MCCCD Program Description

Major: 6227N Catalog Year: 2025-2026 Effective Term: 2025 Fall Last Admit Term: 9999 Award: AC Total Credits: 25-27 CIP Code: 03.0201	Primary College: Phoenix College Initiating College: Chandler-Gilbert Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: College-Specific: PC Field of Interest: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Instructional Council: Sustainability GPA: 2.00
SOC Code: 19-1031.00 Conservation Scientists 19-1032.00 Foresters 25-1043.00 Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Description: The Academic Certificate (AC) in Environmental and Natural Resource Stewardship program develops knowledge and understanding of the environmental and natural resource issues, problems, and policies through the study of selected courses. Students will examine the ethical theories and moral principles of global environmental issues, explore methods of inquiry, and the human impact on ecosystems and human policy related to natural resources.

Required Courses

BIO105 Environmental Biology (4) OR
+ BIO181 General Biology (Majors) I (4) OR
+ BIO181XT General Biology (Majors) I (4) 4

ECN211 Macroeconomic Principles (3) OR
ECN212 Microeconomic Principles (3) 3

PHI216 Environmental Ethics 3
POS110 American National Government 3
SSH111 Sustainable Cities 3
SUS110 Sustainable World 3

Credits: 19

Restricted Electives
ASB102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3 ASB222 Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: Old World 3 ASB223 Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: New World 3 BIO108 Plants and Society 4 CHM107 Chemistry and Society (3) AND CHM107LL Chemistry and Society Laboratory (1) 4 ECN211 Macroeconomic Principles (Except if used for Required Courses area.) 3 ECN212 Microeconomic Principles (Except if used for Required Courses area.) 3 FSC110 Wildland Firefighter 3 HIS190 Environmental History 3 POS285 Political Issues and Public Policy 3 RPM150AB Outdoor Adventure Skills 3	Credits: 6-8

General Electives
	Credits: None

Program Competencies
1. Explain and demonstrate the process of scientific inquiry. (BIO105, BIO181, BIO181XT, SSH111, SUS110) 2. Describe and translate levels of organization and interactions within ecosystems. (BIO105, BIO181, BIO181XT, SSH111) 3. Assess and test scientific knowledge and logic to understand and examine environmental problems. (BIO105, BIO181, BIO181XT, SSH111, SUS110) 4. Identify and measure human impacts on ecosystems and human policy on managing natural resources. (BIO105, BIO181, BIO181XT, SSH111, SUS110) 5. Describe and critique appropriate techniques for distinguishing fact from opinion. (ECN211, ECN212, PHI216, POS110) 6. Describe the methods that policy makers use to evaluate improvements or modifications to environmental quality. (ECN211, ECN212, POS110) 7. Develop students` skills using analytical tools such as supply and demand graphs to critically analyze environmental quality and natural resource problems. (PHI216, POS110) 8. Apply ethical theories and moral principles to global environmental moral issues. (PHI216, POS110, SSH111) 9. Compare and contrast methods of inquiry used to determine environmental and natural resources issues. (PHI216, POS110, SSH111) 10. Compare and contrast the use of appropriate models applied to address natural resource issues. (PHI216, POS110, SSH111) 11. Outline the operation of a local policy making body. (POS110, SSH111) 12. Describe appropriate techniques for evaluating efficient economic use of renewable, nonrenewable, and recyclable resources. (SSH111) 13. Evaluate how policy is made in an agency of government or a nonprofit organization. (POS110, SSH111)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: June 24, 2025

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