ENVIR ST 251 Ecology and the Global Environment 3
ENVIR ST 255 Introduction to Sustainability Science 4
ENVIR ST 260 Introductory Ecology 3
SOIL SCI 301 General Soil Science 3
ENVIR ST 335 Climatic Environments of the Past 3
ENVIR ST 332 Global Warming: Science and Impacts 3
ENVIR ST 413 Preserving Nature 3
F&W ECOL 550 Forest Ecology 3

Biodiversity

Code Course Title Credits
ENVIR ST 100 Forests of the World 3
F&W ECOL 110 Living with Wildlife - Animals, Habitats, and Human Interactions 3
GEOSCI 110 Evolution and Extinction 4
BIOCORE 181 Becoming a Scientist: Doing Biology Research 2
ENVIR ST 201 Insects and Human Culture-A Survey Course in Entomology 3
BOTANY 240 Plants and Humans 3
ENVIR ST 251 Ecology and the Global Environment 3
ENVIR ST 260 Introductory Ecology 3
ZOOLOGY 333 Marine Ecology 2
GEOG 338 Environmental Biogeography 3
ENTOM 344 From Flowers to Food: Pollinator Ecology and Conservation 3
ENVIR ST 360 Extinction of Species 3
ENVIR ST 361 Wetlands Ecology 3
AGROECOL 370 Grassland Ecology 3
ENVIR ST 375 Field Ecology Workshop 3
BOTANY 402 Dendrology: Woody Plant Identification and Ecology 3
ENVIR ST 413 Preserving Nature 3
BOTANY 422 Plant Geography 3
ENVIR ST 434 People, Wildlife and Landscapes 3
F&W ECOL 448 Disturbance Ecology 3
BOTANY 450 Midwestern Ecological Issues: a Case Study Approach 2
BOTANY 455 The Vegetation of Wisconsin 4
BOTANY 460 General Ecology 4
ENTOM 490 Biodiversity and Global Change 3
ENVIR ST 516 Conservation Biology 3
F&W ECOL 520 Ornithology 3
F&W ECOL 521 Birds of Southern Wisconsin 3
GEOG 538 The Humid Tropics: Ecology, Subsistence, and Development 4
F&W ECOL 548 Diseases of Wildlife 3
F&W ECOL 550 Forest Ecology 3
F&W ECOL 551 Forest Ecology Lab 1
ENVIR ST 613 Reproducibility Crises and Open Science in Environmental Studies 3
F&W ECOL 660 Climate Change Ecology 3
BOTANY 672 Historical Ecology 2

Climate

Code Course Title Credits
ATM OCN 100 Weather and Climate 3
ATM OCN 101 Weather and Climate 4
ENVIR ST 102 Climate and Climate Change 3
ENVIR ST 131 Climate Change, Climate Action: the Social Dimensions of Climate Change 3-4
ENVIR ST 171 Global Change: Atmospheric Issues and Problems 3
SOIL SCI 211 Soils and Climate Change 2
A A E 246 Climate Change Economics and Policy 3
ED POL 320 Climate Change, Sustainability, and Education 3
ENVIR ST 322 Polar Regions and Their Importance in the Global Environment 3
ENVIR ST 335 Climatic Environments of the Past 3
ENVIR ST 332 Global Warming: Science and Impacts 3
ENVIR ST 349 Climate Change Governance 3
ENVIR ST 355 Introduction to Air Quality 3
ATM OCN 425 Global Climate Processes 3
KINES 513 Climate Change and Health Disparities 3
ENVIR ST 520 Bioclimatology 3
CIV ENGR 525 Case Studies Exploring Infrastructure Sustainability and Climate Change 3
F&W ECOL 660 Climate Change Ecology 3

Food and Agriculture

Code Course Title Credits
ENVIR ST 103 Agroecology: an Introduction to the Ecology of Food and Agriculture 3
INTER-AG 117 Greenhouse Roots Seminar 1
AN SCI 210 You and Your Food: Farm to Table 2
SOIL SCI 211 Soils and Climate Change 2
SOC 222 Food, Culture, and Society 3
PLANTSCI 300 Cropping Systems 3
AGROECOL 303 Agroecological Systems: Working Towards Sustainability 3
ENVIR ST 309 People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems 3
PLANTSCI 310 Plant Science and Technology in Cropping Systems 4
PL PATH 311 Global Food Security 3
C&E SOC 340 Issues in Food Systems 3-4
ENTOM 344 From Flowers to Food: Pollinator Ecology and Conservation 3
MED HIST 344 Food Ethics 3
A A E 350 World Hunger and Malnutrition 3
CNSR SCI 360 Sustainable and Socially Just Consumption 3
A A E 367 Introduction to Organic Agriculture: Production, Markets, and Policy 3
PLANTSCI 370 World Vegetable Crops 3
PLANTSCI 376 Tropical Horticultural Systems 2
AGROECOL 377 Global Food Production and Health 3
PLANTSCI 380 Indigenous Foodways: Food and Seed Sovereignty 2
FOLKLORE 439 Foodways 3
DY SCI 471 Food Production Systems and Sustainability 3
AN SCI 472 Animal Agriculture and Global Sustainable Development 1
GEN&WS 472 Food for Thought: an Intersectional Approach 3

History, Culture, Society

Code Course Title Credits
CLASSICS 103 Nature, Race, and Human Difference 3
ENVIR ST 112 Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives 3
ENVIR ST 113 Environmental Studies: Environmental Humanities 3
ENVIR ST 125 Green Screen: Environmental Perspectives Through Film 3
ENVIR ST 126 Principles of Environmental Science 4
ENVIR ST 139 Global Environmental Issues 3
SOC 140 Introduction to Community and Environmental Sociology 4
HISTORY 151 The North American West to 1850 3-4
ENVIR ST 153 Literature and the Environment 3
HISTORY 190 Introduction to American Indian History 3-4
ED POL 197 Listening to the Land 3
GNS 210 Cultures of Sustainability: Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe 3
ENVIR ST 239 Making the American Landscape 3-4
SOC 248 Environment, Natural Resources, and Society 3
ENVIR ST 270 The Environment: Religion & Ethics 3-4
AGROECOL 301 (Horti)cultural Roots: Human Histories of Plants and Science 4
ENVIR ST 305 Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement 3
ENVIR ST 306 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment 3
ENVIR ST 307 Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature 3
ENVIR ST 308 Outdoors for All: Inequities in Environmentalism 3
ENVIR ST 317 Community Environmental Scholars Program Seminar 1
ED POL 320 Climate Change, Sustainability, and Education 3
SCAND ST 321 Humans and Other Animals in Nordic Literature and Film 3
ENVIR ST 328 Environmental History of Europe 3
GEOG 337 Nature, Power and Society 3
ZOOLOGY 335 Human/Animal Relationships: Biological and Philosophical Issues 3
ENVIR ST 339 Conservation and Climate Change - Local to International Strategies 3-4
ENVIR ST 341 Indigenous Environmental Communicators 3
CHICLA 354 Race and Language in STEM and Environmental Education 3
LAND ARC 360 Earth Partnership Restoration Education: Indigenous Arts & Sciences 1
LAND ARC 363 Earth Partnership: Restoration Education for Equity and Resilience 3
ENVIR ST 369 Thinking Through History with Animals 3-4
POLI SCI 369 Environmental Political Thought 3-4
PLANTSCI 380 Indigenous Foodways: Food and Seed Sovereignty 2
AMER IND 410 Critical Indigenous Ecological Knowledges 3
ENVIR ST 430 Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 3
ENVIR ST 441 Environmental Ethics 3-4
ENVIR ST 445 Culture and the Environment in the Luso-Hispanic World 3
SPANISH 455 Contemporary Mayas: a Culture of Nature 3
ENVIR ST 460 American Environmental History 4
ENVIR ST 465 Global Environmental History 3-4
ANTHRO 477 Anthropology, Environment, and Development 3
ENVIR ST 488 Greeks, Romans and the Natural Environment 3
ENGL 533 Topic in Literature and the Environment 3
ENVIR ST 537 Culture and Environment 4
ENVIR ST 557 Development and Environment in Southeast Asia 3
BOTANY 672 Historical Ecology 2

Justice

Code Course Title Credits
ENVIR ST 112 Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives 3
ENVIR ST 113 Environmental Studies: Environmental Humanities 3
ENVIR ST 270 The Environment: Religion & Ethics 3-4
ENVIR ST 306 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment 3
ENVIR ST 308 Outdoors for All: Inequities in Environmentalism 3
ENVIR ST 309 People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems 3
ENVIR ST 317 Community Environmental Scholars Program Seminar 1
ENVIR ST 331 Energy Justice 3-4
ENVIR ST 337 Nature, Power and Society 3
ENVIR ST 349 Climate Change Governance 3
ENVIR ST 413 Preserving Nature 3
ENVIR ST 430 Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 3
ENVIR ST 441 Environmental Ethics 3-4
ENVIR ST 534 Environmental Governance: Markets, States and Nature 3
ENVIR ST 540 Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability 3
A A E 373 Globalization, Poverty and Development 3
A A E 474 Economic Problems of Developing Areas 3
AGROECOL 301 (Horti)cultural Roots: Human Histories of Plants and Science 4
AMER IND 190 Introduction to American Indian History 3-4
AMER IND 410 Critical Indigenous Ecological Knowledges 3
ANTHRO 477 Anthropology, Environment, and Development 3
C&E SOC 541 Environmental Stewardship and Social Justice 3
CHICLA 354 Race and Language in STEM and Environmental Education 3
CIV ENGR 631 Toxicants in the Environment: Sources, Distribution, Fate, & Effects 3
CNSR SCI 360 Sustainable and Socially Just Consumption 3
ECON 370 Economics of Poverty and Inequality 3
ZOOLOGY 335 Human/Animal Relationships: Biological and Philosophical Issues 3
GEN&WS 472 Food for Thought: an Intersectional Approach 3
LAND ARC 360 Earth Partnership Restoration Education: Indigenous Arts & Sciences 1

Land Use and Geospatial Analysis

Code Course Title Credits
ENVIR ST 106 Environmental Geology 3
LAND ARC 106 Earth Partnership Indigenous Arts and Sciences 3
ENVIR ST 120 Introduction to the Earth System 3
ENVIR ST 127 Physical Systems of the Environment 4
LAND ARC 211 Shaping the Built Environment 3
ENVIR ST 230 Soil: Ecosystem and Resource 3
PL PATH 261 Sustainable Turfgrass Use and Management 2
SOIL SCI 301 General Soil Science 3
SOIL SCI 302 Meet Your Soil: Soil Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory 1
GEOG 305 Introduction to the City 3-4
A A E 306 The Real Estate Process 3
ENVIR ST 309 People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems 3
LAND ARC 311 Introduction to Design Frameworks and Spatial Technologies 2
ENVIR ST 324 Soils and Environmental Quality 3
ENVIR ST 333 Green Urbanism 3
ENVIR ST 337 Nature, Power and Society 3
BOTANY 338 Environmental Biogeography 3
ENVIR ST 339 Conservation and Climate Change - Local to International Strategies 3-4
GEOG 344 Changing Landscapes of the American West 3
CNSR SCI 360 Sustainable and Socially Just Consumption 3
ENVIR ST 371 Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing 3
ENVIR ST 377 An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4
LAND ARC 373 Mindfulness in Restorative Environments 3
GEOG 379 Geospatial Technologies: Drones, Sensors, and Applications 3
LAND ARC 380 Plants for Ecological Design I 3
LAND ARC 381 Plants for Ecological Design II 1
F&W ECOL 395 Data and GIS Tools for Ecology 3
F&W ECOL 410 Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology 3-4
ECON 420 Urban and Regional Economics 3
SOIL SCI 430 Soil Pollution and Human Health 3
ENVIR ST 431 Planning for Resilience to Natural Hazards 3
ENVIR ST 434 People, Wildlife and Landscapes 3
ENVIR ST 444 Practical Applications of Gps Surveying 2
ENVIR ST 449 Government and Natural Resources 3-4
F&W ECOL 451 Environmental Biogeochemistry 3
ENVIR ST 460 American Environmental History 4
LAND ARC 463 Evolution of American Planning 3
LAND ARC 511 Geodesign Methods and Applications 3
ENVIR ST 515 Natural Resources Policy 3
ENVIR ST 532 Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Planning 3
ENVIR ST 537 Culture and Environment 4
GEOG 538 The Humid Tropics: Ecology, Subsistence, and Development 4
ENVIR ST 557 Development and Environment in Southeast Asia 3
LAND ARC 563 Designing Sustainable and Resilient Regions 4
ENVIR ST 575 Assessment of Environmental Impact 3
LAND ARC 581 Prescribed Fire: Ecology and Implementation 3
URB R PL 601 Site Planning 3
ENVIR ST 516 Conservation Biology 3
LAND ARC 668 Restoration Ecology 3
LAND ARC 677 Cultural Resource Preservation and Landscape History 3
ENVIR ST 695 Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resources 3

Policy

Code Course Title Credits
ED POL 120 Environmental and Sustainability Education in Wisconsin Policy and Practice 3
URB R PL 215 Welcome to Your Urban Future 3
A A E 244 The Environment and the Global Economy 4
POLI SCI 272 Introduction to Public Policy 3-4
ENVIR ST 305 Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement 3
ENVIR ST 309 People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems 3
M H R 310 Challenges & Solutions in Business Sustainability 3
ENVIR ST 336 International Environmental Governance 3
ENVIR ST 339 Conservation and Climate Change - Local to International Strategies 3-4
PUB AFFR 340 Intermediate Evidence-Based Policymaking and Communication 3
ENVIR ST 343 Environmental Economics 3-4
ENVIR ST 345 Caring for Nature in Native North America 3
ENVIR ST 349 Climate Change Governance 3
A A E 352 Global Health: Economics, Natural Systems, and Policy 4
PUB AFFR 366 U.S. Environmental Politics and Public Policy 3
ECON 370 Economics of Poverty and Inequality 3
OTM 370 Sustainable Approaches to System Improvement 3
A A E 373 Globalization, Poverty and Development 3
CURRIC 405 Education for Sustainable Communities 3
ENVIR ST 417 Sustainability Science, Technology and Policy 1
ENVIR ST 430 Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 3
F&W ECOL 430 Decision Methods for Natural Resource Managers 3
ENVIR ST 439 US Environmental Policy and Regulation 3-4
ENVIR ST 449 Government and Natural Resources 3-4
A A E 474 Economic Problems of Developing Areas 3
CIV ENGR 494 Civil and Environmental Engineering Decision Making 3
ENVIR ST 515 Natural Resources Policy 3
ENVIR ST 523 Philosophical Problems of the Biological Sciences 3
ECON 531 Natural Resource Economics 3
ENVIR ST 534 Environmental Governance: Markets, States and Nature 3
ENVIR ST 540 Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability 3
SOC 541 Environmental Stewardship and Social Justice 3
URB R PL 551 Climate Action Planning: Sustainable Transportation 3
ENVIR ST 557 Development and Environment in Southeast Asia 3
ENVIR ST 613 Reproducibility Crises and Open Science in Environmental Studies 3
SOIL SCI 631 Toxicants in the Environment: Sources, Distribution, Fate, & Effects 3
R M I 650 Sustainability, Environmental and Social Risk Management 2-3
REAL EST 651 Green - Sustainable Development 3

Multi-thematic

Code Course Title Credits
ENVIR ST 101 Forum on the Environment 1-2
CIV ENGR 121 Sustainability Engineering for Non-Engineers 3
ENVIR ST 202 Careers in the Environment 2
ENVIR ST 203 Special Topics in Environmental Studies 1-3
ENVIR ST 215 Sustainability 3
ENVIR ST 255 Introduction to Sustainability Science 4
ENVIR ST 326 Sustainability Tools: Systems Thinking & Life Cycle Assessment 3
ENVIR ST 365 Systems Thinking 3
ENVIR ST 400 Special Topics in the Environment: Biological Aspects of Envir St 1-4
ENVIR ST 401 Special Topics: Environmental Perspectives in the Physical Sciences 1-4
ENVIR ST 402 Special Topics: Social Perspectives in Environmental Studies 1-4
ENVIR ST 403 Special Topics in Environmental Studies 1-3
ENVIR ST 404 Special Topics in Environmental Humanities 1-3
CIV ENGR 421 Environmental Sustainability Engineering 3
M E 478 Engineering Sustainability: Linking Technology, Policy, Health, and Economics 3
CIV ENGR 495 Sustainable Building and Materials 3
CIV ENGR 522 Hazardous Waste Management 3
DS 555 Sustainable Fashion Practices - Unraveled & Redesigned 3

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