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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
CULANTH 345S
ENVIRON 343S
RIGHTS 334S 		Energy Futures & Environmental Justice Undergraduate Folch Spring 24

No

ECON 325S
ENERGY 325S 		Economic Analysis of Current Energy Issues Undergraduate Boyd Spring 24

Yes

ENERGY 89S Energy & Society Undergraduate Cinq-Mars Spring 24

Yes

HISTORY 131S
ENVIRON 131S 		Global History of Extraction Undergraduate Shutzer Spring 24

No

ME 490.01 Renewable Energy Technologies Undergraduate Simmons Spring 24

No

ME 490.02 Power for Mechanical Systems Undergraduate Knight Spring 24

No

PHYSICS 137S Energy in the 21st Century Undergraduate Teitsworth Spring 24

Yes

ECE 431/531
ENRGYEGR 431/531 		Power Electronic Circuits for Energy Conversion Graduate, Undergraduate Peterchev Spring 24

Yes

ENERGY 579
I&E 579 		Climate Tech Startups & Investors Graduate, Undergraduate Wedding Spring 24

Yes

ENERGY 588
ENVIRON 588 		Intro to Solar Project Development Graduate, Undergraduate Starr Spring 24

Yes

ENVIRON 631
ENERGY 631 		Energy Technology & Impact on the Environment Graduate, Undergraduate Johnson Spring 24

Yes

EOS 524
ECS 524
ENVIRON 524
ENERGY 524 		Water Quality & Health Graduate, Undergraduate Vengosh Spring 24

Yes

EOS 568S
ENVIRON 568S
ECS 568S 		Integrated Assessment Modeling - Examining Strategies for Meeting Energy and Environmental Goals Graduate, Undergraduate Loughlin Spring 24

No

ECS 590.01 Geothermal Topics & Practice Graduate, Undergraduate Malin Spring 24

Yes

EGRMGMT 590.08 Sustainable Products for the Green Energy Transition Graduate Grune Spring 24

Yes

EGRMGMT 590.10 Clean Energy Practicum Graduate Compton Spring 24

Yes

ENERGY 620 Energy Finance Graduate Rockart, Wedding Spring 24

Yes

ENRGYENV 625.301 Energy, Markets & Innovation Graduate Pratson Spring 24

No

ENRGYENV 629.301 EDGE Seminar Series 2 Graduate Vermeer Spring 24

Yes

ENRGYENV 895.301/895.302 Fuqua Client Consulting Practicum Graduate Starr, Wedding Spring 24

No

ENVIRON 638
ENERGY 638 		Environmental Life Cycle Analysis Graduate Hee Spring 24

No

ENVIRON 717 Markets for Electric Power Graduate Patino Echeverri Spring 24

Yes

ENVIRON 790.12 Clean Energy Seminar Graduate Kalies Spring 24

No

ENVIRON 797
ENERGY 797 		Time Series Analysis for Energy & Environment Applications Graduate Spring 24

No

ENVIRON 982 DEL: Sustainable Development in Colombia Graduate Sotelo Spring 24

No

I&E 712
ENERGY 712
ENVIRON 759 		Commercializing Climate Technologies Graduate Carpenter Spring 24

No

PUBPOL 754 International Energy System, Sustainable Development & Security Graduate Mirovitskaia Spring 24

No