Graduate Certificates
SES graduate certificate programs provide knowledge and practical skills for professionals seeking to improve their environmental sustainability credentials and advance their careers. Students learn from outstanding faculty with years of professional experience, and online learning options allow working professionals to fit these programs into their busy schedules. Those interested in earning a graduate degree can apply their certificate credits toward completing the SES master’s degree program in environmental science and sustainability.
Certificate Options
Environmental Law and Policy
This certificate program offers essential knowledge of critical issues in environmental law and policy. Students expand their understanding of the roles of government, industry, nonprofit organizations, and other institutions involved in environmental regulation, advocacy, consulting, and compliance. Learn more.
Sustainability Assessment and Planning
Students in the certificate program in sustainability assessment and planning develop valuable skills to help organizations measure, regulate, and report their natural resource use and environmental impact. Students learn to apply approaches that sustainability professionals in government, industry, nonprofit, and other sectors use to document and improve sustainability practices. Learn more.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Geographic information systems are compilations of sophisticated software and tools used to capture, store, analyze, manage, and present geospatial data. The GIS certificate program provides training in the use of contemporary geographic mapping technology to solve complex geospatial problems commonly encountered in environmental sciences, urban planning, social sciences, public health, business, and engineering. Learn more.
Admission
While students must have completed a bachelor’s degree, no specific undergraduate degree or professional experience is required for admittance into the SES certificate programs.
To complete the program and earn a certificate, students must complete three or four three-credit courses in no more than three years, with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. A student may not earn more than one C grade.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university
- Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0
- Statement of purpose (approximately 250-500 words)
- The GRE is not required.
Application Process:
- Use our free online application system to get started.
Please note, you will need to complete the “Biographical Information” section of the application first. Once that section is completed, you will be able to choose your program in the “Application Information” section. - We use a rolling admissions policy and make admissions decisions for each student as soon as the application is submitted. A student may be admitted any time before the start of a course and, depending on the program, start the program when the next course begins. Some programs have a required sequence and students will only be able to start the program at the starting date of the first sequenced course.
Tuition and Financial Aid
The School of Environmental Sustainability strives to help students secure the necessary financial resources to make their graduate education at Loyola more affordable. Partial scholarships, limited external research grants, and work opportunities are offered to SES graduate students. Students are encouraged to seek external funding. Students who wish to be considered for internal partial tuition scholarships must complete applications by March 1. Scholarship decisions will be based on the student’s full file, including statements of research/interest, GPA, and letters of recommendation.
SES Graduate Student Handbook
The SES Graduate Student Handbook is a comprehensive guide to policies, procedures, and processes that will affect you as a graduate student. It is each graduate student’s responsibility to review all of the information in the handbook. Download the handbook here: Graduate Student Handbook PDF
Questions should be directed to the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, Linda Kurtos (lkurtos@luc.edu) and/or the Graduate Program Director for Research Students, Dr. Reuben Keller (rkeller1@luc.edu).
SES graduate certificate programs provide knowledge and practical skills for professionals seeking to improve their environmental sustainability credentials and advance their careers. Students learn from outstanding faculty with years of professional experience, and online learning options allow working professionals to fit these programs into their busy schedules. Those interested in earning a graduate degree can apply their certificate credits toward completing the SES master’s degree program in environmental science and sustainability.
Certificate Options
Environmental Law and Policy
This certificate program offers essential knowledge of critical issues in environmental law and policy. Students expand their understanding of the roles of government, industry, nonprofit organizations, and other institutions involved in environmental regulation, advocacy, consulting, and compliance. Learn more.
Sustainability Assessment and Planning
Students in the certificate program in sustainability assessment and planning develop valuable skills to help organizations measure, regulate, and report their natural resource use and environmental impact. Students learn to apply approaches that sustainability professionals in government, industry, nonprofit, and other sectors use to document and improve sustainability practices. Learn more.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Geographic information systems are compilations of sophisticated software and tools used to capture, store, analyze, manage, and present geospatial data. The GIS certificate program provides training in the use of contemporary geographic mapping technology to solve complex geospatial problems commonly encountered in environmental sciences, urban planning, social sciences, public health, business, and engineering. Learn more.
Admission
While students must have completed a bachelor’s degree, no specific undergraduate degree or professional experience is required for admittance into the SES certificate programs.
To complete the program and earn a certificate, students must complete three or four three-credit courses in no more than three years, with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. A student may not earn more than one C grade.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university
- Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0
- Statement of purpose (approximately 250-500 words)
- The GRE is not required.
Application Process:
- Use our free online application system to get started.
Please note, you will need to complete the “Biographical Information” section of the application first. Once that section is completed, you will be able to choose your program in the “Application Information” section. - We use a rolling admissions policy and make admissions decisions for each student as soon as the application is submitted. A student may be admitted any time before the start of a course and, depending on the program, start the program when the next course begins. Some programs have a required sequence and students will only be able to start the program at the starting date of the first sequenced course.
Tuition and Financial Aid
The School of Environmental Sustainability strives to help students secure the necessary financial resources to make their graduate education at Loyola more affordable. Partial scholarships, limited external research grants, and work opportunities are offered to SES graduate students. Students are encouraged to seek external funding. Students who wish to be considered for internal partial tuition scholarships must complete applications by March 1. Scholarship decisions will be based on the student’s full file, including statements of research/interest, GPA, and letters of recommendation.
SES Graduate Student Handbook
The SES Graduate Student Handbook is a comprehensive guide to policies, procedures, and processes that will affect you as a graduate student. It is each graduate student’s responsibility to review all of the information in the handbook. Download the handbook here: Graduate Student Handbook PDF
Questions should be directed to the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, Linda Kurtos (lkurtos@luc.edu) and/or the Graduate Program Director for Research Students, Dr. Reuben Keller (rkeller1@luc.edu).