Sustainability-Focused Courses
Sustainability-focused courses concentrate on the concept of sustainability, including its social, economic, and environmental dimensions, or examine an issue or topic using sustainability as a lens.
| CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| AAS 337/ENV 337 | Liberation Ecology: Politics and Policy in the Creation of a Just, Green Economy | Jones, Van |
| AAS 350/ENV 350/POL 338 | African American Studies: Environmental Justice | Smith, Kimberly and Harris-Lacewell, Melissa |
| AFRICAN STUDIES | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| AFS 375 | Science, Technology, and African Development | Sagna, Mahamadou L. and Soboyejo, Winston |
| AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| AMS 307/ENV 317 | The Art of Sustainability | Price, Jennifer |
| AMS 353/ENG 355 | Moby Dick Unbound | Howarth, William |
| ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| ANT 314 | The Anthropology of Development (SA) | Rouse, Carolyn |
| GHP 350/ WWS 491/ANT 491 | Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Health Policy | Biehl, Joao |
| ARCHITECTURE | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| ATL 497/VIS 497/ARC 497 | Princeton Atelier - Princeton Student Colongy: Art, Ecology & Architecture | Wood, Dan & Haeg, Fritz |
| ASTROPHYSICAL SCIENCES | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| AST 309/MAE 309/PHY 309 | Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World: Fission and Fusion | Glaser, Alexander and Goldston, Robert J. |
| ATELIER | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| ATL 496/THR 496/ENV 496 | Princeton Atelier - Environmental Documentary & Music Theater | Cosson, Steve and Friedman, Michael |
| ATL 497/VIS 497/ARC 497 | Princeton Atelier - Princeton Student Colongy: Art, Ecology & Architecture | Wood, Dan & Haeg, Fritz |
| ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| AOS 557/GEO 577 | Weather and Climate Dynamics | Lau, Ngar-Cheung |
| CENTER FOR HUMAN VALUES | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| ENV 352/CHV 352 | Environmental, Ecological, and Climate Justice (EM) | Schlosberg, David |
| CHEMISTRY | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| MAE 228/EGR 228/CHE 228 | Energy Solutions for the Next Century | Ju, Yiguang and Jay Benziger |
| CEE 311/CHM 311/GEO 311 | Global Air Pollution | Zondlo, Mark A. |
| GEO 331/CHM 331/ENV 331 | Intro to Environmental Global Chemistry: Chemistry of the Natural Systems (STX) |
Myeni, Satish |
| CHM 333/ENV 333 | Oil to Ozone: Chemistry of the Environment | Morel, Francois |
| CHM 525/ENV 525 | Production of Renewable Fuels and Energy | Dismukes, Gerard C. |
| CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| ENV 302/CEE 302/EEB 302 | Advanced Analysis of Environmental Systems | Celia, Michael and Hedin, Lars |
| CEE 303/ENV 303/URB 303 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering | Bou-Zeid, Elle and Celia, Michael A. |
| CEE 307/EEB 305 | Field Ecohydrology (Kenya) | Caylor, Kelly |
| CEE 311/CHM 311/GEO 311 | Global Air Pollution | Zondlo, Mark A. |
| GEO 361/CEE 360/ENV 361 | Physics of the Ocean and Atmosphere | Philander, George |
| CEE 445 | Air Quality and Aerosol Processes | Zondlo, Mark A. |
| GEO 450/CEE 450/ENV 450 | Earth Surface Processes | Maloof, Adam |
| CEE 471/GEO 471/ URB 471 | Intro to Water Pollution Technology | Jaffe, Peter |
| CEE 477 | Engineering Design for Sustainable Development | Harris, Robert |
| CEE 477 | Environmental and Civil Engineering Systems Planning and Design | Wood, E. |
| ENV 531/GEO 531/CEE 583 | Topics in Energy and the Environment: Making the Most of Scarce Hydrocarbon Resources | Smith, Michael |
| CEE 587/ENV 587 | Ecohydrology | Rodriguez-Iturbe, I. |
| ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| ENV 302/CEE 302/EEB 302 | Advanced Analysis of Environmental Systems | Celia, Michael and Hedin, Lars |
| ENV 304/ECO 328/EEB 304 | Disease Ecology, Economics, and Policy | Laxminarayan, Ramanan and Grenfell, Bryan |
| CEE 307/EEB 305 | Field Ecohydrology (Kenya) | Caylor, Kelly |
| EEB 308 | Conservation Biology | Biology Staff |
| EEB 312/ENV 312 | Marine Biology | Gould, J. |
| EEB 341/ENV 341 | Water, Savannahs and Society: Sustainability in African Drylands | King, Elizabeth |
| EEB 380 | Ecology and Conservation on African Landscapes (Kenya) (ST) | Riginos, Corinna and Muruthi, Philip |
| EEB 417A/ENV 417A | Ecosystems and Global Change | Hedin, Lars |
| ECONOMICS | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| ENV 304/ECO 328/EEB 304 | Disease Ecology, Economics, and Policy | Laxminarayan, Ramanan and Grenfell, Bryan |
| ECO 329/ENV 319 | Environmental Economics | Brunnermeier, Smita |
| ENV 326/ECO 326 | Seminar in Sustainable Development | Somanathan, E. |
| GEO 331/CHM 331/ENV 331 | Intro to Environmental Global Chemistry: Chemistry of the Natural Systems (STX) |
Myeni, Satish |
| ECO 429 | Issues in Environmental and Natural Resources Economics | Brunnermeier, Smita |
| ENV 528/ECO 528 | Topics in Environmental and Development Economics | Somanathan, E. |
| ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| ELE 431/MAE 431/ENV 431/ EGR 431 | Solar Energy Conversion | Wagner, Sigurd and Carter, Emily |
| ENGINEERING | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| MAE 228/EGR 228/CHE 228 | Energy Solutions for the Next Century | Ju, Yiguang and Jay Benziger |
| MAE 244/EGR 244 | Introduction to Biomedical Innovation and Global Health | Malatesta, Karen and Soboyejo, Winston |
| ENV 324/EGR 324 | Environmental Entrepreneurship | van der Vink, Gregory |
| MAE 328/EGR 328/ENV 328 | Energy for a Greenhouse-Constrained World | Socolow, Robert |
| ELE 431/MAE 431/ENV 431/ EGR 431 | Solar Energy Conversion | Wagner, Sigurd and Carter, Emily |
| ENGLISH | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| AMS 353/ENG 355 | Moby Dick Unbound | Howarth, William |
| ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| GEO 102B/ENV 102B | Climate: Past, Present and Future | Bender, Michael, Sigman, Daniel, and Vallis, Geoffrey |
| ENV 201 | Fundamentals of Environmental Studies: Population, Land Use, Biodiversity, and Energy |
Hedin, Wilcove, Zerba |
| ENV 202 | Fundamentals of Environmental Studies: Climate, Air Pollution, Toxics and Water |
Ward, Bess, B. |
| ENV 204A/ GEO 104A and ENV 204B/GEO 104B | Global Warming: Causes, Consequences, Policy Responses | Oppenheimer, Michael and Zerba, Eileen |
| NES 266/ENV 266 | Oil, Energy and the Middle East (SA) | Haykel, Bernard |
| ENV 302/CEE 302/EEB 302 | Advanced Analysis of Environmental Systems | Celia, Michael and Hedin, Lars |
| CEE 303/ENV 303/URB 303 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering | Bou-Zeid, Elle and Celia, Michael A. |
| ENV 304/ECO 328/EEB 304 | Disease Ecology, Economics, and Policy | Laxminarayan, Ramanan and Grenfell, Bryan |
| ENV 305 | Building American Style: Land-Use Policies and Rules | Popper, Frank & Deborah |
| ENV 306 | Topics in Environmental Studies: American Environmental History (HA) | Popper, Frank J. |
| ENV 307 | Agriculture and Food: A Foundation for Living | Morin, Xenia |
| ENV 310 | Environmental Law and Moot Court (SA) | Hawkins, G. |
| ENV 311 | Business of Oil and Gas: A Global Perspective | Vann, Ian |
| EEB 312/ENV 312 | Marine Biology | Gould, J. |
| ENV 314 | Environmental Policy and Natural Resources in Eastern Europe and the European Union | Pepo, Pal |
| ENV 316 | Communicating Climate Change | Lemonick, Michael and Cullen, Heidi |
| AMS 307/ENV 317 | The Art of Sustainability | Price, Jennifer |
| GEO 318/ENV 318 | Observing the Marine Environment | Sigman, D. |
| ECO 329/ENV 319 | Environmental Economics | Brunnermeier, Smita |
| ENV 320 | Feeding the World While Saving the Planet | Searchinger, Timothy D. |
| GEO 323/ENV 323 | Earth System Science I: The Atmosphere and Ocean in Motion | Philander, George |
| ENV 324/EGR 324 | Environmental Entrepreneurship | van der Vink, Gregory |
| MAE 328/EGR 328/ENV 328 | Energy for a Greenhouse-Constrained World | Socolow, Robert |
| GEO 363/CHM 331/ENV 331 | Environmental Geochemistry: Chemistry of the Natural Systems | Myeni, Satish |
| CHM 333/ENV 333 | Oil to Ozone: Chemistry of the Environment | Morel, Francois |
| AAS 337/ENV 337 | Liberation Ecology: Politics and Policy in the Creation of a Just, Green Economy | Jones, Van |
| ENV 326/ECO 326 | Seminar in Sustainable Development | Somanathan, E. |
| WWS 334/ENV 334 | Global Environmental Issues (SA) | Mauzerall, Denise L. |
| GEO339/ENV 339/WWS 335 | Climate Change: Scientific Basis, Policy Implications | Oppenheimer, Michael |
| ENV 340 | Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Solutions (ST) | Zerba, Eileen |
| EEB 341/ENV 341 | Water, Savannahs and Society: Sustainability in African Drylands | King, Elizabeth |
| AAS 350/ENV 350/POL 338 | African American Studies: Environmental Justice | Smith, Kimberly and Harris-Lacewell, Melissa |
| ENV 352/CHV 352 | Environmental, Ecological, and Climate Justice (EM) | Schlosberg, David |
| ENV 360/MOL 360 | Biotech Plants and Animals: Frankenfood or Important Innovations? | Morin, Xenia |
| GEO 361/CEE 360/ENV 361 | Physics of the Ocean and Atmosphere | Philander, George |
| GEO 399/ENV 399 | Environmental Decision Making | van der Vink, Gregory |
| ENV 402 | Environmental History: Darwin in Our Time | Howarth, William |
| EEB 417A/ENV 417A | Ecosystems and Global Change | Hedin, Lars |
| ELE 431/MAE 431/ENV 431/ EGR 431 | Solar Energy Conversion | Wagner, Sigurd and Carter, Emily |
| HIS 431/ENV 433 | Comparative Environmental History | Kreike, Emmanuel |
| JRN 441/ENV 441 | The McGraw Seminar in Writing - Measuring the Green Fuse: Writing about Science and Nature | Gorman, James |
| GEO 450/CEE 450/ENV 450 | Earth Surface Processes | Maloof, Adam |
| NES 470/ENV 470 | Food Security in the Middle East | Woertz, Eckart |
| ATL 496/THR 496/ENV 496 | Princeton Atelier - Environmental Documentary & Music Theater | Cosson, Steve and Friedman, Michael |
| GEO 499/ENV 499 | Environmental Change, Poverty and Conflict | van der Vink, Gregory |
| ENV 524/GEO 524 | Environmental Issues Seminar: Science Communication | Morel, Francois |
| CHM 525/ENV 525 | Production of Renewable Fuels and Energy | Dismukes, Gerard C. |
| ENV 528/ECO 528 | Topics in Environmental and Development Economics | Somanathan, E. |
| NES 530/ENV 530 | Political Economy of Arab Gulf Countries | Woertz, Eckart |
| ENV 531/GEO 531/CEE 583 | Topics in Energy and the Environment: Making the Most of Scarce Hydrocarbon Resources | Smith, Michael |
| CEE 587/ENV 587 | Ecohydrology | Rodriguez-Iturbe, I. |
| ENV ST01 | Towards an Ethical CO2 Emissions Trajectory for Princeton | Kreutz, Tom |
| ENV ST02 | Farm to Fork: The State of America's Food System Today | Popper, Deborah |
| ENV ST03 | Communicating Sustainability: Critical Reporting of the Sustainability Experience | Lemonick, Michael |
| ENV ST04 | Environmental Entrepreneurship | van der Vink, Gregory |
| FRESHMAN SEMINARS | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| FRS 105 | Water: Keystone for Sustainable Development | Rodrigues-Iturbe, Ignacio |
| FRS 108 | Food and the Planet | Searchinger, Tim |
| FRS 122 | The Everglades Today and Tomorrow: Global Change and the Impact of Human Activities on the Biosphere (ST) | Morel-Kraepiel, Anne |
| FRS 124 | When Cows Go Crazy: The Inextricable Link Between Human and Animal Health | Kahn, Laura |
| FRS 136 | Living in a Polluted Greenhouse (SA) | Mauzerall, Denise |
| FRS 143 | Walden in our Time | Howarth, William |
| FRS 149 | Earth's Changing Surface and Climate | Maloof, Adam; Simons, Frederik; Phinney, Robert |
| FRS 158 | The Hedgehog and the Fox: How Nelson Mandela Can Help Us Cope with Global Warming | Philander, George |
| FRS 162 | Economics of Environmental Protection | Brunnermeier, Smita |
| FRS 167 | Science and Technology for a Sustainable Energy Future | Arnold, Craig B. |
| FRS 175 | Signals, Yardsticks, and Tipping Points of Global Warming | Zerba, Eileen |
| FRS 184 | Materials and Technology for a Sustainable Energy Future (ST) | Arnold, Craig B. |
| GEOSCIENCES | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| GEO 102B/ENV 102B | Climate: Past, Present and Future | Bender, Michael, Sigman, Daniel, and Vallis, Geoffrey |
| ENV 204A/ GEO 104A and ENV 204B/GEO 104B | Global Warming: Causes, Consequences, Policy Responses | Oppenheimer, Michael and Zerba, Eileen |
| CEE 311/CHM 311/GEO 311 | Global Air Pollution | Zondlo, Mark A. |
| GEO 318/ENV 318 | Observing the Marine Environment | Sigman, D. |
| GEO 323/ENV 323 | Earth System Science I: The Atmosphere and Ocean in Motion | Philander, George |
| GEO 331/CHM 331/ENV 331 | Intro to Environmental Global Chemistry: Chemistry of the Natural Systems (STX) |
Myeni, Satish |
| GEO339/ENV 339/WWS 335 | Climate Change: Scientific Basis, Policy Implications | Oppenheimer, Michael |
| GEO 361/CEE 360/ENV 361 | Physics of the Ocean and Atmosphere | Philander, George |
| GEO 363/CHM 331/ENV 331 | Environmental Geochemistry: Chemistry of the Natural Systems | Myeni, Satish |
| GEO 399/ENV 399 | Environmental Decision Making | van der Vink, Gregory |
| GEO 430 | Climate and Terrestrial Biosphere | Medvigy, David |
| GEO 450/CEE 450/ENV 450 | Earth Surface Processes | Maloof, Adam |
| GEO 470/CHM 470 | Environmental Chemistry of Soils | Myneni, S. |
| CEE 471/GEO 471/ URB 471 | Intro to Water Pollution Technology | Jaffe, Peter |
| GEO 499/ENV 499 | Environmental Change, Poverty and Conflict | van der Vink, Gregory |
| ENV 524/GEO 524 | Environmental Issues Seminar: Science Communication | Morel, Francois |
| ENV 531/GEO 531/CEE 583 | Topics in Energy and the Environment: Making the Most of Scarce Hydrocarbon Resources | Smith, Michael |
| AOS 557/GEO 577 | Weather and Climate Dynamics | Lau, Ngar-Cheung |
| GLOBAL HEALTH AND HEALTH POLICY | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| GHP 350/ WWS 491/ANT 491 | Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Health Policy | Biehl, Joao |
| HISTORY | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| HIS 422 | Energy and Empire | Barak, On |
| HIS 431/ENV 433 | Comparative Environmental History | Kreike, Emmanuel |
| JOURNALISM | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| JRN 441/ENV 441 | The McGraw Seminar in Writing - Measuring the Green Fuse: Writing about Science and Nature | Gorman, James |
| JRN 449 | The Journalism of Energy and Global Warming (SA) | Maass, Peter |
| MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| MAE 228/EGR 228/CHE 228 | Energy Solutions for the Next Century | Ju, Yiguang and Jay Benziger |
| MAE 244/EGR 244 | Introduction to Biomedical Innovation and Global Health | Malatesta, Karen and Soboyejo, Winston |
| AST 309/MAE 309/PHY 309 | Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World: Fission and Fusion | Glaser, Alexander and Goldston, Robert J. |
| MAE 328/EGR 328/ENV 328 | Energy for a Greenhouse-Constrained World | Socolow, Robert |
| MAE 423 | Heat Transfer | Dryer, Frederick |
| MAE 426 | Rocket and Air-Breathing Propulsion Technology | Ju, Yiguang |
| MAE 427 | Energy Conversion & the Environment: Transportation Applications | Dryer, Frederick |
| ELE 431/MAE 431/ENV 431/ EGR 431 | Solar Energy Conversion | Wagner, Sigurd and Carter, Emily |
| MAE 436 | Global Technology (Kenya) | Soboyejo, Winston |
| MAE 527 | Topics in Energy Engineering, Economics and Policy | Glaser, Alexander |
| WWS 585/MAE 580 | Topics in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy: Living in a Greenhouse |
Socolow, Robert |
| MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| ENV 360/MOL 360 | Biotech Plants and Animals: Frankenfood or Important Innovations? | Morin, Xenia |
| MOL 425/WWS 474 | Infection: Biology, Burden, Policy | Mahmoud, Adel; Shenk, Thomas; Singer, Burton |
| NEAR EASTERN STUDIES | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| NES 265/POL 268 | Political & Economic Reform in the Middle East (SA) | Taylor, Julie |
| NES 266/ENV 266 | Oil, Energy and the Middle East (SA) | Haykel, Bernard |
| NES 368/POL 437 | Oil Politics in the Middle East | Taylor, Julie |
| NES 470/ENV 470 | Food Security in the Middle East | Woertz, Eckart |
| NES 530/ENV 530 | Political Economy of Arab Gulf Countries | Woertz, Eckart |
| PHYSICS | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| AST 309/MAE 309/PHY 309 | Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World: Fission and Fusion | Glaser, Alexander and Goldston, Robert J. |
| POLITICS | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| NES 265/POL 268 | Political & Economic Reform in the Middle East (SA) | Taylor, Julie |
| AAS 350/ENV 350/POL 338 | African American Studies: Environmental Justice | Smith, Kimberly and Harris-Lacewell, Melissa |
| POL 351 | Politics in the Developing Countries | Lieberman, Evan |
| NES 368/POL 437 | Oil Politics in the Middle East | Taylor, Julie |
| THEATER | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| ATL 496/THR 496/ENV 496 | Princeton Atelier - Environmental Documentary & Music Theater | Cosson, Steve and Friedman, Michael |
| URBAN STUDIES | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| CEE 303/ENV 303/URB 303 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering | Bou-Zeid, Elle and Celia, Michael A. |
| CEE 471/GEO 471/ URB 471 | Intro to Water Pollution Technology | Jaffe, Peter |
| VISUAL ARTS | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| ATL 497/VIS 497/ARC 497 | Princeton Atelier - Princeton Student Colongy: Art, Ecology & Architecture | Wood, Dan & Haeg, Fritz |
| WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL | ||
| Course Number | Course Name | Faculty |
| WWS 316 | Environmental History | Singer, Burton |
| WWS 334/ENV 334 | Global Environmental Issues (SA) | Mauzerall, Denise L. |
| GEO339/ENV 339/WWS 335 | Climate Change: Scientific Basis, Policy Implications | Oppenheimer, Michael |
| MOL 425/WWS 474 | Infection: Biology, Burden, Policy | Mahmoud, Adel; Shenk, Thomas; Singer, Burton |
| WWS 476 | Special Topics in Public Affairs: The Economics of Health Policy in Developing Countries | Hammer, Jeffrey |
| GHP 350/ WWS 491/ANT 491 | Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Health Policy | Biehl, Joao |
| WWS 568 | Economics of Health in Developing Countries | Hammer, Jeffrey |
| WWS 582E | Topics in Applied Economics: Energy Economics | Craft, Amy B. |
| WWS 585/MAE 580 | Topics in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy: Living in a Greenhouse |
Socolow, Robert |
| WWS 586D | Topics in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy: Global Environmental Governance | Oppenheimer, Michael |
| WWS 593H | Topics in Policy Analysis: Saudi Arabia: Security, Energy, and U.S. Policy |
Boucek, Christopher |
| WWS 594L | Topics in Policy Analysis: Global Energy | Luciani, Giacomo |
| WWS 594Q | Topics in Policy Analysis - The Future of Nuclear Energy | Glaser, Alexander |