Anoka Ramsey Community College

Sustainability

Program Information

• Application

  To receive this certificate, submit a Certificate Application to the Records and Registration Office.

  Applications are available in Academic Advising Services, or the Records and Registration Offices on either campus.  

• Program Goals

  By completing this program, students will achieve the following learning goals:

  1. Understand what sustainability is, how systems thinking is used within sustainability, and how sustainability applies to various disciplines;
  2. Understand the basics of natural systems and their interactions with humans, as well as the principles and challenges of conservation;
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of the science behind climate change, the interaction of historic climate change and society with respect to technology, social organization, political organization, and other aspects of culture, the potential global consequences of climate change, and strategies for mitigating and adapting to it;
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of global environmental policy and its consequences; and
  5. Understand sustainability across various scales, from the local to the global, as well as the connections that exist between those scales.

• Completion Requirements

  • A minimum of 12 semester credits in courses numbered 1000 or above must be completed at ARCC
  • A minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 in courses numbered 1000 or above at ARCC.
  • A minimum grade of C must be earned in all program requirements
  • All course requirements must be complete before a certificate will be awarded.
  • To complete your program, please submit the appropriate application found here.
  • The requirements of this program are subject to change without notice.

   

  NOTE: You are encouraged to contact an academic advisor at 763-433-1230 for course planning assistance and information about transfer credit evaluation and transfer options.

• Program Requirements

  16 CREDITS
  ANTH 1110/GEOG 1110	Introduction to Sustainability	3
  BIOL 1103	Environmental Science Lecture	3
  BIOL 1133	Environmental Science Lab	1
  Choose 9 credits from the following:
  ANTH 2251	Environmental Anthropology	3
  BIOL 2209*	General Ecology	4
  ECON 2206	Principles of Microeconomics	3
  GEOG 1101	Geography of the United States	3
  GEOG 1103	Physical Geography	3
  GEOG 1106	World Regional Geography	3
  GEOG 1108	Minnesota Geography	3
  NATS 1051	Energy Issues and Solutions	2
  PHIL 1120	Environmental Ethics	3
  POLS 1141	Environmental Politics	3
  PSYC 2260/SOC 2260*	Social Psychology	3
  SOC 2100	Sociology of Food	3
  SOC 2221*	Social Problems	3
  *Course has prerequisite - see course schedule or catalog description.

• Program Credits

  Program Requirements	16
  Total	16

• Important Links

  Official Program Guidesheet

  Course Schedule

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