# Sustainability Studies (Certificate of Achievement)

MiraCosta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Physical Science

Source: https://catalog.miracosta.edu/disciplines/physicalscience/

Sustainability entails lifelong behaviors that ensure societal well-being and survival in the natural world. This certificate prepares students to make sustainability decisions regarding the physical, social, and economic environments in which they live. Students are strongly encouraged to work with a MiraCosta counselor to ensure that this pathway certificate is incorporated into their selected general education pattern.

##### Program Student Learning Outcome

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to analyze sustainability issues and evaluate the effect on physical, social, and economic environments.

**Course Requirements**

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Select one course:** | | 3 |
| EART 106 | Earth and Space Science |  |
| GEOG 101 | Earth's Dynamic Environment: Introduction to Physical Geography |  |
| PHSN 106 | Introduction to Physical Science: Physics and Chemistry |  |
| **Select one combined lecture and lab course or a correlating lecture and lab course.** | | 3-4 |
| BIO 102 | Introductory Biology: Ecology and Environmental Biology |  |
| ↳ BIO 108 & BIO 108L | Introductory Biology: Ocean Ecology and Sustainabilityand Introductory Biology: Ocean Ecology and Sustainability Lab |  |
| HORT 115 | Soil Science |  |
| **Complete the courses below.** | | 6 |
| DESN 107 | History of Western Architecture-A Sustainable Perspective |  |
| GEOG 108 | Environmental Sustainability and Society |  |
| **Total Units** | | **12-13** |