MCCCD Program Description

Major: 6240N Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2019 Spring Last Admit Term: 2021 Summer Award: AC Total Credits: 15-18 CIP Code: 03.0104	Primary College: Chandler-Gilbert Community College Initiating College: Mesa Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: Shared Program Availability: CG, GC, MC, PV, RS, SM Field of Interest: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Instructional Council: Sustainability (91) GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: 13-1199.05, 11-9199.02, 19-2041.00, 11-1011.03, 19-4061.01

Description: The Academic Certificate (AC) in Sustainability is interdisciplinary and builds a strong academic expertise within a student`s desired focus area of Sustainability. The focus areas are established within and among the foundational pillars of Sustainability (social - environmental - economic).

Required Courses

SSH111 Sustainable Cities 3
SUS110 Sustainable World 3

Credits: 6

Restricted Electives
Students must select three focus area classes ASM104 Bones, Stones, and Human Evolution 4 BIO105 Environmental Biology 4 CHM107 Chemistry and Society (3) and + CHM107LL Chemistry and Society Laboratory (1) 4 COM263 Elements of Intercultural Communication 3 FON135 Sustainable Cooking 3 ECN212 Microeconomic Principles 3 EPS150 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 ENV101 Introduction to Environmental Science 4 GLG110 Geological Disasters and the Environment (3) and GLG111 Geological Disasters and the Environment Lab (1) 4 GPH113 Introduction to Physical Geography 4 PHI216 Environmental Ethics 3 PSY132 Psychology and Culture 3 SBU200 Society and Business 3 SUS100 Introduction to Sustainability 3 SCT100 Introduction to Sustainable Built Environments 3	Credits: 9-12

General Electives
	Credits:

Learning Outcomes
1. Explore the sustainable interaction between human and natural systems. (SUS110) 2. Analyze the concept of sustainable development within local, regional, and global contexts. (SSH111)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: December 11, 2018

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