Climate Science and Applications Certificate

Program Code: N-CCS-C
Degree Designation: Certificate
Department: Nicholas School of the Environment
Website: nicholas.duke.edu/academics/certificate-programs/climate-change-science-and-applications

Program Summary

The Nicholas School's Climate Change Science and Applications (CCSA) certificate program is open to all Master of Environmental Management (MEM) and Master of Forestry (MF) students. To earn the certificate, students must complete 12 credit hours of required coursework in physical or natural science, social science, and integrated assessment modeling, as well as a climate-related elective specific to their individual concentration area. They also must demonstrate mastery of skills learned through these courses by applying them in their Master’s project or another equally substantive faculty-supervised capstone research project.

Students who wish to pursue this certificate program should add the program through their Stellic account.

Academic Requirements

The courses are in three required categories, and in some categories various courses can be used to meet the requirements. Lists of recommended courses in each category are available at nicholas.duke.edu/academics/certificate-programs/climate-change-science-and-applications.

• Natural/Physical Science: 1 course 

• Social Science: 1 course

• Modeling: 1 course

• Elective: 1 course