Certificate
Certificate in Socially Responsible Organizational Leadership
Be a catalyst for change.
In nearly any environmental context, organizational sustainability, leadership, and management skills are essential. We’re here to help you gain the leadership, organizational management, facilitation, and community engagement skills to succeed in various nonprofit, non-governmental, academic, governmental, and/or for-profit organizational contexts. Understanding both internal and external organizational issues of justice, human rights, inclusion, and sustainability is essential to social responsibility and leadership. Students enrolled in this certificate gain skills, knowledge, and experiences to address these issues at multiple levels—personal, organizational, and environmental—in socially responsible ways to serve as catalysts for change throughout their careers.
Antioch’s New England campus offers this degree, available online and in person.
“I have always been drawn to nature in a way that was beyond recreation….the connection was always spiritual. By the time I was in high school, I was ready to devote myself to her protection as a career,” she says. “[We need] to center the voices, needs, and experiences of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color in the environmental movement….I’d like to permanently flip the paradigm of what it means to do environmental work in this country.”
Nia Keith ’09
Vice President for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ), Mass Audubon
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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
AUNE’s Environmental Studies Department is committed to building leaders and learners capable of addressing today’s complex issues in innovative ways. Effectively building students’ socially responsible organizational capacities is essential to this commitment. This certificate builds upon our proven track record of graduates serving as change agents and justice-minded leaders in a variety of organizational contexts.
Degree Requirements
Requirements
The Environmental Studies Department offers this 9-credit (minimum) certificate to matriculated and non-matriculated students. Matriculated students who fulfill the requirements of a certificate will earn a dual credential along with their Master of Science. We believe that each of these certificates add tremendous value to Antioch students’ professional development and career opportunities. Students complete the required courses from the Environmental Studies MS curriculum, a minimum of (3 credits) from each of the following areas:
- Certificate Core Requirement (minimum 3 credits):
- ESC 5440 Leadership for Change (3-credit)
- Organizational Sustainability (minimum 3 credits):
- ESM 5160 Building Sustainable Organizations (3-credit)
- ESAF 5000 Financial Administration (3-credits)
- ESS 5780 Principles of Sustainability (3-credits)
- Application (minimum 3 credits):
- ESPE 5600 Energy & Materials Sustainability (3 credit)
- ESPE 5605 Facilitating Organizational Sustainable Practice (1-credit, online)
- ESPE 6005 Organizational Materials & Waste Management (1-credit, online)
- ESPE 6010 Energy Transition: Renewable (1-credit, online)
- ES 5440 Proposal Writing and Project Management (3-credits)
- ESE 5060 Program Evaluation for Conservation & Environmental Educators (3-credits)
- ES 5170 Diversity, Justice and Inclusion (2 credit)
- ES 5030 Dispute Resolution (1-credit)
- ES 5040 Consulting Skills (1 credit)
- ES 5890 Global Cultural Awareness and Literacy (1-credit, online)
Elizabeth McCann, PhD
Core Faculty
Environmental Studies & Sustainability
Centers and Resources
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 9 to 12 months. Socially Responsible Organizational Leadership certificate courses meet one day/week, hybrid, online and/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.
Faculty Spotlights
Peter Palmiotto, PhD
Core Faculty, Co-Director
Abigail Abrash Walton, PhD
Dean
Christa Daniels, PhD
Director
Rachel Thiet, PhD
Core Faculty
Admissions / Cost
Deadlines
| Program | Term | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Studies Certificates | Summer | April 15 |
| Fall | July 15 | |
| Spring | December 1 |
How to Apply
- 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
- There are additional requirements for International applicants and applicants without a Bachelor’s degree
- 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.
LEARN MORE
Questions about the Admissions process? Contact Sarah Wilson in 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 Name | Tuition Cost per Credit | Total Program Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Certificates: *with careful course selection all certificates are possible within the Environmental Studies MS degree requirements |
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| Applied Spatial Analysis for GIS | $816 | 9 |
| Climate Change Education | $816 | 9 |
| Climate Resilience | $816 | 9 |
| Conservation Psychology | $816 | 9 |
| Environmental and Sustainability Education | $816 | 12 |
| Food Justice and Resilient Communities | $816 | 9 |
| Socially Responsible Organizational Leadership | $816 | 9 |
| Environmental Studies, Certificate | $816 | 9 |
| View the Cost of Attendance Components | ||
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