IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
Undergraduate
Certificate Programs
Environmental Studies Certificate
The certificate in environmental studies provides students with an inter-disciplinary program of study that is designed to introduce students to selected aspects of current thinking and research on the nature, causes, and solutions of environmental problems as they affect human health and the environment. The certificate provides students with grounding in ecology, chemistry, economics, finance and budgeting, environmental health, and physical systems of the earth and more in-depth study in courses related to environmental management, basic sciences, geographic systems, and earth sciences.
Eligibility and Application Procedure
1. Students enrolled in baccalaureate programs at Indiana University or other accredited colleges or universities who are in good academic standing may pursue the certificate in environmental studies, providing they have completed two semesters of college level chemistry and a college level course in algebra (or higher math course). The certificate in environmental studies is not a stand-alone certificate.
2. Public Health students majoring in Environmental Health Science are not eligible for the Environmental Studies certificate.
3. Students must declare their intention to earn the certificate prior to completing fifteen (15) semester hours creditable toward the certificate by completing an application, which is available online or at the Department of Public Health Student Services, 714 N. Senate Avenue, EF 200. Students may also contact the Undergraduate Academic Advisor at 317-278-0753 for the application or if they have questions.
General Requirements
1. A minimum of 32 credit hours.
2. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0.
3. A maximum of six (6) hours of appropriate credit from another institution may be applied toward this certificate.
4. Credit work for this certificate may be taken at any campus of the Indiana University system.
NOTE: Some courses listed below are not offered every semester. Students should check with the Undergraduate Academic Advisor to determine the availability of specific courses at given times.
Certificate Requirements (10 courses, 32 credit hours minimum)
The following courses:
- BIOL-K341 Principles of Ecology (3 cr.)
- CHEM-C101/121 Elementary Chemistry I with Lab (5 cr.) OR
CHEM-C105/125 Principles of Chemistry I with Lab (5 cr.) - ECON-E201 Introduction to Microeconomics (3 cr.) P: Sophomore Standing
- ECON-E202 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 cr.) P: Sophomore Standing
- SPEA-V372 Government Finance and Budgets (3 cr.)
ONE of the following courses:
- SPEA-E162 Environment and People (3 cr.)
- PBHL-A316 Environmental Science and Health (3 cr.)
ONE of the following courses:
- GEOG-G107 Physical Systems of the Environment (3 cr.)
- GEOL-G107 Environmental Geology (3 cr.)
- GEOL-G110 Geology: The Earth's Environment (3 cr.)
THREE of the following courses:
- PBHL-A316 Environmental Health (3 cr.)
- PBHL-A424 Environmental Health Science Technology: Managing Water and Wastes (3 cr.)
- PBHL-A451 Air Pollution and Control (3 cr.)
- CHEM-C207 Introduction to Biochemistry (4 cr.)
- CHEM-C310 Analytical Chemistry (3 cr.)
- CHEM-C341 Organic Chemistry Lectures I (3 cr.)
- ECON-E485 Social Control of Industry (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G303 Weather and Climate (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G304 Meteorology and Climatology (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G315 Environmental Conservation (3 cr.)
- GEOL-G300 Environmental and Urban Geology (3 cr.)
- GEOL-G303 Geologic Mapping and Field Methods (4 cr.)
- GEOL-G406 Introduction to Geochemistry (3 cr.)
- GEOL-G415 Geomorphology (3 cr.)
- GEOL-G451 Principles of Hydrogeology (3 cr.)
- PHYS-200 Physical Environment
- PHYS-218 General Physics I (4 cr.)
- SOC-R465 Population and Human Ecology (3 cr.)
- SPEA-K300 Statistical Techniques (3 cr.) P:MATH-M118 or other approved option