The Sustainability post-baccalaureate certificate enables students to expand their knowledge and understanding of the long-term sustainable use of the earth’s resources, including water, land use and food systems, climate change, urban sustainability, and “green” energy. This certificate meets the needs of the expanding job opportunities in environmental sustainability. Students must be admitted to an SIUC graduate program or the SIUC non-declared graduate program and maintain a 3.0 GPA in the certification courses. The program requires students to complete 18 credit hours of graduate level coursework, as follows:
GEOG 521: Urban Sustainability (3 CH)
GEOG 524: Sustainable Development (3 CH)
GEOG 536: Natural Hazards (3 CH)
GEOG 539: Global Climate Change (3 CH)
GEOG 570: Contemporary Issues in Environmental Studies (3 CH)
Plus, one of the following:
GEOG 502: Geographic Information Systems (3 CH)
GEOG 512: Applied Geographic Statistics (3 CH)
September 2025
College of Agricultural, Life, and Physical Sciences
1205 Lincoln Dr., Room 200,
CARBONDALE,
Illinois,
62901, United States
To be eligible to be considered for admission to a graduate degree program, you must meet the following minimum Graduate School requirements: 2.7 (on a grading scale with 4.0=A; approximately a "B-" average) on the last two years of Bachelor's coursework; 3.0 on all previous graduate work (approximately a "B" average).
The English language requirement may be met by submitting: 550 on the paper-based TOEFL; 80 on the internet-based TOEFL; 6.5 on the IELTS; 5.0 on the iTep Academic Plus Exam; C1 required on the Cambridge English Exam.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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