Departments & Programs

Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Sustainable Energy and Resources Concentration Courses

Students must select two courses from the following list and two courses from the list of elective courses.

Geography

  • GEOG-G 411 Sustainable Development Systems
  • GEOG-G 451 Water Resources
  • GEOG-G 461 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change

Geological Sciences

  • GEOL-G 328 Energy, Resources, and the Environment
  • GEOL-G 448 Sustainable Energy Systems
  • GEOL-G 476 Climate Change Science
Physics
  • PHYS-P 310 Environmental Physics
Public and Environmental Affairs, School of
  • SPEA-E 401 Human Behavior and Energy Consumption
  • SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation

Elective Courses: Students must select two courses from the following list.

Anthropology

  • ANTH-E 328 Ecological Anthropology
  • ANTH-E 418 Globalization and Consumer Culture
  • ANTH-E 444 People and Protected Areas
Apparel Merchandise and Interior Design
  • AMID-R 416 Sustainability in Product Design
Biology
  • BIOL-L 350 Environmental Biology
  • BIOL-L 473 Ecology
Business, Kelley School of
  • BUS-L 302 Sustainability Law and Policy
  • BUS-G 316 Sustainable Enterprise
Central Eurasian Studies
  • CEUS-R 394 Environmental Problems and Social Constraints in Northern and Central Eurasia
Chemistry
  • CHEM-A 314 Biological and Environmental Chemical Analysis
Criminal Justice
  • CJUS-P 401 Environmental Justice
Geography
  • GEOG-G 305 Environmental Change—Nature and Impact
  • GEOG-G 307 Biogeography: Distribution of Life
  • GEOG-G 341 Ecological Restoration: Science and Politics
  • GEOG-G 411 Sustainable Development Systems
  • GEOG-G 444 Climate Change Impacts
  • GEOG-G 448 Capitalism and Nature
  • GEOG-G 451 Water Resources
  • GEOG-G 453 Water and Society
  • GEOG-G 461 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
  • GEOG-G 463 Environmental Politics of South Asia
Geological Sciences
  • GEOL-G 341 Natural History of Coral Reefs
  • GEOL-G 416 Economic Geology
  • GEOL-G 448 Sustainable Energy Systems
  • GEOL-G 451 Principles of Hydrogeology
  • GEOL-G 476 Climate Change Science
History
  • HIST-W 300 Issues in World History (Approved topic: Global Environmental History)
Labor Studies
  • LSTU-L 390 Topics in Labor Studies (Approved topic: Jobs and the Environment)
Physics
  • PHYS-P 310 Environmental Physics
Political Science
  • POLS-Y 313 Environmental Policy
Public and Environmental Affairs, School of
  • SPEA-E 311 Introduction to Risk Assessment and Communication
  • SPEA-E 332 Introduction to Applied Ecology
  • SPEA-E 340 Environmental Economics and Finance
  • SPEA-E 363 Environmental Management
  • SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies, Approved topics below
    • The Foundations of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
    • Environmental Sustainability
    • Biological Assessment and Criteria
    • Environmental Topics: Farming the City
    • Environmental Topics: Radiological Hazard Management
    • E 400/V450 Leadership and Creativity in Environmental Policy
  • SPEA-E 422 Urban Forest Management
  • SPEA-E 426 Applied Mathematics for Environmental Science
  • SPEA-E 431 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
  • SPEA-E 451 Air Pollution and Control
  • SPEA-E 452 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
  • SPEA-E 456 Lake and Watershed Management
  • SPEA-E 460 Fisheries Wildlife and Management
  • SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation
  • SPEA-H 316 Environmental Health Science
  • SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs, Approved topics below:
    • Public Transit Management
    • Community Development
    • Climate Change and Electricity
  • SPEA-V 462 Community Development
Public Health, School of
  • SPH-O 310 Ecosystem Management
  • SPH-T 301 Sustainable Tourism
  • SPH-R 355 Outdoor Recreation Consortium
  • SPH-R 385 Wilderness and Protected Lands
  • SPH-R 429 Ecotourism: Administration and Management

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