EBS Certificate Program Course Requirements

To earn the EBS Certificate, eligible students must meet the following course requirements during their graduate studies at UC Berkeley:

1) Complete the mandatory one-unit seminar course: Technologies for Sustainable Societies (Civil Engineering 292A)

AND

2) Complete a minimum of three courses units in at least three of the following EBS thematic course areas to ensure adequate breadth of training:
(I) Methods and Tools of Engineering for Sustainable Systems
(II) Products, Processes, and Services
(III) Management, Strategy, Economics and Risk
(IV) Policy and Systems

A current list of EBS-approved courses in each thematic course area is provided on the courses page.

Important notes:

• Only those courses listed on the EBS-approved course list can be applied for credit toward the EBS Certificate. No course substitutions are allowed.
• All EBS-approved courses must be taken for a letter grade, except for the one-unit seminar course (CE 292A), which must be taken on a "satisfactory/unsatisfactory" basis.
• A minimum course grade of "B" is required for credit toward the EBS Certificate.
• A maximum of three units may be from EBS-approved undergraduate courses.
• If necessary, the one-unit seminar course (CE 292A) may be used in combination with one two-unit course to meet the three-unit requirement in an EBS thematic course area.
• For most students, the EBS course requirements can be met by completing a total of four courses (CE 292A plus one course in three different EBS thematic course areas). However, because there are several two-unit courses on the EBS-approved course list, more than four courses may be necessary to meet the minimum requirement of three course units in three different EBS thematic course areas.