Climate Change Solutions Certificate
This program is available at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
This certificate is available as a standalone program.
The Climate Change Solutions certificate is designed to give students an overview of the scientific understanding of climate change, its causes, and its consequences for ecosystems and society, and to provide students with the skills to create solutions that will help mitigate and adapt natural and human systems to changing climate.
Certificate Code: C550
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Find, interpret and integrate data and theory from horticultural systems and sciences, and related disciplines.
- Assess horticultural systems, diagnose horticultural problems and recommend solutions, and create novel systems based on data and theory from horticultural sciences and related disciplines.
- Integrate horticultural sciences with contemporary social, economic, political and environmental issues.
- Develop and articulate content knowledge and critical thinking in horticulture through frequent practice of oral and written communication.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core | ||
| ATS 201 | +*CLIMATE SCIENCE | 4 |
| GEOG 240 | *HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE | 3 |
| or GEOG 100 | *CLIMATE JUSTICE | |
| GEOG 300 | *SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD | 3 |
| Climate Impacts | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| *SNOW, SMOKE, AND STORMS: CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN THE PNW | ||
| *GLOBAL WARMING: SCIENCE, IMPACTS, AND SOLUTIONS | ||
| CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, ADAPTATION AND VULNERABILITY | ||
| Capstone | ||
| ATS 410 | INTERNSHIP | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select any 11 credits from the following categories: | 11 | |
| Society | ||
| *GLOBAL POVERTY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | ||
| *ANTHROPOLOGY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| *HUMAN IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| FOOD AND CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| *POPULATION, CONSUMPTION, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE SCIENCE | ||
| *CLIMATE AND HEALTH | ||
| *FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | ||
| *GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | ||
| *OCEANS, COASTS, AND PEOPLE | ||
| CONSERVATION PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| *SUSTAINABILITY, JUSTICE, AND ENGAGEMENT | ||
| *SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES | ||
| SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| *EVALUATING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS | ||
| Environment and Ecology | ||
| *OCEANS IN PERIL | ||
| *ISSUES IN NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION | ||
| BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN MANAGED FORESTS | ||
| *GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY | ||
| TOPICS IN WILDLAND FIRE | ||
| ^ECOLOGICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE | ||
| NATURAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS | ||
| SCIENTIFIC METHODS FOR ANALYZING NATURAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | ||
| ^AG AND ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICAMENTS: A CASE STUDY APPROACH | ||
| Water | ||
| *FROZEN: OUR ICY PLANET IN CLIMATE AND SOCIETAL CONTEXT | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | ||
| SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT | ||
| *MINERALS, ENERGY, WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| CONFLICT, COOPERATION, AND CONTROL OF WATER IN THE US | ||
| THE WORLD'S WATER | ||
| Politics and Policy | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO OCEAN LAW | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT | ||
| INTEGRATED POLICY: FOOD, ENERGY, WATER, CLIMATE | ||
| *THE POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| US ENERGY POLICY | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| Energy and Technology | ||
| ENERGY IN CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE | ||
| ECONOMICS OF TRADITIONAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY | ||
| *SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING | ||
| *SOCIETAL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY | ||
| *ENERGY ALTERNATIVES | ||
| PHYSICS OF CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES | ||
| *ENERGY, CLIMATE AND SOCIETY | ||
| RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY | ||
| Total Credits | 27 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
- ^
Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
- +
Core Education course. Applies only to students admitted to an OSU undergraduate degree from Summer 2025 onwards
Certificate Code: C550