Sustainability & Natural Resources suggested courses

The following is our list of potential concentration courses offered in the academic year 2024-2025 for students concentrating in Sustainability & Natural Resources.

This list of potential concentration courses is non-exhaustive and is intended only as a resource to help students find relevant courses. Students may use courses not included on this list to satisfy their concentration requirement.

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  • ECON 330 Economics of Natural Resources Instructor: R. Mendelsohn 
  • ECON 335 Growth and Macroeconomics Instructor: F. Zilibotti 
  • EDST 290 Leadership, Change, and Improvement in Education Instructor: R. Lemons 
  • E&EB 322 Evolutionary Genetics Instructor: J. Coughlan 
  • E&EB 330 Ecosystem Ecology Instructor: M. Wong 
  • ENAS 645 Industrial Ecology Instructor: R. Miller
  • ENV 771 Fundamentals of Green Engineering and Green Chemistry Instructor: P. Anastas
  • ENV 573 Urban Ecology for Local and Regional Decision Instructor: M. Grove 
  • ENV 603 Environmental Data Visualization for Communication Instructor: S. Queenborough
  • ENV 610 Managing Ecosystems for Climate Change Solutions Instructor: P. Brando 
  • ENV 623 The Role of Methane in Climate Disruption: The Search for Solutions Instructor: S. Malone 
  • ENV 624 The Science, Policy, and Management of GHG Removal Strategies Instructor: J. Saiers & M. Kotchen 
  • ENV 645 Urbanization, Global Change, and Sustainability Instructor: K. Seto 
  • ENV 646 Foundations of Agriculture and Environment Instructor: S. Wood 
  • ENV 653 Maple: From Tree to Table Instructor: J. Orefice 
  • ENV 659 The Practice of Silviculture: Principles in Applied Forest Ecology Instructor: M. Ashton 
  • ENV 664 Managing River Systems in a Changing Landscape Instructor: F. Fitzpatrick
  • ENV 688 Forest Management and Operations Instructor: J. Orefice 
  • ENV 692 Science and Practice of Temperate Agroforestry Instructor: M. Giroux 
  • ENV 724 Watershed Cycles and Processes Instructor: J. Saiers & P.Raymond
  • ENV 744 Conservation Science and Landscape Planning Instructor: O. Schmitz
  • ENV 799 Sustainable Development Goals and Implementation Instructor: G. Geballe
  • ENV 811 Metrics, Tools, and Indicators in Corporate Responsibility Instructor: T. Cort
  • ENV 820 Land Use Law and Environmental Planning Instructor: M. Shansky 
  • ENV 835 Seminar on Land Use Planning Instructor: J. Bacher 
  • ENV 840 Climate Change Policy and Perspectives Instructor: R. Klee 
  • ENV 966 Sustainability Implementation: Change Management in Institutional Settings Instructor: S. Smith & L.Crum 
  • ENVE 360 Green Engineering and Sustainable Design Instructor: J. Zimmerman
  • ENVE 377 Water Quality Control Instructor: J. Kim 
  • ENVE 438 Environmental Organic Chemistry Instructor: J. Fortner 
  • EPS 274 Fossil Fuels and World Energy Instructor: M. Oristaglio 
  • EVST 020 Sustainable Development in Haiti Instructor: G. Geballe 
  • EVST 100 Energy, Environment, and Public Policy Instructor: D. Prober 
  • EVST 212 Democracy and Sustainability Instructor: M. Fotos 
  • EVST 227 Energy and Environmental Policy Solutions for the Anthropocene Instructor: R. Klee 
  • EVST 244 Coastal Environments in a Changing World Instructor: M. Decker 
  • EVST 234L Field Science: Environment and Sustainability Instructor: L. Freidenburg 
  • EVST 318 American Energy History Instructor: P. Sabin 
  • EVST 415 Biotechnology and the Developing World Instructor: A. Gonzalez 
  • EVST 431 The Physical Science of Climate Change Instructor: P. Raymond, X. Lee 
  • HIST 405 How to Ruin the World: Global Environmental History Since 1500 Instructor: S. Amrith 
  • MGT 568 Sustainability Finance Instructor: T. Cort