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ER-6: Sustainability-Focused Courses

List of sustainability-focused courses offered at Columbia: A4480x ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE A4623 Sustainable Futures A4684 Sustainable Design A6170 Architecture & the Sustainably Built Environment A6500x INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT & PRESERVATION A6796 Resilience A8906x PHD SEMINAR: POLLUTION, PRESERVATION & ARCHITECTURE ANEB G4124 Peoples and their Environment: Ecological and Anthropological Interactions ANTH 6410 Between Land and Sea ANTH G4194 Oil Culture ANTH G6169 Culture, Ecology, and History in China ANTH V2027 Changing East Asian Foodways ANTH V3004 Introduction to Environmental Anthropology ANTH V3895 Anthropology and the Politics of Climate Change ANTH V3971 Environment and Cultural Behavior ANTH W3973 Environment and Development ANTH W4022 Political Ecology APPH E4130 Physics of solar energy ARCH A4623 Sustainable Futures ARCH A6170 Architecture and the Sustainably Built Environment B8299-017 New Developments in Energy Markets B9301-001 Finance & Sustainability B9301-120 Carbon Finance B9301-124 Sustainability and Investment Management B9455-016 Social Entrepreneurship: Global Perspective B9877-004 The Business of Sustainability (Master Class) CHEN E4410 Environmental control technology CHEN E4600 Atmospheric aerosols CIEE E3255 Environmental Control and Pollution Reduction Systems CIEE E3260 Engineering for developing communities CIEE E4252 Environmental Engineering CIEE E4257 Groundwater Contaminant Transport and Remediation CIEN E1201 The art of structural design CIEN E3004 Urban infrastructure systems CIEN E3128 Design Projects CIEN E3141 Soil mechanics CIEN E4010 Transportation engineering CIEN E4163 Environmental Engineering: Wastewater CIEN E6246 Advanced Soil Mechanics CIEN E9165-S9165 Independent studies in environmental engineering CNAD K4130 Green Building and Sustainability: Tools and Techniques EAEE E1100 A Better Planet by Design EAEE E2002 Alternative Energy Sources EAEE E3101 Earth Resource Production Systems EAEE E3800 Earth & Environmental Engineering Lab I EAEE E4001 Industrial Ecology of Earth Resources EAEE E4009 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Resource, Environmental & Infrastructure Management EAEE E4150 Air Pollution Prevention and Control EAEE E4160 Solid and Hazardous Waste management EAEE E4190 Photovoltaic Systems Engineering and Sustainability EAEE E4257 Environmental Data Analysis and Modeling EAEE E4361 Economics of Earth Resource Industries EAEE E4550 Catalysis for Emissions Control EAEE E4950 Environmental Biochemical Processes EAEE E4980 Urban Environmental Technology and Policy EAEE E6200 Theory and applications of extreme value statistics in engineering and earth sciences EAEE E6210 Quantitative environmental risk analysis EAEE E6212 Carbon sequestration EAEE E6220 Remedial and corrective action EAEE E8229 Selected topics in processing minerals and wastes EAEE E9271-S9272 Earth and environmental engineering thesis EAEE E9273-E9274 Earth and environmental engineering reports EAEE E9280 Earth and environmental engineering colloquium EAEE E9281 Prospects for nuclear energy - earth and environmental engineering seminar EAEE E9305-S9305 Earth and environmental engineering research EAEE E9800-S9800 Doctoral research instruction EAEE E9900-S9900 Doctoral dissertation EAIA E4200 Alternative Energy Resources ECIA W4100 Management and Development of Water Systems ECON W4080 Globalization, Incomes and Inequality ECON W4301 Economic Growth and Development ECON W4321 Economic Development ECON W4625 Economics of the Environment ECON W4750 Globalization and its Risks EEEB 4850 M.A. Thesis Development Seminar EEEB G4060 Invasion Biology EEEB G4086 Ethnobotany EEEB G4100 Forest Ecology EEEB G4120 Islands: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation EEEB G4126 Conservation Genetics EEEB G4127 Disease Ecology and Conservation EEEB G4130 Restoration and Urban Ecology EEEB G4138 Molecular Ecology EEEB G4150 Modeling Populations and Communities EEEB G4184 Plant Conservation in Theory and Practice EEEB G4185 Insect Ecology and Conservation EEEB G4190 Conservation in Managed Landscapes: Ecology, Livelihoods & Policy EEEB G4192 Introduction to Landscape Analysis EEEB G4195 Marine Conservation Ecology EEEB G4205 Extinction Science EEEB G4250 Understanding Nature Through Observation and Experiment EEEB G4260 Food, Ecology, and Globalization EEEB G4620 Food, Ecology, Globalization EEEB G4645 Cultural and Biological Diversity EEEB G4650 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes EEEB G4660 Fish Biodiversity, systematics, and evolution EEEB G4666 Insect Biodiversity EEEB G4910 Field Botany and Plant Systematics EEEB G4990 Ph.D Thesis Development Seminar EEEB G5005 Introduction to Statistics for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology EEEB G5010 Statistical Modeling in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology EEEB G6125 Behavioral Ecology and Conservation EEEB G6150 Advances in Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology EEEB G6905 Graduate Seminar in Conservation Biology EEEB G6990 Topics in Conservation Biology EEEB V1010 Human Species - Place in Nature EEEB W1001 Biodiversity EEEB W2001 Environmental Biology I: Elements to Organisms EEEB W2002 Environmental Biology II: Organisms to the Biosphere EEEB W2010 Tropical Biology EEEB W3020 Introduction to Statistics for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology EEEB W3087 Conservation Biology EEEB W3991 Senior Seminar I EEEB W3992 Senior Seminar II EEEB W3993 EBHS Senior Thesis Seminar EEEB W3994 EBHS Senior Thesis Seminar EEEB W4110 Coastal Estuarine Ecology EEEB W4122 Fundamentals of Ecology and Evolution EEEB W4128 Management of Ecosystems and Landscapes EEEB W4192 Introduction to Landscape Analysis EEEB W4240 Animal Migration in Theory and Practice EEEB W4340 Human Adaptation EEEB W4550 Plant Physiological Ecology EESC G4402-G4403 Managing and Adapting to Climate EESC G4403x Managing and adapting to climate change EESC G6920y Dynamics of Climate EESC G9001x and y Reseacrch in Earth and Environmental Sciences EESC G9500x and y Seminar in Plant Physicology and Ecology EESC S9070 Field Research EESC V1003 Climate and Society: Case Studies EESC V1201 Environmental Risks and Disasters EESC V1600 Earth Resources and Sustainable Development EESC V2100 Earth Science: Climate EESC W2330 Science for Sustainable Development EESC W3000x and y Tutorial Study in Earth and Environmental Sciences EESC W3015 The Earth's Carbon Cycle EESC W3901 Environmental Science Senior Seminar EESC W4020 Humans and the Carbon Cycle EESC W4040 Climate Thermodynamics and Energy Transfer EESC W4400 Dynamics of Climate Variability and Change EESC W4400x Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change EESC W4401 Quantitative Models of Climate-Sensitive Natural and Human Systems EESC W4404 Regional Climate and Climate Impacts EESC W4405 Summer Seminar in Climate and Society EESC W4406 Summer Internship in Climate and Society EESC W4550 Plant Ecophysiology EESC W4600 Earth Resources and Sustainable Development EESC W4835 Wetlands and Climate Change EESC W4917 Earth/Human Interactions ENVP U6111 Principles of Ecology ENVP U6112 Urban Ecology ENVP U6115 Climatology ENVP U6116 Hydrology ENVP U6220 Environmental Chemistry ENVP U6221 Environmental Toxicology ENVP U6224 Environmmental Data Analysis ENVP U6225 Ethics, Values, and Justice ENVP U6228 Role of Government in Advancing Corp. Sustainable Development ENVP U6230 Economics of Sustainable Development ENVP U6233 Environmental Finance Prep ENVP U6234 Sustainability Management ENVP U6235 Environmental Finance ENVP U6237 International Political Economics of Biodiversity ENVP U6241 Earth Systems, Environmental Policy, Policy Management ENVP U6250 Poverty, Inequality, and the Environment ENVP U6310 Research Methods & Quantitative Tech Management I ENVP U6320 Political Context of Public/Private Environmental Management ENVP U6400 Financing the Green Economy ENVP U8213 Economics for Environmental Policy I ENVP U8216 Economics of Environmental Policy II ENVP U9044 Environmental Science and Policy Independent Study ENVP U9230 The Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management II ENVP U9229 The Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management I ENVP U9232 The Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Policy Analysis G9008 Development and Environmental Economics Workshop HBSV 4013 Nutritional Ecology HRTS G4020 Introduction to Human Rights HRTS G4210 Equality, Identity, and Rights HRTS G4800 Human Rights and International Law HRTS G4820 Human Rights and International Organizations HRTS G8010 Human Rights Grad Res Colloq I HRTS G8020 Human Rights Grad Res Colloq II HRTS V4180 Human Rights and Business HRTS V4220 International Human Rights Law HRTS V4290 Health and Human Rights HRTS V4404 Human Rights of Women HRTS V4730 Transitional Justice HRTS W3001 Introduction To Human Rights HRTS W3930 International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights HRTS W3950 Human Rights and Human Wrongs HRTS W3996 Senior Seminar In Human Rights INAF U 9240 Human Ecology and Sustainable Development INAF U4420 Oil, Rights,and Development INAF U4710 Extractive Industries: Rights and Development INAF U4722 Introduction to Environmental Law INAF U4737 Economics of the Environment INAF U6042 Energy Business & Economic Development INAF U6060 International Energy Systems & Business Structures INAF U6061 International Energy Policy: Growth, Energy, Technology and the Environment INAF U6062 Energy: Markets and Innovation INAF U6065 The Economics Of Energy INAF U6068 Economic Analysis of Environmental Policies INAF U6135 Renewable Energy Project Development & Finance INAF U6149 Energy, Corporate Responsibility, and Human Rights INAF U6235 Climate Change, Rights and Development INAF U6236 History of American Ecology & Environmentalism INAF U6242 Energy Policy INAF U6259 Adaptation to Climate Change INAF U6325 Quantitative Methods-Energy/Policy Analysis INAF U6405 Human Rights & Development Policy INAF U6411 Global Food Systems INAF U6751 International Human Rights Law: Politics and Relevance INAF U8178 Rethinking Human Rights INAF U8180 Human Rights Skills and Advocacy INAF U8778 Urban Energy Systems & Policy INAF U8909 Environment, Conflict & Resolution Strategies INAF U8910 Food, Farming and Famine: Struggles for Sustainability INAF W3330 Ecological and Social Systems for Sustainable Development L6038 Climate Change Law L6040 International Environmental Law L6242 Environmental Law L6276-001 Human Rights L6655-001 Human Rights Law Review L6655-002 Human Rights Law Review Editorial Board L8019-001 S. Diversity and Innovation: Transforming Institutions and Systems L8019-002 S. Diversity and Innovation: Transforming Institutions and Systems - Fieldwork L8036-001 S. Natural Resources Law L8349-001 S. African Human Rights Systems in Comparative Perspective L8362-001 S. Environmental Issues in Business Transactions L8451-001 S. Advanced Climate Change Law L8452 Energy Law L8816-001 S. Transnational Business and Human Rights L9233-001 Human Rights Clinic L9233-002 Human Rights Clinic L9257-001 Environmental Law Clinic L9257-002 Environmental Law Clinic - Project Work L9383-001 S. International Humanitarian Law L9825-001 S. Environmental Justice and Environmental Health MECE E4210 Energy Infrastructure Planning MECE E4211 Energy: sources and conversion MECE E4312 Solar thermal engineering MECE E4314 Energy dynamics of green buildings NECR K4218 Environmental Conflict Resolution Strategies P6300 Environmental Health Sciences P6301 Environmental Health Sciences Applications P6385 Principles of Genetics and the Environment I P8304 Public Health Impacts of Climate Change P8312 Fundamentals of Toxicology P8315 Environmental Health Policy Capstone P8316 Asthma, Allergic Diseases, and the Environment P8317 Frameworks for Environmental Health Policy P8318 Science Basic to Environmental Health Policy P8319 Biological Markers of Chemical Exposure P8320 Applied Environmental and Industrial Hygiene P8375 EHS Global Seminar P8423 Environmental Epidemiology P8544 Environmental Health Economics P8648 Food and Nutrition in Complex Emergencies P8651 Water and Sanitation in Complex Emergencies P8676 Epidemiological Methods for Measuring Human Rights Abuses P8687 Public Health and Humanitarian Action P8692 Law, Policy & Human Rights P9300 Topics in Environmental Health Sciences P9303 Hazardous Waste and Public Health P9317 Case Studies in Risk Assessment and Environmental Policy P9320 Water and Infectious Diseases PLA4214 Transportation and Land Use Planning PLA4340 Sustainable Zoning & Land Use REG. PLA4340 URBAN DESIGN FOR PLANNERS PLA4381 SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT INTL PERSPECTIVE PLA4579 INTRO TO ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING PLA6010 PLANNING FOR URBAN ECOSYSTEMS PLA6012 Sustainable Development PLA6065 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PLA6090 SUSTAINABLE TRANSIT POLICY PLA6362 ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT PLA6382 SUSTAINABLE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE PLA6434 INTRO TO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PLA6911 Urban Planning Studio-Planning for a Regional Food System PLA6911 Urban Planning Studio-Expanding the PATH train to EWR airport PLAN A4579 Environmental Planning POLS V3212 Environmental Politics POLS W3962 International Politics of the Environment PUBH W3100 Fundamentals of Global Health RELI W4804 Ecology, Religion, and Culture SCNC W1800 From the conservation of energy to energy conservation SDEV U6240 Environmental Science for Sustainable Development SDEV U9245 Environment & Resource Economics SDEV W1900 Introduction to Sustainable Development Seminar SDEV W2300 Challenges of Sustainable Development SDEV W3200 Global Food Systems SDEV W3280 Workshop in Sustainable Development SDEV W3320 Economic and Financial Methods for Sustainable Development SDEV W3355 Climate Change and Law SDEV W3360 Disasters and Development SDEV W3390 GIS for Sustainable Development SDEV W3400 Demography of Human Populations SDEV W3410 Urbanization and Sustainable Development SDEV W3450 Spatial Analysis and Modeling for Sustainable Development SDEV W3500 EI-Lamont Sustainable Development Practicum SOCI W2400 Comparative Perspectives on Inequality SOCI W3945 Seminar On Inequality and Public Policy SUMA K Water Systems Analysis SUMA K4020 Cost Benefit Analysis SUMA K4021 Theory/Prac: Life Cycle Analysis SUMA K4025 Sustainability Communications Strategy and Reporting SUMA K4033 Decision Models and Management SUMA K4035 GHG Emissions Carbon Footprint SUMA K4100 Sustainability Management SUMA K4119 EMP APPR to Building Energy Assessment SUMA K4120 Environmental Conflict Resolution Strategies SUMA K4130 Sustainable Cities SUMA K4135 Analysis for Energy Efficiency SUMA K4140 Sustainability Science SUMA K4142 Sustainable Finance SUMA K4145 Science of Sustainable Water SUMA K4155 Energy Markets and Innovation SUMA K4162 Resp and Restoration in Built Environment SUMA K4165 Polictical Economics of Energy and Climate Policies SUMA K4169 Sustainability Metrics SUMA K4170 Sustainable Operations SUMA K4175 Global Environmental Markets SUMA K4185 APP Econ: Investor Relations in Corp. Sustainability SUMA K4190 Economics of Sustainability Management SUMA K4193 Statistics for Sustainability Management SUMA K4195 Green Accounting SUMA K4197 Financing the Green Economy: Markets, Business, and Politics SUMA K4200 Workshop in Sustainability Management SUMA K4205 GIS for Sustainability Management SUMA K4230 The Earth's Climate System SUMA K4235 The Science of Urban Ecology SUMA K4260 Dynamics of Energy Efficiency SUMA K4301 International Environmental Law for Sustainability Management SUMA K4700 Ethics and Values of Sustainability Management SUMA K4720 Policy and Legal Context of Sustainability Management SUMA K4734 EI Practicum on Environment and Sustainable Development SUMA K4734 Earth Institute Practicum SUMA K4997 Independent Study SUMA K7001 Water Governance U4722 Intro to Environmental Law U4727 Environmental Politics/Policy management U6056 Political Economy and Environmental Policy U6232 Sustainable Economic Development U6243 International Relations of the Environment U6244 Environmental Data Analysis U8537 Climate Change Policy U8912 Technical Innovations/Sustainable Goals U9201 Sustainable Development Seminar II URBS V3565 Cities in Developing Countries: Problems and Prospects V3119 NETWORKS & ECOLOGIES: A History of System Thinking V3312.002 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURE: Waste and Excess

By blending scientific research, education and practical solutions, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, is working to help guide the world onto a path toward sustainability. The Institute, under the direction of Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, comprises more than 30 research centers and some 850 scientists, postdoctoral fellows, staff and students. Working across many disciplines, EI studies and create solutions for problems in public health, poverty, energy, ecosystems, climate, natural hazards and urbanization. Course offerings and sustainability-focused courses numbers were calculated for each time a course is offered as a separate course.