Dec 03, 2024

2020 - 2021 CNM Catalog, Volume 52

2020 - 2021 CNM Catalog, Volume 52 [The CNM Academic Year includes Fall, Spring, Summer Terms]

Sustainability, Certificate of Achievement

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School of Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences (CHSS)

This is a certificate in Sustainability studies, designed for transfer to the UNM Sustainability program or other four-year sustainability studies degree pathways. Students must take SUST 1134 and then choose 4 other courses from the chart below. (All are three credit courses.) Students are encouraged to contact the receiving institution’s advisement center when choosing courses for transfer.

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Approximate Costs of this Educational Option

Financial Aid Considerations

This program is NOT financial aid eligible.

FA Ineligible Programs at CNM

Although the program is not eligible for Federal Financial Aid, there are some possible outside funding options (i.e. VA, DVR, institutional funding, etc.). For more information go to http://www.cnm.edu/depts/financial-aid.

Program Requirements

Math 1111-1114 Series
  or
Math Skills 3
  or
Math Skills 4
Reading & Writing Skills 2

Courses

SUST 1134 - Introduction to Sustainability Studies 3 credit hour(s)
and
Program Approved Electives 12 credit hour(s)

Minimum Credit Hours Required to Complete Certificate: 15

Program Approved Electives 12 credit hours

PLAN 1165 - Introduction to Community and Regional Planning 3 credit hour(s)
ARCH 1215 - Introduction to Environmental Problems 3 credit hour(s)
PLAN 2265 - Sustainable Community Planning Methods 3 credit hour(s)
AMST 1160 - Environment, Science & Technology 3 credit hour(s)
ECON 2110 - Macroeconomic Principles 3 credit hour(s)
ECON 2120 - Microeconomic Principles 3 credit hour(s)
ECON 2125 - Society & Environment 3 credit hour(s)
GEOL 1110 - Physical Geology 3 credit hour(s)
GEOL 1110L - Physical Geology Laboratory 1 credit hour(s)
GEOG 1140 - Human’s Role in Changing the Face of the Earth 3 credit hour(s)
POLS 1120 - American National Government 3 credit hour(s)
POLS 2120 - International Relations 3 credit hour(s)
POLS 2130 - Political Ideas/Introduction to Political Theory 3 credit hour(s)
POLS 2140 - Introduction to Political Analysis 3 credit hour(s)
POLS 2150 - Public Policy and Administration 3 credit hour(s)
SOCI 2120 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems 3 credit hour(s)
SOCI 2140 - Juvenile Delinquency 3 credit hour(s)
SOCI 2310 - Contemporary Social Problems 3 credit hour(s)

Training & Development

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