The Washington University Climate Change Program (WUCCP) has compiled courses into climate-related guides to provide students who are interested in these topics with suggested courses that can be taken along any course of study. The Climate Curricular Guides are simply meant to assist students in course selection. There are no requirements for completion.
Courses in the Climate and Cities Guide have been compiled to provide all students interested in cities and climate change with a guide to relevant areas of study. We have included a wide range of courses from different schools and disciplines in order to provide various lenses through which climate change and its implications can be understood. We encourage you to look at courses both within and outside your school or major and encourage you to look at the specific course descriptions as you determine if a course may fit within your course of study.
Contact Information
If you have any questions feel free to contact the Climate and Cities Guide leads Prof. Scott Krummenacher, Lecturer of Environmental Studies, at krummenacher@wustl.edu or Prof. Linda Samuels, Associate Professor in Urban Design, at lcsamuels@wustl.edu.
Please note:
- Each course will vary in the amount of time dedicated to climate and cities — please look at the course description and at our Curriculum Database for guidance.
- Not every listing will directly relate to climate and cities. Some classes may instead develop skills needed to tackle climate change as it relates to cities.
- Some courses may require prerequisites.
- **Graduate courses are noted with a double asterisk. Not all graduate courses are open to undergraduates; please check with the instructor.
This is a work in progress. If we are missing a course, let us know! Please email climatechange@wustl.edu.
College of Arts and Sciences
| AMCS 122 | Ampersand: Pathfinder – A Sense of Place: Discovering the Environment of St. Louis |
| Anthro 3609 | From Hazard to Catastrophe: Case Studies in Environmental Disasters |
| Anthro 361 | Culture and Environment |
| Anthro 4242 | Social Movements |
| Anthro 4285 | Environmental Archaeology |
| Anthro 481 | Zooarchaeology |
| Art-Arch 4930 | Picturing the Anthropocene: Landscape, Land Art, and Eco Art |
| Econ 451 | Environmental Policy |
| Econ 460 | Urban Economics |
| Econ 472 | Topics in Growth and Development |
| Educ 4289 | Neighborhoods, Schools, and Social Inequality |
| EnSt 110 | Environmental Issues |
| EnSt 290 | Sophomore Seminar in Sustainability and the Environment |
| EnSt 310 | Ecological Economics |
| EnSt 346 | Environmental Justice |
| EnSt 347 | Sustainable Cities |
| EnSt 357 | Environmental Problem Solving |
| EnSt 375 | Urban Ecology |
| EnSt 380 | Applications in GIS |
| EnSt 461 | Intro to Environmental Law |
| EnSt 481 | Advanced GIS |
| EPSc 111 | Introduction To Global Climate Change In the 21st Century |
| EPSc 221A | Human Use of the Earth |
| EPSc 308 | Topics in Environmental Sustainability |
| Hist 3194 | Environment and Empire |
| Phil 235F | Introduction to Environmental Ethics |
| Pol Sci* 2010 | Introduction to Environmental Policy |
| Pol Sci* 3752 | Topics in American Politics: Globalization, Urbanization, & the Environment |
| SOC 106 | Social Problems and Social Issues |
| SOC 4810 | Global Structures and Problems |
| URST 299 | The Study of Cities and Metropolitan America |
*Note: The Political Science department occasionally offers special Topics courses about climate change.
Brown School of Social Work
| MPH 5335** | Transdisciplinary Problem-solving: From The Inside-out: Public Health & The Built Environment |
| MPH 5925** | Public Health And Urban Design Seminar I |
| SWCD 5078** | Developing Sustainable Urban Communities |
| SWCD 5382** | Designing Sustainable Social Policies & Programs: A System Dynamics Approach |
Interdisciplinary Programs
| INTER D 101 | Earth’s Future: Causes and Consequences of Global Climate Change |
| INTER D 329F | Tale of Two Cities: Documenting Our Divides |
| INTER D 405 | Sustainability Exchange: Community and University Practicums |
| INTER D 406 | Urban Ecosystem Principles Integration |
McKelvey School of Engineering
| EECE 413 | Green Engineering |
| EECE 533** | Physical and Chemical Processes for Water Treatment |
| EECE 591** | Energy and Buildings |
| MEMS 5423** | Sustainable Environmental Building Systems |
| MEMS 5705** | Wind Energy Systems |
Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
| ARCH 350 | Service Learning Course: Environmental Issues |
| ARCH 434M | Materials Research Seminar |
| ARCH 434R | Decoding Sustainability |
| ARCH 438 | Environmental Systems I |
| ARCH 4381 | Environmental Systems I: Site Planning |
| ARCH 439 | Environmental Systems II |
| ARCH 457B | Segregation by Design: A Historical Analysis of the Impact of Planning and Policy in St. Louis |
| ARCH 462H | Information Modeling for Sustainable Design |
| ART 229F** | Tale of Two Cities: Documenting Our Divides |
| ART 5851/6851** | Art-ivism |
| LAND 502L** | Landscape Architecture Design Studio II: Planning & Preservation |
| LAND 541A** | Plants & Environment |
| LAND 551A** | Landscape Ecology |
| LAND 560A** | Trees, Soils, & Systems: Introduction to Arboriculture |
| MUD 571A** | Ideas in Urbanism |
| MUD 658** | Metropolitan Sustainability |
| MUD 766D** | Advanced Seminar in Urban Sustainability II |
| MUD 781** | Directed Readings in Sustainable Urbanism I |
University College
| Anthro 361 | Culture and Environment |
| Anthro 3796 | Ecocide and Climate Change: The Collapse of Societies |
| CRM 509** | Health and Society |
| EPSc 121 | Introduction To Global Climate Change |
| SUST 205 | Foundations and Practice of Sustainability |
| SUST 319 | Planning Sustainable & Racially Equitable Urban Communities |
| SUST 328 | Environmental Law: Applications Toward Sustainability |
| SUST 329 | The Metropolis |