Click here to view the list of qualifying courses for the Environmental Studies Minor.
ENV Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor(s) | Dist. Area | Cognate Category |
Days/ TIME | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENV 236 / JRN 236 / AMS 236 | The Climate Story Studio NEW COURSE |
Allison Carruth | LA | Humanities | T, 11:00 am – 12:20 pm | Elective |
| ENV 238 / AMS 238 | Environmental Movements: Conservation to Climate Justice | Allison Carruth | SA | Humanities or Social Science | M, 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm | Foundational |
| ENV 242 | Grounding Global Warming: Environmental History for a Changing World NEW COURSE |
Matthew Johnson | HA or SA | Humanities or Social Science | T Th, 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm | Elective |
| ENV 302 / CEE 302 / EEB 302 | Practical Models for Environmental Systems | Michael Celia | QCR | Engineering | M W, 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm | Elective |
| ENV 305 | Topics in Environmental Studies: Building American Style: Land-Use Policies and Rules | Deborah Popper, Frank Popper |
SA | Social Science | M, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| ENV 310 | Environmental Law and Moot Court | Daniel Greenhouse, Ladan Mehranvar |
SA | Social Science | Th, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| ENV 330 / MAE 330 | Ocean Waves | Luc Deike | SEN | Engineering or Natural Science | T Th, 11:00 am – 12:20 pm | Elective |
| ENV 353 / CEE 353 / GEO 353 | Chemistry of the Environment | Anne Kraepiel-Morel | SEN | Natural Science | T Th, 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm | Elective |
| ENV 423 / CEE 423 / GEO 423 | Hydroclimatology NEW COURSE |
Gabriele Villarini | QCR or SEN | Engineering or Humanities | M W, 8:30 am –9:50 am | Elective |
| ENV 458 / ANT 458 | Environmental Technologies: Infrastructure, Ethics, and Society NEW COURSE |
Jerry Zee | EM or SA | Humanities or Social Science | Th, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| ENV 476 / URB 476 | (Out)living Fossil Fuels: Histories and Futures of Energy Transitions NEW COURSE |
Bethany Wiggin | CD or HA | Humanities or Social Science | M W, 11:00 am – 12:20 pm | Elective |
ENV Cross-listed Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor(s) | Dist. Area | Cognate Category | Days/ TIME | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMS 262 / ENV 262 | Race, Indigeneity, and the Environment | Allison Madia | CD or SA | Humanities or Social Science | T Th, 11:00 am – 12:20 pm | Elective |
| ANT 335 / LAS 355 / ENV 335 | Psychedelics, Shamanism and Plant Intelligence | Glenn Shepard | CD or SA | Humanities or Social Science | M W, 3:00 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| ARC 205 / URB 205 / LAS 225 / ENV 205 | Interdisciplinary Design Studio | Mario Gandelsonas | LA | Humanities | T Th, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| ART 470 / ENV 470 / ECS 471 | Early Modern European Art: The Ecological History of Early Modern Prints | Susan Dackerman | HA or LA | Humanities | M, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| CEE 306 / ENV 318 | Hydrology: Water and Climate | Reed Maxwell, Mario Soriano |
SEN | Engineering | T Th, 10:00 am – 10:50 am | Foundational |
| CEE 325 / CBE 325 / ENV 325 / BNG 325 | Environmental Biotechnology | Josh Atkinson | SEN | Engineering | T Th, 11:00 am – 12:20 pm | Elective |
| CEE 344 / ENV 344 | Water, Engineering, and Civilization | Amilcare Porporato | None listed | Engineering | T Th, 3:00 pm – 4:20 pm | Foundational |
| CEE 571 / ENV 571 | Environmental Chemistry GRADUATE COURSE |
Catherine Peters | None listed | Engineering | M W, 9:00 am – 9:50 am | Elective |
| CHM 544 / ENV 544 | Metals in Biology: From Stardust to DNA GRADUATE COURSE |
John Groves | None listed | Natural Science | M W, 11:00 am – 12:20 pm | Elective |
| ECO 355 / ENV 355 | Economics of Food and Agriculture | Silvia Weyerbrock | SA | Social Science | M W, 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm | Elective |
| ENE 372 / EGR 372 / ENV 372 | Rapid Switch: The Energy Transition Challenge to a Low-carbon Future | Chris Greig, Eric Larson |
QCR | Engineering | T Th, 3:00 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| ENE 431 / ECE 431 / ENV 431 / EGR 431 | Solar Energy Conversion | Barry Rand | QCR | Engineering | M W, 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm | Elective |
| GEO 202 / ENV 326 | Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate | Bess Ward | SEN | Natural Science | T Th, 11:00 am – 12:20 pm | Elective |
| GEO 369 / MSE 369 / ENV 388 | Environmental Materials Chemistry: Researching in Field and Laboratory | Satish Myneni | SEN | Natural Science | M W, 11:00 am – 12:20 pm | Elective |
| GEO 416 / ENV 418 | Microbial Life – A Geobiological View | Xinning Zhang | None listed | Natural Science | M W, 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm | Elective |
| GEO 427 / CEE 427 / ENV 427 | Climate II: Coupled Earth System Dynamics | Stephan Fueglistaler | None listed | Natural Science | T Th, 11:00 am – 12:20 pm | Elective |
| GEO 435 / ENV 435 | Ocean Biogeochemical Cycles | Curtis Deutsch | SEN | Natural Science | M W, 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm | Elective |
| HIS 394 / ENV 394 | Thinking with Nature: Histories of Ecology & Environmentalism | Erika Milam | HA | Humanities or Social Science | M W, 10:00 am – 10:50 am | Foundational |
| HIS 473 / AFS 472 / ENV 473 | Humans as Prey: An Environmental History of Human-Animal Relations | Jacob Dlamini | HA | Humanities or Natural Science | M, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| HIS 489 / ENV 488 / LAS 489 | Environmental History of Latin America | Vera Candiani | HA or SA | Humanities or Social Science | W, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| NES 366 / ENE 364 / ENV 366 | Oil, Energy and The Middle East | Bernard Haykel | SA | Humanities or Social Science | W, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| SLA 328 / ENV 332 / COM 472 / RES 328 | Nature and Narrative: Environmental Perspectives in East European Literature | Ana Cohle | LA | Humanities | T Th, 11:00 am – 12:20 pm | Elective |
| SPI 350 / ENV 350 | The Environment: Science and Policy | Michael Oppenheimer, David Wilcove | SEN | Natural Science or Social Science | T Th, 11:00 am – 11:50 am | Foundational |
| SPI 434 / ENV 434 | Environmental Justice NEW COURSE |
Eric Tate | EM | Humanities or Social Science | M, 11:00 am – 11:50 am | Elective |
| THR 314 / ENV 301 / MTD 314 | Investigative Theater for a Changing Climate NEW COURSE P/D/F Accepted for Minor |
Steve Cosson, Khristián Méndez Aguirre | LA | Humanities | M, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |

