Certificate

Certificate in Food Justice and Resilient Communities

Champion access to nutritional meals and increase food security.

Through community, workplace, and campus gardens, make healthy food accessible in every community to increase food security, mitigate climate change, and build community resistance. While this passionate and growing movement is gaining momentum, we still have a lot of work to do until every citizen has equal access to the fresh fruits and vegetables that should be a staple of their diets. We’re here to help you empower people to connect with the sources of their food, practice healthy eating, and build communities with a high degree of food security to strengthen personal, communal, and environmental resiliency and health.

Antioch’s New England campus offers this degree, available online and in person. 

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Wondering if Antioch ES MS is right for you? Prospective students can earn up to three credits in a semester at a highly reduced rate. These credits are transferable into the ESMS degree. 

Program Overview

Keene, New Hampshire, is committed to becoming the “healthiest community in America” by 2020 (Healthy Monadnock). The “Farm to School” movement is reshaping school lunch programs across the U.S., and various efforts are improving access to healthy food and reducing food insecurity across the globe. AUNE’s Community Garden Connections (CGC) has several robust food justice and garden education programs to complement this certificate, including community-based gardens, workplace gardens, and campus gardens. Over 500 community members participate in CGC programming annually.

Degree Requirements

Requirements

Students complete the required courses from within the Environmental Studies department, a minimum of 3 credits from each of the following areas: Certificate Core Requirement (minimum 3 credits)

  • Community & School-based Sustainable Food Systems (3 cr)
  • Citizen Participation & Sustainable Communities (3 cr)
  • Civic Ecology & Community Resilience (3 cr)

Resilience & Ecological Health (minimum 3 credits)

  • Climate Change Resilience, Adaptation and Mitigation (3 cr)
  • Soil Ecology (3 cr)
  • Principles of Sustainability (3 cr)

Application (minimum 3 credits)

  • Program Evaluation for Environmental and Conservation Educators (3 cr)
  • Program Planning & Design (3 cr)
  • Professional Internship related to food justice, and resilient communities (3 cr)
Elizabeth McCann

Elizabeth McCann, PhD

Environmental Studies & Sustainability

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Additional Information

Yes, you can complete this certificate entirely online. These courses are synchronous and, in some cases, asynchronous. Virtual synchronous course class sessions are offered one evening during the week (Monday-Thursday evenings, ET) and on weekends. You can also choose to take courses with us in person, including field-based courses and campus-based intensives.

The certificate can be completed within 32 weeks. Food Justice and Resilient Communities certificate courses meet one day/week or as intensives, aligned with our current Environmental Studies’ delivery models.

Graduates of our programs are employed in many sectors of environmental work, from private consulting and regulatory enforcement to conservation institutions, formal and informal educational settings, government agencies, advocacy organizations, and the arts.

Admissions / Cost

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Deadlines

ProgramTermDeadline
Environmental Studies CertificatesSummerApril 15
FallJuly 15
SpringDecember 1

How to Apply

  1. Complete the online admissions application, including the following:
    • Resume/curriculum vitae (CV)
    • Official transcripts from all colleges or universities where you earned a degree or certificate.
      • email transcripts to [email protected], or
      • mail to:
        Office of Admissions
        Antioch University New England
        40 Avon Street
        Keene NH 03431-3516
    • Non-refundable $50 application fee
  2. There are additional requirements for International applicants and applicants without a Bachelor’s degree
  3. Master’s and Certificate Programs do not require the GRE or any other standardized test for admissions. We consider all of your application materials and evaluate your academic potential in a variety of ways.

Official transcripts should be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to:

Office of Admissions
Antioch University New England
40 Avon Street
Keene, New Hampshire 03431-3516

All application materials submitted become part of an applicant’s file and cannot be returned.
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Questions about the Admissions process? Contact Admissions at [email protected]

Tuition & Financial Aid

A college education is an investment in your future. Let us help you understand the costs and explore the resources available to help make your college education even more affordable. The majority of AUNE students finance their education through some form of financial aid. You may not be sure which federal, state, public and private aid packages – such as loans, scholarships, and grants—are right for you. Our staff is here to help you, so you can focus on what’s most important: beginning your academic program at AUNE.

Cost

Department/Program NameTuition Cost per CreditTotal Program Credits
Certificates:
*with careful course selection all certificates are possible within the Environmental Studies MS degree requirements
Applied Spatial Analysis for GIS$8169
Climate Change Education$8169
Climate Resilience $8169
Conservation Psychology$8169
Environmental and Sustainability Education $81612
Food Justice and Resilient Communities $8169
Socially Responsible Organizational Leadership $8169
Environmental Studies, Certificate$8169
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