Sustainability & Environmental Studies
Sustainability & Environmental Studies
Are you interested in a career that has a positive impact on the world? UCLA Extension has certificate programs and courses in sustainability and environmental studies that can help you advance in the field or switch careers to a job that is in-demand, challenging, and rewarding.
Our courses are taught by industry experts, including UCLA’s Chief Sustainability Officer, whose mission is to foster partnerships among academic, research, and operational departments and to facilitate creating a world class living laboratory for sustainability at UCLA.
Get More Info
We’ll teach you how to make the world a better place.
Are you interested in a career that has a positive impact on the world? UCLA Extension has certificate programs and courses in sustainability and environmental studies that can help you advance in the field or switch careers to a job that is in-demand, challenging, and rewarding.
Our courses are taught by industry experts, including UCLA’s Chief Sustainability Officer, whose mission is to foster partnerships among academic, research, and operational departments and to facilitate creating a world class living laboratory for sustainability at UCLA.
Sustainability Certificate
Become a leader in environmentally responsible policy and practices with UCLA Extension’s Sustainability Certificate. Encompassing the fields of design, business, energy, law, and public policy, this program will focus on major elements that impact the environment on a daily basis such as our use of water, air, land, energy, and transportation.
Environmental Studies Certificate
This interdisciplinary program provides a strong foundation for understanding the complex relationship between humans and the environment. You will learn about a variety of environmental issues including air and water pollution, population growth and distribution, and global climate changes. This program can be completed in only two quarters, ideal for students and professionals alike. Courses are available online. Two of the four courses are transfer credit courses and may be transferable to UC (non-UCLA) and CSU schools, as well as many other schools nationwide.
Food Studies Certificate
Connect and learn alongside UCLA graduate students to combat food issues faced by our communities as well as globally. This certificate is designed to investigate food issues and address complex topics spanning food cultures and histories, nutrition and public health, food policy and food justice, urban planning, and agrifood systems and the environment.
Courses
Global Business Practices in Sustainability
Humans as a Solution: Creating Positive Behavioral Change
In an increasingly complex world in which we face interconnected challenges, including climate change, social and environmental inequities, and other systemic issues, it is more critical than ever for us to take collaborative action. Join us for this timely seminar series on how each of us can harness insights from behavioral science to make meaningful, positive change in our own behaviors as well as others'. Learners come away energized, inspired, and with practical tools and solutions necessary to be a force for good.
People and the Earth's Ecosystems
Principles of Sustainability I: Introduction
Principles of Sustainability II: Current Issues and Case Studies
JOIN US!
Sustainability and Environmental Programs
Virtual Open House
Learn how our programs can help you achieve your career goals in sustainability in this informative online session, with an opportunity for Q&A.