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Climate & Sustainability Courses

The Fall 2023 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
EGR 95FS Emerging Materials and Technologies for Energy Future Undergraduate Hotz Fall 23

No

EGR 95FS Sustainable Energy Project: Engineering Design and Communication Undergraduate Staff Fall 23

No

ENERGY 178FS Energy Policy for a Changing World Undergraduate Murray Fall 23

Yes

ENERGY 188FS History of Energy Use and Power Generation Undergraduate Cinq-Mars Fall 23

Yes

ENVIRON 231
EOS 231
ENERGY 231
ECS 231
Energy & Environment Undergraduate Johnson Fall 23

Yes

ME 461 Energy Engineering & the Environment Undergraduate Knight Fall 23

No

ME 490.04 Modern Power Systems Undergraduate Simmons Fall 23

No

PHYSICS 139S Nuclear Energy Undergraduate Howell Fall 23

No

PHYSICS 362D Electricity & Magnetism Undergraduate Haravifard Fall 23

Yes

ENERGY 578
ECON 578
ESG Investing Graduate, Undergraduate Wedding Fall 23

No

ENERGY 588
ENVIRON 588
Intro to Solar Project Development Graduate, Undergraduate Starr, Lima Fall 23

Yes

ENVIRON 520
ECON 530
PUBPOL 576
ENERGY 520
Resource & Environmental Economics I Graduate, Undergraduate Ma Fall 23

Yes

ENVIRON 590.05
ENERGY 590.05
Economics of Modern Power Systems Graduate, Undergraduate Lima Fall 23

No

ENVIRON 635
ENERGY 635
Energy Economics & Policy Graduate, Undergraduate Ma Fall 23

No

ENVIRON 723A
MARSCI 323A
Offshore Renewable Energy Graduate, Undergraduate Nowacek Fall 23

Yes

ECS 590.01 Geothermal Topics & Practice Graduate, Undergraduate Malin, Klein Fall 23

Yes

CEE 690.03 Modeling Environmental, Chemical, Biological, & Energy Processes Graduate Deshusses Fall 23

No

EGRMGMT 590.08 Sustainable Products for Green Energy Transitions Graduate Grune Fall 23

Yes

ENERGY 790-1 Emerging Energy Technologies: From Lab to Market Graduate Rohlfing, Henshall Fall 23

Yes

ENVIRON 711
ENERGY 711
Energy and the Environment Graduate Johnson Fall 23

Yes

ENVIRON 716L
ENERGY 716L
Modeling for Energy Systems Graduate Lima, Patino Echeverri Fall 23

No

ENVIRON 811
ENERGY 811
Business & Environment Graduate Pare, Emerson Fall 23

No

ME 555.06 Solar Thermal Energy Applications Graduate Knight Fall 23

No