Early selection of a topic allows students to garner information in an orderly way that makes the writing easier and the experience more meaningful. Second, papers tend to be too long or too short. Papers must be between 20 and 30 pages long, somewhere between a class paper and a thesis. It is acceptable to take a class paper and expand it to the appropriate length. Third, papers must have ethical content.
Environmental ethics concerns decisions on environmental problems that involve competing values.
Therefore, papers are unacceptable unless they deal with an environmental problem from an ethical perspective. For a list of previous Undergraduate EECP paper titles, click here . The original paper is then approved by the Undergraduate Coordinator. After the program of study is completed, students and the Undergraduate Coordinator meet to determine that all the requirements for the Certificate have been completed. The Undergraduate Coordinator prepares the Certificate and notifies the Registrar of the University that the student has successfully completed the Certificate.