Sustainable Food, Energy, Water Graduate Certificate

Location(s): Manhattan Campus

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This graduate certificate program will train students with the technical skills and broad understanding to address sustainability and key resource challenges (e.g., food, water, energy, population) faced by many sectors of society, with an emphasis on rural areas. The graduate certificate will prepare students to address critical issues in FEW systems such as cross-cutting engineering innovations, socioeconomic factors driving resource recovery, reuse, and rural development; soil, water, and energy conservation; water and wastewater management.

Point of contact:
Stacy L. Hutchinson, Ph.D.
Email: sllhutch@ksu.edu | Phone: 785-532-5844

This certificate may connect with one or more master degree programs. At the recommendation of the academic program, students may apply credits earned through this graduate certificate completion towards a graduate program at Kansas State University, provided that all Graduate School policies are fulfilled.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the FEW Graduate Certificate program will require that the student (a) has completed a 4-year undergraduate degree or has been accepted by the Graduate School for admission to a graduate degree program at Kansas State University, and (b) has completed at least 3 upper-division (junior-level or higher) undergraduate courses in technical areas consistent with topics included in FEW subject matter electives. The FEW Program Director will determine if the required qualifications have been met by each applicant.

Special Requirements

General Requirements: Students must be enrolled in a graduate degree program at Kansas State University, and complete a minimum of 12 hours of prescribed coursework.

Complete 2 semesters of DEN 892 FEW Seminar (0 credit hours).

If a student is enrolled in a graduate degree program, no more than six credits may be taken from the student’s home department. In addition, the decision about which FEW courses may count toward graduate program degree requirements is left to the student and his/her supervisory committee in accordance with home departmental policy.

Course Requirements

Required Courses

GENAG 670 - Introduction to Agricultural Resources and Environmental Management Credits: 2
GENAG 870 - Capstone for Agricultural Resources and Environmental Management Credits: 1

Natural/Technology Systems Elective Courses

Minimum of 3 credits required.

AGRON 615 - Topics in Agronomy Credits: 1-3
AGRON 635 - Soil and Water Conservation Credits: 3
AGRON 835 - Nutrient Sources, Uptake and Cycling Credits: 3
ATM 661 - Watershed Assessment and Management Credits: 3
BAE 560 - Hydrology for Biological Systems Credits: 3
BAE 665 - Ecological Engineering Design Credits: 3
BAE 669 - Watershed Modeling Credits: 3
BAE 865 - Advanced Ecological Engineering Design Credits: 3
BAE 869 - Advanced Watershed Modeling Credits: 3
CE 550 - Water Resources Engineering Credits: 3
CE 565 - Water and Wastewater Engineering Credits: 3
CE 625 - Principles of Geoenvironmental Engineering Credits: 3
CE 751 - Hydraulics of Open Channels Credits: 3
CE 752 - Advanced Hydrology Credits: 3
CE 766 - Wastewater Engineering: Biological Processes Credits: 3
CE 816 - Selected Topics in Civil Engineering Credits: 1-18
CE 854 - Analysis of Groundwater Flow Credits: 3
CE 866 - Advanced Wastewater Treatment Credits: 3
CHE 862 - Advanced Transport Phenomena I Credits: 3
GEOG 535 - Global Climatology and Climate Change Credits: 4
GEOG 840 - Advanced Environmental Geography Credits: 3
ME 523 - Thermodynamics II Credits: 3
ME 721 - Thermal Systems Design Credits: 3
ME 820 - Intermediate Topics in Thermal and Fluid Mechanics Credits: 0-18

Social/Human System Elective Courses