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Climate & Sustainability Courses

The Climate & Sustainability Course List External link, though not an exhaustive directory, shows more than 150 offerings across 40 different subjects. The list provides a landscape of university-wide classes with strong connections to climate and sustainability and can serve as an initial roadmap for students interested in engaging more deeply on these issues.

Energy Courses

Use the database below to search for courses with a significant degree of energy-related content. (The requirements for energy degree programs also are helpful for identifying courses that are not specifically about energy but may address relevant skills and knowledge.)

Course syllabi are provided where available. Course listings update frequently and are subject to change. Please visit DukeHub for the latest information.

 

Course Number Title Level Instructor Semester Syllabus
ME 461 Energy Engineering and the Environment Undergraduate Knight Spring 26

No

ME 490.01 Renewable Energy Technologies Undergraduate Simmons Spring 26

No

ME 490.02 Power for Mechanical Systems Undergraduate Knight Spring 26

No

ME 490.06 Design for Energy & Environment Undergraduate Knight Spring 26

No

ME 490.08 Design Climate II: Develop Undergraduate Ledlee Spring 26

Yes

ME 490.09 Climate-Tech Studio Undergraduate Simmons, Ledlee Spring 26

No

PHYSICS 137S Energy in the 21st Century Undergraduate Teitsworth Spring 26

Yes

PHYSICS 152L Introductory Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics Undergraduate Kumah, Roy Spring 26

No

ECS 103 Climate Change for Future Leaders Undergraduate Glass Spring 26

No

CEE 690.05 Environment Systems Analysis & Adaptation Graduate, Undergraduate Zaniolo Spring 26

No

CEE 690.08 Sustainable Business for Engineers Graduate, Undergraduate Reiners Spring 26

No

CEE 690.09
ENERGY 590.09 		Practicum: Utilities and Their Innovative Solutions Addressing Climate Challenges Graduate, Undergraduate Hughes Spring 26

No

ENERGY 579 Climate Tech Startups and Investors Graduate, Undergraduate Wedding Spring 26

Yes

ENERGY 588
ENVIRON 588 		Intro to Solar Project Development Graduate, Undergraduate Starr, Huntly Spring 26

Yes

ENERGY 620 Energy Finance Graduate, Undergraduate Wedding Spring 26

Yes

ENVIRON 524
ENERGY 524
GLHLTH 5347
ECS 524 		Water Quality & Health Graduate, Undergraduate Vengosh Spring 26

Yes

ENVIRON 546
EGR 546
I&E 546 		Design Climate II: Develop Graduate, Undergraduate Ledlee Spring 26

Yes

ENVIRON 568S
ECS 568S 		Integrated Assessment Modeling Graduate, Undergraduate Loughlin Spring 26

Yes

ENVIRON 577
PUBPOL 577 		Global Environmental Politics Graduate, Undergraduate Marion Suiseeya Spring 26

No

ENVIRON 631
ENERGY 631 		Energy Technology and Impact on the Environment Graduate, Undergraduate Johnson Spring 26

Yes

ENVIRON 638
ENERGY 638 		Environmental Life Cycle Analysis Graduate, Undergraduate Hee Spring 26

Yes

ENVIRON 640
PUBPOL 585 		Climate Change Economics and Policy Graduate, Undergraduate Fan Spring 26

No

EGR 590.01
ENVIRON 590.01 		Climate-Tech Studio Graduate Simmons, Ledlee Spring 26

No

ENVIRON 717 Markets for Electric Power Graduate Patino Echeverri Spring 26

Yes

ENVIRON 790.10 Carbon Accounting & Certificates Graduate Emerson Spring 26

No

ENVIRON 790.41 Sustainable Operations & Supply Chains Graduate Parker Spring 26

No

ENVIRON 797
ENERGY 797 		Time Series Analysis for Energy & Environment Applications Graduate Lima Spring 26

No

ENVIRON 826 Global Environmental Politics Graduate Weinthal Spring 26

No

ENVIRON 982 DEL: Sustainable Development in Colombia Graduate Rojas Spring 26

No

ENVIRON 990.02 Carbon Accounting Graduate Emerson Spring 26

No

PUBPOL 754 International Energy System, Sustainable Development and Security Graduate Mirovitskaya Spring 26

No