Build a global perspective on today's most pressing environmental challenges wherever your studies take you. The Haub School's Undergraduate Certificate in Global Environmental Futures (GEF) offers a flexible, interdisciplinary program that can be completed fully online, making it accessible to distance learners as well as students on campus.
This nine-credit program integrates ecological, political, and cultural approaches to help students understand and address complex environmental issues on a global scale. Students begin with a required core course and then choose electives drawn from the Haub School's varied catalog of field and international courses, with the option to include a immersive field or global experiences.
Who Should Apply
- Undergraduate students seeking to add a global, interdisciplinary perspective to their majors
- Individuals drawn to field-based and international learning experiences as part of their education
- Students interested in careers in conservation, environmental policy, sustainable tourism, or international environmental work
Program Highlights
Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Build applied knowledge that integrates ecological, political, and cultural approaches to global environmental challenges.
Immersive Experiences
Optionally incorporate hands-on, real-world learning through field and international experiences.
Fully Online or In-Person
Complete the certificate courses entirely online or on campus, giving you the flexibility to learn in the format that best fits.
Customizable Learning Path
Choose a required core course, then select electives from the Haub School's varied catalog of field or globally-focused courses.
Global environmental Futures
Format: In-person or fully online, asynchronous
Credits: 9
CORE | 3 credits
ELECTIVES | 6 credits*
Course Options
- Canyonlands: Climate, Water, Culture
- Monoglia: Wild & Working Lands
- Conservation & Sustainability in the Arctic Circle
- Winter Ecology travel required
- Harvest, Heritage & Hospitality
- Conservation & Development in Patagonia
- Expedition Leadership
- Wild & Working Lands Nepal
- Place & Landscapes
- Natural Resource Management on Western Reservations
Explore field & global courses
*other field and international experiences may apply, see advisor for details
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