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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
EGR 95FS.01 Emerging Materials and Technologies for Our Energy Future Undergraduate Hotz Fall 25

Yes

ENERGY 112CN Nuclear Energy & Society Undergraduate Cinq-Mars Fall 25

No

ENERGY 178FS Energy Policy for a Changing World Undergraduate Murray Fall 25

Yes

ENERGY 188FS
HISTORY 178FS 		History of Energy Use and Power Generation Undergraduate Cinq-Mars Fall 25

Yes

ENVIRON 220
ECS 220 		Water Sciences Undergraduate Vengosh Fall 25

No

ENVIRON 231
ENERGY 231
ECS 231 		Energy and the Environment Undergraduate Pratson Fall 25

Yes

ME 490.05 Modern Power Systems Undergraduate Simmons Fall 25

No

PHYSICS 139S Nuclear Energy Undergraduate Howell Fall 25

Yes

HOUSECS 59.04 Intro to Energy and Climate Venture Investing Undergraduate Murray Fall 25

Yes

HOUSECS 59.06 Intro to Energy and Climate Entrepreneurship Undergraduate Wedding Fall 25

No

FECON 390 Intro to Global Carbon Trading Undergraduate Egger Fall 25

No

ECON 530
ENVIRON 520
PUBPOL 576
ENERGY 520 		Resource & Environmental Economics I Graduate, Undergraduate Katz Fall 25

Yes

EGRMGMT 590-14 Carbon Trading Graduate, Undergraduate Egger Fall 25

No

EGRMGMT 590.10 Hi-Tech Energy Strategies Graduate, Undergraduate Compton Fall 25

Yes

ENERGY 578
ECON 578 		ESG Investing Graduate, Undergraduate Wedding Fall 25

Yes

ENERGY 588
ENVIRON 588 		Intro to Solar Project Development Graduate, Undergraduate Starr, Huntly Fall 25

Yes

ENVIRON 506 Environmental Justice: Theory and Practice for Environmental Scientists Graduate, Undergraduate Emanuel Fall 25

No

ENVIRON 545
I&E 545
EGR 545 		Design Climate I: Discover Graduate, Undergraduate Ledlee Fall 25

Yes

ENVIRON 590.05
ENERGY 590.05 		Economics of Modern Power Systems Graduate, Undergraduate Lima Fall 25

Yes

ENVIRON 635
ENERGY 635 		Energy Economics and Policy Graduate, Undergraduate Bennear Fall 25

Yes

MARSCI 323A
ENVIRON 318A
ENVIRON 723A 		Offshore Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation Graduate, Undergraduate Nowacek Fall 25

Yes

ME 490.04
ME 555.04 		Carbon Capture and Utilization Graduate, Undergraduate Feng Fall 25

No

CEE 690.11 Energy Transition Graduate Beaudoin Fall 25

No

EGRMGMT 590-08 Sustainable Products for the Green Energy Transition Graduate Grune Fall 25

Yes

ENERGY 790 Clean Energy in Emerging Economies: Policy, Technology, and Business Models Graduate Phillips Fall 25

Yes

ENERGY 790-1 Emerging Energy Technologies: From Lab to Market Graduate Rohlfing Fall 25

Yes

ENVIRON 711
ENERGY 711 		Energy and Environment Graduate Pratson Fall 25

Yes

ENVIRON 716L
ENERGY 716L 		Modeling for Energy Systems Graduate Patino Echeverri Fall 25

Yes

ENVIRON 811
ENERGY 811 		Business and Environment Graduate Emerson Fall 25

Yes

ENVIRON 830
ENERGY 830 		Building Energy on Campus: Evaluating Efficiency and Conservation Graduate Johnson Fall 25

Yes

ECS 792S Microgrid Seminar Graduate Pratson Fall 25

No