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Environmental Ethics Certificate Programs
The University of North Texas offers academic certificate programs for graduate credit at the post-baccalaureate and post-master's levels so as to enhance existing master's degrees in ways that will make the university a life-long center of graduate education for the citizens of Texas, the nation, and the world. The Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies offers two certificates, both in environmental philosophy:
Note: Semester credit hours completed as part of the Environmental Ethics Certificate: Level One do not count toward the completion of the Environmental Ethics Certificate: Level Two.
Introductory: Level One
Description: Introductory study of environmental philosophy. PHIL 5450 or PHIL 5451 plus three other graduate-level courses in environmental philosophy
Admissions Requirements: The same as the M.A. in Philosophy with a Concentration in Environmental Ethics
Course Requirements: 12 semester credit hours from the courses listed below:
- PHIL 5450. Seminar in the Philosophy of Ecology
- PHIL 5451. Environmental Ethics.
- PHIL 5700. Seminar in Environmental Ethics.
- PHIL 5710. Ecofeminism: Women's Studies and Environmental Ethics.
- PHIL 5720. Comparative Environmental Ethics.
- PHIL 5730. Western Religion and the Environment.
- PHIL 5960. Seminar in Problems of Philosophy.
- PHIL 5900. Special Problems.
- PHIL 5910. Special Problems.
or
plus three of the following:
The topics for PHIL 5960, 5900, and 5910 must be related to environmental ethics.
Advanced: Level Two
Description: Advanced study of environmental philosophy. PHIL 5450 or PHIL 5451 plus three other graduate-level courses in environmental philosophy
Admissions Requirements: The same as the M.A. in Philosophy with a Concentration in Environmental Ethics plus completion of the Environmental Ethics Certificate: Level One.
Course Requirements: 12 semester credit hours from the courses listed below:
- PHIL 5450. Seminar in the Philosophy of Ecology
- PHIL 5451. Environmental Ethics.
- PHIL 5700. Seminar in Environmental Ethics.
- PHIL 5710. Ecofeminism: Women's Studies and Environmental Ethics.
- PHIL 5720. Comparative Environmental Ethics.
- PHIL 5730. Western Religion and the Environment.
- PHIL 5960. Seminar in Problems of Philosophy.
- PHIL 5900. Special Problems.
- PHIL 5910. Special Problems.
or
plus three of the following:
The topics for PHIL 5960, 5900, and 5910 must be related to environmental ethics.



