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Sustainable Development (Certificate) at Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University, Canada

Programme overview

The Sustainable Development certificate explores social, economic and environmental sustainability in theory and practice from local and global perspectives, building on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It consists of six courses totalling 20-21 units.

Faculty: Faculty of Environment  |  Department: School of Resource and Environmental Management  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Required courses are SD 100 Sustainable Futures, SD 281 Introduction to Sustainability, SD 381 Building Sustainable Communities and SD 481 Global Sustainability Governance and Action, plus two electives such as ECON 260 Environmental Economics, HIST 132 Global Environmental History or INDG 232 Indigenous Science.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Students normally must be enrolled in a degree program at SFU and in good academic standing; contact the REM academic advisor for approval to enrol in the certificate.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

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