Energy & Environment Secondary Field Courses

The secondary field in E&E offers students an opportunity to complement their studies with coursework and experiences that will broaden their understanding of contemporary issues in energy and environment from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

Students choose one foundation course from the following, each of which includes content related to both energy and environment:
GenEd 1094 Confronting Climate Change: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy (fall)
EPS/ESE 50 The Fluid Earth: Oceans, Atmosphere, Climate, and Environment (fall)

GenEd 1137 The Challenge of Human Induced Climate Change: Transitioning to a Post Fossil Fuel Future (spring)
GenEd 1158 Water and the Environment (spring)
EPS/ESE 6 Introduction to Environmental Science and Engineering (spring)
Bracketed Courses in 23/24:
[ GenEd 1085. Energy Resources and the Environment ]

Students must choose three additional advanced courses.
At least one course must be chosen from each of two elective categories: Social Sciences and Humanities, and Natural Sciences and Engineering. Courses are considered 'advanced' if they require prerequisite knowledge and/or are designated as upper-level by the host department. Note: Students may petition the ESPP Head Tutor, in advance, for the approval of any exceptions to the course options for the secondary field.

Social Sciences and Humanities:
API 165 Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy
Econ 1661 Economics of Climate Change and Environmental Policy 
ESPP 77 Technology, Environment, and Society 

ESPP 160. US Environmental Policy and Policymaking: The Role of Congress, EPA, Stakeholders, and Courts
ESPP 180. Climate Change, Health, and Environmental Justice-Focusing on Solutions
Gov 1722 Politics of the Environment and Climate Change 
HISTSCI 2985 Science, Power, and Politics
GE 1015 Ethics of Climate Change
HDS 2798 Religion and Ecology 
SUP 663 Land Use and Environmental Law

One ESPP junior seminar (ESPP 90) may be used in substitution for one of the social science and public policy requirements.
Bracketed Courses in 23/24:
AFVS 107. Studies of the Built North American Environment since 1580
Complit146. Space and Place: The Environment through Film
ESPP 78. Environmental Politics
GOV 94CP. Political Economy for the Environment
GOV 94GM. Politics of Climate Change
HIST 1610. East Asian Environment: China, Japan, Korea
HISTSCI 1630 Writing Histories of Climate Change
HISTSCI 132. History of Environmental and Earth Sciences
HISTSCI 199. Science and Religion in America

Natural Sciences and Engineering:
EPS/ESE 101  Global Warming Science 
EPS/ES 112 Thermodynamics by Case Study
EPS/ESE 131 Introduction to Physical Oceanography and Climate
EPS/ESE 133 Atmospheric Chemistry

EPS/ESE 164 Environmental Chemistry
EPS/ESE 169 Seminar on Global Pollution Issues: Case Study of Lead Biogeochemistry 
ESE115 Ecosystem Patterns & Processes: Parallels in Natural & Built Environments
ESPP 171 Solid Waste in Developing Countries 
ESPP 173 Water Resources in Developing Countries 
OEB 55  Ecology: Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems 
OEB 60 Fundamentals of Marine Biology

OEB 137 Experimental Design and Statistics for Ecology 
EH 297 Atmospheric Environment
Bracketed Courses in 23/24:
EPS/ESE 109. Earth Resources and the Environment
EPS/ESE 132. Introduction to Meteorology and Climate
EPS/ESE 138. Mysteries of Climate Dynamics
EPS/ESE 168 Human Environmental Data Science: Agriculture, Conflict, and Health
ESE 163. Pollution Control in Aquatic Ecosystems
OEB 65. Conservation Biology
OEB 157. Global Change Biology