Your path forward.
Certificate programs meet students where they are, offering flexible, foundational programming for learners at any stage.
Whether you're exploring graduate-level study but aren't ready to commit to a full degree, or you're looking to add a specific set of knowledge and skills to your undergraduate degree or CV, certificates offer a focused path forward.
Undergraduate Certificate
Certificate in Sustainability
The certificate in sustainability provides undergraduate students from any College the opportunity to add credits in sustainability and environmental science, as well as a final year capstone project, to give them the edge upon gradaution. By enriching most undergraduate degree programs, students will gain an understanding of how to integrate human-environmental systems within our current reality and how to crticially evaluate sustainability efforts.
It's never too early to build a sustainable future.
Graduate Certificates: Climate
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Action
The Graduate Certificate in Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Action will provide professionals with an understanding of the relationships among climate science, vulnerability assessments, adaptation development, and management applications. Graduates will support the translation of this understanding by government agencies, private companies, and community planners into specific adaptation plans, leading to climate action.
NOTE: The climate change certificate is under review, and we are not accepting applications at this time. We will announce updates here as they are available.
Graduate Certificate: Energy
Community Energy Planning and Finance
The Graduate Certificate in Community Energy Planning and Finance provides tools for planning and financing community renewable energy projects. This certificate can be taken as a standalone program or used to ladder into the Master of Sustainability (MSs).
NOTE: The CEPF certificate is under review, and we are not accepting applications at this time. We will announce updates here as they are available.
Energy Transitions
The Graduate Certificate in Energy Transitions is designed for professionals who seek to better understand how to navigate policy processes for transitioning to renewable energy. This certificate can be taken as a standalone program or used to ladder into the Master of Sustainability (MSs).
Graduate Certificates: Sustainability
Governance Foundations for Sustainability
The Graduate Certificate in Governance Foundations for Sustainability will help professionals who work with (or within) government agencies to better understand the basic structures of governance, actor groups and policy communities that influence governance, and the present-day imperatives of working with Indigenous peoples. Courses related to reconciliation and negotiation will also provide practical tools to become more effective practitioners when planning and implementing sustainability innovations. This certificate can be taken as a standalone program or used to ladder into the Master of Sustainability (MSs).
NOTE: The Governance Foundations certificate is under review, and we are not accepting applications at this time. We will announce updates here as they are available.
Sustainability Solutions
The Graduate Certificate in Sustainability Solutions teaches new strategies to design and implement solutions to sustainability challenges. Courses build competencies towards regenerative design and sustainability alternatives to common sustainability problems by teaching key concepts and practical tools. New professionals and longstanding professionals will become more effective practitioners by learning about sustainability innovations and how to apply them. This certificate can be taken as a standalone program or used to ladder into the Master of Sustainability (MSs).
Graduate Certificates: Water
Sustainable Water Management
The Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Water Management focuses on human dimensions of sustainable water management, including policy approaches and public health. It is designed for professionals who recognize that their work must include a foundational knowledge of how humans affect and are affected by water quality and quantity. This certificate can be taken as a standalone program or used to ladder into the Master of Water Security (MWS).
Water Resources
The Graduate Certificate in Water Resources focuses on enhancing foundational knowledge in water resource and hydrological theory, data analysis, and modelling. It is designed for professionals who seek to build expertise and professional networks. This certificate can be taken as a standalone program or used to ladder into the Master of Water Security (MWS).
Water Science
The Graduate Certificate in Water Science provides opportunities to apply knowledge in the water sciences to address extant and emerging water quality issues. This certificate is tailored for practitioners with an interest in the water sciences, aiming to deepen their knowledge as it relates to chemical risk, ecosystem management, and hydrogeological processes. This certificate can be taken as a standalone program or used to ladder into the Master of Water Security (MWS).