Reach Your Career Goals

Flexible, 100% Online

Advance your sustainability career with the Universities of Wisconsin.

With UW Sustainable Management, you can choose from a range of options across certificates and degrees. You’ll learn on your schedule while building skills you can use on the job.

  • No campus visits, no set class times.
  • Dedicated support from enrollment to graduation.
  • Credits transfer between programs.

Scholarships available for eligible bachelor’s and master’s degree students, with nearly $1.5 million awarded since 2011.

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Connect with an enrollment adviser to explore:

  • Program fit with your goals
  • Career pathways
  • Admission requirements
  • Tuition and financial aid

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You’ll get support with the flexibility you need.

You’ll be supported every step of the way. From your first call with an enrollment adviser to a success coach who will help you register for classes, order textbooks, plan for graduation, or when you have questions.

Whether you start with a certificate or a degree, you’ll build on your experience by expanding your knowledge of the social, environmental, and economic concepts behind sustainability.

Undergraduate Programs in Sustainability

A partnership of UW-Parkside, UW-River Falls, and UW-Superior

Environmental Sustainability
Certificate

You’ll learn about:
Climate change
Carbon neutral practices
Ecology
Renewable energy
Energy systems
Natural resource management

Sustainable Enterprise
Certificate

You’ll learn about:
Triple bottom line accounting
Economics
International trade
Information technology and energy efficiency
Organizational behavior

Sustainable Management
Bachelor's Completion

You’ll learn about:
Environmental science
Systems thinking
Business communications
Agricultural systems
Marketing
Supply chain
International development
Social responsibility

Graduate Programs in Sustainability

A partnership of UW-Green Bay, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Parkside, UW-Stout Polytechnic, and UW-Superior

Climate Leadership
Certificate

You’ll learn about:
Climate change
Foundations of sustainability
Humans and the natural environment
Organizational change

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Certificate

You’ll learn about:
Triple bottom line accounting
Applied research
Policy, law, and ethics in sustainability
Economic systems

Sustainable Management
Master's Degree

You’ll learn about:
Human impact on natural systems
Carbon cycle
Sustainable community design
Geopolitical systems
Supply chain management
Resource recovery
Waste management
Social responsibility

  • Certificate students will receive credit for applicable courses if they continue to the bachelor’s or master’s degree program.
  • The bachelor’s degree is a degree completion program, designed for people who have 60+ college credits or an associate degree.
  • The ACT or SAT is not required for admission to the bachelor’s degree if you have an associate degree or higher.
  • A bachelor’s degree is required for admission to the master’s degree and graduate certificates.
  • Exams, such as the GMAT or GRE, are not required for admission to the master’s degree.

A COLLABORATION OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF WISCONSIN

The Universities of Wisconsin is one of the largest and most widely respected public higher education systems in the country. UW campus partnerships combine the quality of a University of Wisconsin education with the flexibility of an online degree or certificate.

UW Sustainable Management programs are a partnership of

University of Wisconsin institutions offering the online Sustainable Management bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and certificates are fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The programs have been approved by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents.