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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 Energy Future Undergraduate Hotz Fall 26

Yes

EGR 95FS.02 Sustainable Energy Project: Engineering Design and Communication Undergraduate Rizk, Bergin Fall 26

Yes

ENERGY 178FS Energy Policy for a Changing World Undergraduate Murray Fall 26

Yes

ENERGY 188FS
HISTORY 178FS 		History of Energy Use and Power Generation Undergraduate Cinq-Mars Fall 26

Yes

ENERGY 498S Energy and the Environment Capstone I: Bootcamp Undergraduate Cinq-Mars, Simmons Fall 26

No

ENVIRON 231
ENERGY 231
ECS 231 		Energy and the Environment Undergraduate Pratson Fall 26

Yes

ME 490.04 Modern Power Systems Undergraduate Simmons Fall 26

No

FECON 390.02 Intro to Global Carbon Trading Undergraduate Egger Fall 26

No

ECON 530
ENERGY 520
ENVIRON 520
PUBPOL 576 		Resource & Environmental Economics I Graduate, Undergraduate Bennear Fall 26

Yes

ENERGY 578
ECON 578 		ESG Investing Graduate, Undergraduate Wedding Fall 26

Yes

ENERGY 588
ENVIRON 588 		Intro to Solar Project Development Graduate, Undergraduate Starr, Medoff Fall 26

Yes

ENERGY 590.01
ENVIRON 590.01
PUBPOL 590.03 		Coal & Just Energy Transitions Graduate, Undergraduate Sandeep, Ewing Fall 26

No

ENVIRON 506 Environmental Justice: Theory and Practice for Environmental Scientists Graduate, Undergraduate Emanuel Fall 26

No

ENVIRON 545
I&E 545
EGR 545 		Design Climate I: Discover Graduate, Undergraduate Ledlee, Cartpenter, Bertelli Fall 26

Yes

ENVIRON 595
ENERGY 595 		Economics of Modern Power Systems Graduate, Undergraduate Lima Fall 26

Yes

ENVIRON 630
ENERGY 630 		Transportation and Energy Graduate, Undergraduate Johnson Fall 26

No

ENVIRON 635
ENERGY 635 		Energy Economics and Policy Graduate, Undergraduate Bennear Fall 26

Yes

MARSCI 323A
ENVIRON 318A
ENVIRON 723A 		Offshore Renewable Energy & Wildlife Conservation Graduate, Undergraduate Nowacek Fall 26

Yes

CEE 690.03 Energy Transition Graduate Beaudoin Fall 26

No

EGRMGMT 590.08 Sustainable Products for Green Energy Transition Graduate Grune Fall 26

Yes

EGRMGMT 590.10 Hi-Tech Energy Strategies Graduate Compton Fall 26

Yes

EGRMGMT 590.14 Carbon Trading Graduate Egger Fall 26

No

ENVIRON 690.01 Navigating Megatrends Graduate Parker Fall 26

No

ENVIRON 711
ENERGY 711 		Energy & Environment Graduate Pratson Fall 26

Yes

ENVIRON 716L
ENERGY 716L 		Modeling for Energy Systems Graduate Patino Echeverri Fall 26

Yes

ENVIRON 790.10 Carbon Accounting & Certification Graduate Emerson Fall 26

No

ENVIRON 811
ENERGY 811 		Business and Environment Graduate Emerson Fall 26

Yes

ECS 792S Microgrid Seminar Graduate Pratson Fall 26

No