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ENV Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor(s) | Dist. Area | Cognate Category |
Days/ Time | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENV 302 / CEE 302 / EEB 302 |
Practical Models for Environmental Systems | Reed Maxwell | QCR | Engineering/ Natural Science |
T Th, 1:20 pm – 2:40 pm | Elective |
| ENV 305 | Topics in Environmental Studies: Building American Style: Land-Use Policies and Rules | Deborah Popper, Frank Popper | SA | Humanities/ Social Science |
M, 1:20 pm – 4:10 pm | Elective |
| ENV 310 | Environmental Law and Moot Court | Daniel Greenhouse | SA | Humanities/ Social Science |
Th, 1:20 pm – 4:10 pm | Elective |
| ENV 311 | Climate Wayfinding NEW COURSE |
Katharine Wilkinson | EM | Humanities/ Social Science |
S01: M, 1:20 pm – 4:10 pm S02: T, 1:20 pm – 4:10 pm |
Elective |
| ENV 321 / SPI 329 |
War on the Earth: Climatic and Ecological Dimensions of Modern Warfare NEW COURSE |
Sofia Menemenlis, Curtis Deutsch, Zia Mian | SA | Humanities/ Social Science |
Th, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| ENV 337 / CEE 337 |
Water in Environmental Systems NEW COURSE |
Ian Bourg | SEN | Engineering/ Natural Science |
M W, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm | Elective |
| ENV 367 / GEO 367 |
Observing and Modeling Climate | Laure Resplandy, Bianca Champenois | QCR or SEN | Engineering/ Natural Science |
T Th, 9:00 am – 10:20 am | Foundational |
| ENV 369 / SAS 369 |
Human Impact of Climate Risks in South Asia NEW COURSE |
Anu Ramaswami | SA | Humanities/ Social Science, Engineering/ Natural Science |
M W, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm | Elective |
| ENV 423 / CEE 423 / GEO 423 |
Hydroclimatology | Gabriele Villarini | QCR or SEN | Engineering/ Natural Science |
M W, 9:00 am – 10:20 am | Elective |
| ENV 458 / ANT 458 |
Environmental Technologies: Infrastructure, Ethics, and Society | Jerry Zee | EM or SA | Humanities/ Social Science |
Th, 1:20 pm – 4:10 pm | Elective |
ENV Cross-listed Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor(s) | Dist. Area | Cognate Category |
Days/ Time | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANT 327 / ENV 327 / HUM 324 |
Green Capitalism NEW COURSE |
Lucas Prates | CD or SA | Humanities/ Social Science |
T Th, 9:00 am – 10:20 am | Elective |
| ANT 416 / ENV 416 |
Water Worlds: From Ocean to Tap | Hanna Garth | SA | Humanities/ Social Science |
W, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| ARC 205 / URB 205 / LAS 225 / ENV 205 |
Interdisciplinary Design Studio | Mario Gandelsonas | LA | Humanities/ Social Science |
T Th, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| ARC 323 / ENV 313 |
Empire, Ecology, Extraction NEW COURSE |
James Graham | HA or SA | Humanities/ Social Science |
F, 1:20 pm – 4:10 pm | Elective |
| ARC 485 / SPI 485 / ENV 485 |
Climate Change, Floodplains, and Adaptation Design | Guy Nordenson | None listed | Humanities/ Social Science |
W, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| ARC 492 / URB 492 / ENV 492 |
Topics in the Formal Analysis of the Urban Structure: Environmental Challenges of Urban Sprawl | Mario Gandelsonas | None listed | Humanities/ Social Science |
T Th, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm | Elective |
| CBE 218 / ENE 218 / ENV 228 |
The Complexities of the Energy Transition | Lynn Loo | None listed | Engineering/ Natural Science |
T, 1:20 pm – 4:10 pm | Elective |
| CEE 334 / SPI 452 / ENV 334 / ENE 334 |
Global Environmental Issues | Denise Mauzerall | SEN | Engineering/ Natural Science |
M W, 2:55 pm – 4:15 pm | Foundational |
| CEE 344 / ENV 344 |
Water, Engineering, and Civilization | Amilcare Porporato | None listed | Engineering/ Natural Science |
T Th, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm | Foundational |
| CEE 410 / ENV 410 |
Aquatic Habitat Modeling NEW COURSE |
Daniele Tonina | None listed | Engineering/ Natural Science |
M W, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm | Elective |
| CEE 442 / ENV 442 |
The Breathing Planet: Observing and Understanding Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions NEW COURSE |
Jose Fuentes | None listed | Engineering/ Natural Science |
M W, 1:20 pm – 2:40 pm | Elective |
| CHM 544 / ENV 544 |
Metals in Biology: From Stardust to DNA GRADUATE COURSE |
John Groves | None listed | Engineering/ Natural Science |
M W, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm | Elective |
| COM 236 / ENV 246 / ENG 367 |
Fuel: A Literary History NEW COURSE |
Chloe Howe Haralambous | CD or LA | Humanities/ Social Science |
T, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| EEB 318 / ENV 348 |
Ecosystems & Global Change NEW COURSE |
Carla Staver | None listed | Engineering/ Natural Science |
T Th, 2:55 pm – 4:15 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/ Natural Science |
T Th, 2:55 pm – 4:15 pm | Elective |
| ENE 431 / ECE 431 / ENV 431 / EGR 431 |
Solar Energy Conversion | Dane William de Quilettes | QCR | Engineering/ Natural Science |
T Th, 1:20 pm – 2:40 pm | Elective |
| GEO 202 / ENV 326 |
Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate | Samantha Fortin | SEN | Engineering/ Natural Science |
T Th, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm | Elective |
| GEO 360 / ENV 356 / URB 362 |
Topics in Environmental Justice in the Geosciences | John Higgins | SEL | Engineering/ Natural Science |
T Th, 1:20 pm – 2:40 pm | Foundational |
| GEO 366 / ENV 339 / SPI 451 / ENE 366 |
Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation, Policy | Michael Oppenheimer | SEN | Humanities/ Social Science, Engineering/ Natural Science |
T Th, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm | Foundational |
| GEO 369 / MSE 369 / ENV 388 |
Environmental Materials Chemistry: Researching in Field and Laboratory | Satish Myneni | SEN | Engineering/ Natural Science |
M W, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm | Elective |
| GEO 416 / ENV 418 / MOL 416 |
Microbial Life – A Geobiological View | Xinning Zhang | None listed | Engineering/ Natural Science |
T Th, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm | Elective |
| GEO 435 / ENV 435 |
Ocean Biogeochemical Cycles | Curtis Deutsch | SEN | Engineering/ Natural Science |
M W, 1:20 pm – 2:40 pm | Elective |
| JRN 214 / ENG 221 / ENV 224 |
Environmental Reporting: Reporting the Anthropocene NEW COURSE |
Carolyn Kormann | LA or SA | Humanities/ Social Science |
T, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| MAE 463 / ENV 463 |
Instabilities in Fluids | Luc Deike | None listed | Engineering/ Natural Science |
M W, 9:00 am – 10:20 am | Elective |
| REL 302 / HUM 301 / URB 302 / ENV 303 |
Religion and Planetary Futures: Cities, Climate, and the Sacred NEW COURSE |
Babak Manouchehrifar | CD or EM | Humanities/ Social Science |
M, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| SPA 350 / NAI 350 / LAS 349 / ENV 376 |
Topics in Latin American Cultural Studies: ‘Nature for Export’: Extractivismo and Storytelling in Latin America NEW COURSE |
Catalina Arango | CD or LA | Humanities/ Social Science |
M W, 9:00 am – 10:20 am | Elective |
| SPI 434 / ENV 434 |
Environmental Justice | Eric Tate | EM | Humanities/ Social Science |
M W, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm | Elective |
| THR 314 / ENV 301 / MTD 314 |
Investigative Theater for a Changing Climate | Steve Cosson, Khristián Méndez Aguirre | LA | Humanities/ Social Science |
M, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Elective |
| URB 359 / ENV 379 / LAS 360 |
The Politics of Water: Cities, Agriculture, and Nature NEW COURSE |
Francisco Javier Bonilla | SA | Humanities/ Social Science |
T Th, 1:20 pm – 2:40 pm | Elective |