Portland State University Please submit a single copy
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE in
SUSTAINABILITY
Student Program Completion Form
You (the student) must submit this form to the Center for Sustainable Processes and Practices
the first Friday of the term you plan to graduate.
Name ______PSU ID# ______
Address ______City ______State ______Zip______
Day phone ______Other phone ______Email ______
Term of Admission to this Graduate Certificate Program ______
The student must complete a minimum of 22 credits, distributed as follows, with a minimum GPA of 3.00 computed on the courses used for the certificate AND a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 computed on all graduate credits taken at Portland State.
Required Courses: All four of these courses (15 credits) are required.
Term & Year / Course No. / Course Name from Transcript / No of Cr / Grade / Institution / Transfer?ESR 588 / Environmental Sustainability / 4
SOC 588/688 / Social Sustainability: Theory and Practice / 4
EC 522 / Economics of Sustainability: Theory and Practice / 4
USP 588/688 / Sustainable Development Practices / 3
Two focus electives (3 or 4 credits each; 7 credits minimum) selected from the list on the reverse. (Similar discrete-numbered coursesmay be substituted for these electives but only with the advance approval of the Program Coordinator.)
Term & Year / Course No. / Course Name from Transcript / No of Cr / Grade / Institution / Transfer?Note: A maximum of 7 transfer credits could be applied to this program.
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GRADUATE CERTIFICATE in
SUSTAINABILITY
Program Completion Requirements
•Admission to the Graduate Certificate Program. This requires, at minimum:
-A baccalaureate degree from a regionally-accredited institution with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.75 for Regular admission. An applicant with a regionally-accredited baccalaureate degree with a cumulative undergraduate GPA lower than 2.75 but at least 2.50 is eligible for Conditional admission at the discretion of the Graduate Certificate program. An applicant with 9 or more graduate credits must have a cumulative graduate GPA of at least 3.0, and this GPA supersedes the undergraduate GPA.
•For continuation in the program, students are required to be in good academic standing, requiring a 3.00 GPA for all graduate coursework taken at PSU and a term GPA of at least 2.67 each term.
•Successful completion of the 22 specified graduate credits with a grade of B- or higher for each course used for the graduate certificate plus a cumulative PSU graduate GPA of 3.0 or higher (computed on all graduate credit taken at PSU) and a cumulative program GPA of 3.0 or higher (computed on all courses used for the Graduate Certificate).
-The following four courses are required (15 credits):
• ESR 588 Environmental Sustainability (4 credits)
• SOC 588/688 Social Sustainability: Theory and Practice (4 credits)
• EC 522 Economics of Sustainability: Theory and Practice (4 credits)
• USP 588/688 Sustainable Development Practices (3 credits)
• Two focus electives selected from the following list (3 or 4 credits each, minimum 7 credits). (Similar discrete-numbered courses may be substituted for these electives but only with the advance approval of the Program Coordinator.)
4/10/09 CSP2 StudentSustainability Completion Form
EC 532 Environmental Economics (4 credits)
EC 544 Economics of Green Power (4 credits)
EC 533/ESR 533 Natural Resource Economics
(4 credits)
EC 534/ESR 534 Business Environmental Management Economics (4 credits)
EC 543/ESR 543 Global Environmental Economics
(4 credits)
ESR 528 Urban Ecology (4 credits)
ESR 529 Environmental Impact Assessment (4 credits)
GEOG 542 Sustainable Cities (4 credits)
GEOG 546 Water Resource Management (4 credits)
GEOG 547 Urban Streams (4 credits)
GEOG 548 The Urban Forest (4 credits)
HST 540 American Environmental History I (4 credits)
HST 541 American Environmental History II (4 credits)
MIM 511 Global Business and Sustainability (4 credits)
MIM 521 Sustainability Metrics in Business (4 credits)
MIM 531 Product Design and Stewardship for Sustainable Enterprises (4 credits)
MIM 541 Cross-Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Enterprises (4 credits)
PA 564 Current Issues in Environmental Policy and Administration (3 credits)
SOC 565 Environmental Sociology (4 credits)
USP 577 Urban Environmental Management (3 credits)
USP 581 Environmental Psychology (3 credits)
USP 590 Green Economics and Sustainable Development (3 credits)
3/9/09 OGS Sustainability Completion Form
•All courses applied to the Graduate Certificate must be no more than 7 years old at the time of the awarding of the Graduate Certificate (e.g., a course taken in the Fall term of 2002 will be beyond the seven-year limitation at the close of Fall term 2009).
• For Graduate Certificate programs only, transfer credit is defined as eligible graduate credit taken at other regionally-accredited institutions. Two-thirds of the Graduate Certificate program requirements or 15 credits minimum, whichever is larger, is required to be taken at Portland State University. (Individual programs may set more restrictive limits.) Transfer credit must be letter-graded with a B- or higher and eligible for use in master’s degree programs at PSU. The Proposed Transfer Credit Form for Graduate Certificate Programs (GO-11GC) must be used for approval of transfer credit. A maximum of 7 transfer credits can be applied to this program.
•Application for Awarding of the Graduate Certificate must be filed by the student in the Office of Graduate Studies no later than the first week of the anticipated term of graduation (deadlines for each term are available at OGS, 6th Floor, Unitus Building, SW 4th & Lincoln, or online at A $20 fee will be applied to the student’s account after this application is entered into the Student Information System.
3/9/09 OGS Sustainability Completion Form