Why study Advanced Environment & Sustainability?

During an era when the world is facing a wide range of environmental problems that are in the news virtually every day, environmental and sustainability studies has become a particularly timely and important discipline. The advanced micro-credential in environment and sustainability provides an opportunity explore the interconnections among between social and ecological systems. Environmental issues and conflicts of this century are highly complex and transcend traditional academic disciplines. The goal of the advanced micro-credential is to provide the training and conceptual framework required to explore and respond to the complex and dynamic environmental problems of the world.

Admission Requirements

UC students can find instructions for declaring a micro-credential on this page.

SEaS is uniquely positioned to meet the challenges of educating students for environmental careers in this century. Increasingly government agencies, businesses, and nonprofit organizations recognize the need for a workforce that understands the connections between the physical environment, society, and culture. About a third of our graduates continue with graduate studies. The others find employment, mostly within three months of graduation. Our students have made careers in areas as diverse as environmental research, community planning, and environmental law.

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The University of Cincinnati and all regional campuses are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

Contact Information

Laura Zanotti
M0350 Braunstein Hall
Cincinnati, OH 45221
(513) 556-5781
zanottla@ucmail.uc.edu

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Program Code: 15MC-ADEV-MC