Other pre-approved courses may count; students may consult with the certificate director.

Guidance on Electives and Co-Curricular Requirements:

• One elective course outside the Divinity School should draw from the Nicholas School of the Environment, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke Campus Farm, Sanford World Food Policy Center, Cultural Anthropology, or other subject areas that have a clear and identifiable focus on some aspect of environmental, food, or political-ecological theory, policy, and practice and be taught at a master’s level;

• Participation in either an independent environmental engagement/action project or appropriate field education placement that involves some aspect of environmental or socio-ecological witness; and

• Attendance at either the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network’s annual EJ Summit or the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference at least once over the duration of the student’s program, or an equivalent gathering to be agreed on in advance; as well as participation in at least one action organized by the North Carolina Chapter of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee.