2018-2019 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Certificate in Green Chemistry
Requirements for a Certificate in Green Chemistry
Students must earn a bachelor's degree to earn this certificate. Students who seek a certificate in green chemistry are required to complete 12 to 13 credits from the courses as follows:
- CHM 421 - Green Chemistry for Sustainable Environment (3 credits)
- CHM 442 - Synthetic Polymers: Life Cycle and Emerging Sustainable Technologies (3 credits)
- * CHM 399 - Readings in Chemistry (1 or 2 credits) OR CHM 490 - Chemistry Laboratory Internship (1 to 4 credits) OR CHM 499 - Investigation Problems (1 to 5 credits)
- AND one of the following courses:
- CHM 427 - Green and Environmental Chemistry Laboratory (3 credits)
- ECO 345 - Environmental and Resource Economics (3 credits)
- GEO 300 - Geology and the Environment (3 credits)
- GEO 445 - Introduction to Geochemistry (3 credits)
- GPY 412 - Global Climate and Environmental Change (3 credits)
- NRM 330 - Environmental Pollution (3 credits)
- NRM 451 - Natural Resource Policy (3 credits)
* CHM 399 - Readings in Chemistry, CHM 490 - Chemistry Laboratory Internship, and CHM 499 - Investigation Problems are variable credit independent study courses. Any combination of independent projects approved by the advisor adding up to three credits satisfies this requirement.