Three courses totaling 15 credit hours, including an experiential learning requirement approved by one of the program co-directors. The four core areas are listed below:
Program in Industrial Ecology Core Course (required)
- EAS 557/CEE 586 Industrial Ecology
System Analysis and Sustainability (one course from this section is required)
- EAS 573 Environmental Footprinting and Input-Output Analysis
- EAS 537 Urban Sustainability
- EAS 572/EHS 572 Environmental Impact Assessment
- EAS 523 Ecological Risk Assessment
- EAS 550/STRAT566 Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development and Enterprise
- EAS 597 Environmental Systems Analysis
- EHS 672 Life Cycle Assessment: Human Health and Environ Impacts
- MECHENG 589 Sustainable Design of Technology Systems
- AOSS 467/CLIMATE 567 Chemical Dynamics
Energy Systems (one course from this section is required)
- EAS 615 Renewable Electricity and the Grid
- EAS 574/PUBPOL519 Sustainable Energy Systems
- EAS 567 Transportation Energy & Climate
- CEE 567 Energy Infrastructure Systems
Environmental Policy and Economic Analysis (one course from this section is required)
- EAS 475 Environmental Law
- EAS 512&513/STRAT564&565 Strategy for Sustainable Development
- URP 532 Sustainability and Social change
- EAS 527/BE 527 Energy Markets and Energy Politics
- EHS 508 Principles of Risk Assessment
- EAS 570 Environmental Economics: Quantitative Methods and Tools
- EAS 669/ECON 662 Advanced Environmental Economics
- ECON 437 Energy Economics and Policy
Experiential Learning Requirement* (one activity to be approved by one of the program co-directors)
- Participate in Sustainability Without Borders Project
- Sustainability Internship
- Other to be defined with program co-director
*One additional course from the above list can be taken to fulfill the experiential learning requirement, if approved by one of the program co-directors.
Graduation Requirements
- Upon admission to the program, meet with the certificate program co-directors (Greg Keoleian and Ming Xu) to clearly outline a plan to fulfill all of the certificate requirements in accordance with the conditions outlined in this document.
- Complete Rackham’s dual degree election form for a certificate program prior to graduation, and submit to Registrar’s at SEAS and your primary graduate program. http://www.rackham.umich.edu/current-students/policies/academic-records/…
- Apply for graduation from the Industrial Ecology Certificate program through Wolverine Access, similarly as one applies for graduation from a degree program.