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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
ENERGY 89S History of Energy Undergraduate Cinq-Mars Fall 24

Yes

ENVIRON 231
EOS 231
ENERGY 231
ECS 231 		Energy and the Environment Undergraduate Pratson Fall 24

Yes

MARSCI 323A
ENVIRON 318A 		Offshore Renewable Energy Undergraduate Nowacek Fall 24

Yes

ME 490.05 Modern Power Systems Undergraduate Simmons Fall 24

No

PHYSICS 139S Nuclear Energy Undergraduate Howell Fall 24

Yes

CEE 690.06
ECS 590.06 		Geothermal Geoscience and Engineering Graduate, Undergraduate Malin, Klein Fall 24

No

ECON 530
ENVIRON 520
PUBPOL 576
ENERGY 520 		Resource & Environmental Economics I Graduate, Undergraduate Katz Fall 24

Yes

EGR 545
ENVIRON 545
I&E 545 		Design Climate I: Discover Graduate, Undergraduate Ledlee, Horvath Fall 24

Yes

EGRMGMT 590.14
FECON 390.02 		Carbon Trading Graduate, Undergraduate Egger Fall 24

No

ENERGY 578
ECON 578 		ESG Investing Graduate, Undergraduate Wedding Fall 24

Yes

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

Yes

ENVIRON 590.05
ENERGY 590.05 		Economics of Modern Power Systems Graduate, Undergraduate Lima Fall 24

Yes

ENVIRON 590.90 Sustainable Cities & Urban Design Graduate, Undergraduate Sease Fall 24

No

ENVIRON 630
ENERGY 630 		Transportation & Energy Graduate, Undergraduate Johnson Fall 24

Yes

ENVIRON 635
ENERGY 635 		Energy Economics & Policy Graduate, Undergraduate Bennear Fall 24

Yes

CEE 690.02 Modeling Environmental, Chemical, Biological & Energy Processes Graduate Deshusses Fall 24

No

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

Yes

ENERGY 790-1 Emerging Energy Technologies: From Lab to Market Graduate Rohlfing, Henshall Fall 24

Yes

ENVIRON 711
ENERGY 711 		Energy & the Environment Graduate Pratson Fall 24

Yes

ENVIRON 716L
ENERGY 716L 		Modeling for Energy Systems Graduate Patino Echeverri Fall 24

Yes

ENVIRON 723A Offshore Renewable Energy Graduate Nowacek Fall 24

Yes

ENVIRON 811
ENERGY 811 		Business & Environment Graduate Emerson Fall 24

Yes

EOS 792S
ECS 792S 		Microgrid Seminar Graduate Pratson Fall 24

No

ME 555.04 Solar Thermal Energy Applications Graduate Knight Fall 24

Yes

ME 555.09 Carbon Capture & Utilization Graduate Feng Fall 24

No