Graduate Certificate Environmental and Sustainability Economics at Arizona State University

Programme overview

The graduate certificate program in environmental and sustainability economics provides you training in the economic theory and quantitative modeling approaches of environmental and resource economics. Environmental and resource economics offers an approach for evaluating the consequences and social benefits and costs of changes to markets and environmental policies. You are able to identify and evaluate the economic assumptions embedded in policy analyses and recommendations.

What you will study

17 credit hours Required Core (5 credit hours) SOS 512 Environmental and Resource Economics (3) SOS 529 Research Seminar in Environmental and Sustainability Economics (1) Electives (12 credit hours) Additional Curriculum Information SOS 529 is taken twice to meet the five credit hours required.

Career pathways

Professionals with expertise in environmental and resource economics are in demand across sectors and industries, including business, sustainability, government, biology and applied mathematics. Career examples: chief sustainability officer, economist, environmental economist, environmental engineer, environmental protection specialist, environmental restoration planner, health sciences manager, postsecondary environmental sciences professor.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Rob Walton College of Global Futures. Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in any field from a regionally accredited institution. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program or a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 in an applicable master's degree program. All applicants must submit: graduate admission application and application fee official transcripts proof of English proficiency Additional Application Information An applicant whose native language is not English must provide proof of English proficiency regardless of their current residency. International students who need an F-1 or J-1 visa first need to apply to and be accepted into a graduate degree program prior to being considered for the certificate program.

Domestic applicants: USD 13,327 a year (2026-27). Arizona resident tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads Source

International applicants: USD 24,780 a year (2026-27). International tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads ar Source

Intake: Fall, Spring

Duration: 17 credit hours

Apply through the official page: https://admission.asu.edu/apply/graduate/admission

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