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Upon completing your required coursework, you will need to submit a completion request for your certificate.
Degree requirements: none
Eligibility: current University of Illinois students or non-degree students
Program length: 2-3 semesters, 9 hours, 3 courses
Format: hybrid
Required course: ACE 255, Economics of Food & Environmental Justice
There is no Planet B. Empower your potential to be a catalyst for change by engaging in critical conversations that have global impacts. Students enrolled in this certificate can customize their experience by choosing one of four specialty areas of investigation: policy and law, climate change and society, food production systems, and resources and influence.
Specializations and Courses
† indicates a pre-requisite course or academic standing requirement for enrollment
* indicates the course satisfies one or more general education requirements
Policy & Law
- (Required) ACE 255: Economics of Food & Environmental Justice (required course, 3 credits)
- Choose two courses from list:
- ACE 203: Introduction to Public Policy and Law (3 credits, fall)
- ACE 306: Food Law (3 credits, spring)
- NRES 424: US Environment, Justice, and Policy†
- NRES 425: Natural Resources Law & Policy (3 credits)
- CEE 438: Science and Environmental Policy†
Climate Change & Society
- (Required) ACE 255: Economics of Food & Environmental Justice (required course, 3 credits)
- Choose two courses from list:
- ABE 232: Context in International Interventions* (3 credits, fall)
- LEAD 340: Leadership Ethics & Society: Addressing Contemporary Challenges* (3 credits, fall)
- NRES 105: Climate Change Impacts on Ecological Systems* (3 credits, spring)
- NRES 224: Social Justice and Environment* (3 credits, fall)
- NRES 287: Environment & Society†* (3 credits, spring)
- ANTH 278: Climate Change & Civilization* (3 credits, fall)
- ANTH 209: Food, Culture, and Society* (3 credits, spring/summer)
Food Production Systems
- (Required) ACE 255: Economics of Food & Environmental Justice (required course, 3 credits)
- Choose two courses from list:
- ABE 152: Water in the Global Environment* (3 credits, fall)
- ANSC 101: Contemporary Animal Issues (3 credits, spring)
- ANSC 205: World Animal Resources* (3 credits, spring/summer/fall)
- ANSC 255: Animal Ethics* (3 credits, fall)
- ANSC 305: Human Animal Interactions* (3 credits, spring/fall)
- CPSC 116: The Global Food Production Web * (3 credits, spring)
- HORT 205: Local Food Systems (3 credits, fall)
- PLPA 200: Plants, Pathogens, and People* (3 credits, spring)
Resources & Influence
- (Required) ACE 255: Economics of Food & Environmental Justice (required course, 3 credits)
- Choose two courses from list:
- ACE 210: Environmental Economics* (3 credits, spring/fall)
- ACE 251: World Food Economy* (3 credits, spring/fall)
- ACE 310: Natural Resource Economics (3 credits, fall)
- AGCM 330: Environmental Communications† (3 credits, spring/fall)
- HDFS 330: Reasoning for Everyday Life† (3 credits, fall)
- ETMA 311: Humanity in the Food Web* (3 credits, spring/fall)
How to Enroll
Not a current student at U of I? Enroll as a non-degree student.
Taking University of Illinois courses as a Non-Degree student is a great way to demonstrate your readiness for a degree program, and to determine if the degree program is the right fit for you.
- Navigate to the Academic Credit Registration for Non Degree-Seeking Students page.
- Click the orange button at the bottom of the page to “Review Policies before Registration.”
- Click the arrow next to the “Undergraduate Students” text to learn more about the enrollment process.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page. Click the “Proceed to Registration” button.
- After reading the statement, click the orange “I understand” button.
- Click the text “New Student? Create a login here.”
- Enter a Login and Password to setup an account.
- Complete the registration process by providing information for the required fields.
Within 2-3 days, you will receive email confirmation of your registration status as a non-degree student. After you receive confirmation of your student status, you can request to enroll in one or more courses.
Already a U of I student?
Express your interest in pursuing a certificate. Once accepted, you will receive an email with further instructions for registration.
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