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ENV Foundational Courses
| ENV Minor Cognate(s) | General Education requirements |
Course Number | Course Title | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | ENV 210A | Scientific Foundations of the Environmental Nexus Fall Term |
Curtis Deutsch |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEL) | ENV 210B | Scientific Foundations of the Environmental Nexus Fall Term |
Curtis Deutsch, Anne Morel-Krapiel |
| Humanities or Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 238 / AMS 238 | Environmental Movements: From Wilderness Protection to Climate Justice Spring Term |
Allison Carruth |
| Natural Science or Social Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | ENV 304 / ECO 328 / EEB 304 / SPI 455 / | Disease Ecology, Economics and Policy Fall Term |
Bryan Grenfell |
| Engineering or Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 343 / CEE 343 / SAS 343 / ASA 343 | Inequality in India: An Interdisciplinary and Global Perspective Fall Term |
Anu Ramaswami |
| Engineering or Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | ENV 354 / GEO 368 | Climate and Weather: Order in the Chaos Fall Term |
Gabriel Vecchi |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | ENV 363 / ENG 263 | Writing the Environment Through Creative Nonfiction Fall Term |
Rob Nixon |
| Natural Science | Quantitative and Computational Reasoning (QCR) | ENV 367 / GEO 367 | Modeling the Earth System: Assessing Strategies for Mitigating Climate Change Fall Term |
Laure Resplandy |
| Engineering or Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 377 / CEE 377 / SAS 377 / URB 377 | Sustainable Cities in the U.S. and India: Technology, Policy and Entrepreneurship Pathways Fall Term |
Anu Ramaswami |
| Engineering | Science and Engineering (SEN) | CEE 306 / ENV 318 | Hydrology: Water and Climate Spring Term |
Reed Maxwell |
| Engineering | Science and Engineering (SEN) | CEE 334 / SPI 452 / ENV 334 / ENE 334 | Global Environmental Issues Spring Term |
Denise Mauzerall |
| Engineering | None listed | CEE 344 / ENV 344 | Water, Engineering and Civilization Spring Term |
Amilcare Porporato |
| Humanities or Social Science | Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM) | CHV 321 / ENV 321 / SPI 371 | Ethical and Scientific Issues in Environmental Policy | David Wilcove |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | EEB 308 / ENV 365 | Conservation Biology Fall Term |
David Wilcove |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEL) | EEB 321 / ENV 384 | Ecology: Species Interactions, Biodiversity and Society Fall Term |
Robert Pringle |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | EEB 417A / ENV 417A | Ecosystems and Global Change Fall Term |
Lars Hedin |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | EEB 417A / ENV 417A | Ecosystems, Climate Change and Global Food Fall Term |
Lars Hedin |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEL) | EEB 417B / ENV 417B | Ecosystems and Global Change Fall Term |
Lars Hedin |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GEO 102A / ENV 102A / STC 102A | Climate: Past, Present and Future Spring Term |
Daniel Sigman |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEL) | GEO 102B / ENV 102B / STC 102B | Climate: Past, Present and Future Spring Term |
Daniel Sigman |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GEO 360 / ENV 356 | Topics in Environmental Justice in the Geosciences Spring Term |
John Higgins |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GEO 362 / ENV 362 | Earth History | John Higgins |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GEO 366 / ENV 339 / SPI 451 / ENE 366 | Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation, Policy | Michael Oppenheimer |
| Humanities or Social Science | Historical Analysis (HA) | HIS 394 / ENV 394 | History of Ecology and Environmentalism | Erika Milam |
| Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | SPI 306 / ECO 329 / ENV 319 | Environmental Economics Fall Term |
Smita Brunnermeier |
| Natural Science or Social Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | SPI 350 / ENV 350 | The Environment: Science and Policy Spring Term |
Michael Oppenheimer, David Wilcove |
| Natural Science or Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | SPI 405 / ENV 405 | The Land Crisis for Food, Climate and Wildlife Fall Term |
Tim Searchinger |
ENV Elective Courses
| ENV Minor Cognate(s) | General Education requirements | Course Number | Course Title | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humanities or Social Science | Culture and Difference (CD) or Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 204 / REL 204 / AMS 204 | Religion and Ethics in Environmental Justice Activism Spring 2024 only |
Ryan Juskus |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | ENV 208 | What Does the Environment Look Like? Fall 2024 only |
Grace Kuipers |
| Engineering | Science and Engineering (SEN) | ENV 212 / CEE 212 | Freshwater Footprints and Futures Spring 2024 only |
Mario Soriano, Jr. |
| Humanities | Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM) | ENV 251 / GSS 251 | Coming to Our Senses: Climate Justice – Climate Change in Film, Photography and Popular Culture Fall Term |
Anne McClintock |
| Humanities | Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM) | ENV 251 / GSS 251 / ENG 243 | Coming to Our Senses: Climate Justice – Climate Change in Film, Photography and Popular Culture Fall Term |
Anne McClintock |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | ENV 271 / ENG 271 | Climate Storytelling for Climate Action Fall 2024 only |
Staff |
| Engineering | Quantitative and Computational Reasoning (QCR) | ENV 302 / CEE 302 / EEB 302 | Practical Models for Environmental Systems Spring Term |
Michael Celia |
| Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 305 (Fall) | Topics Course: Building American Style — Land-Use Policies and Rules Fall Term |
Deborah Popper, Frank Popper |
| Natural Science or Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 305 (Spring) | Topics Course: Hormone-disrupting Pollutants Spring Term |
Joan Ruderman |
| Natural Science or Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 307 / ANT 307 / EEB 307 | Systems Approaches to Conservation Fall 2024 only |
Christian Rivera |
| Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 310 | Environmental Law and Moot Court Spring Term |
Daniel Greenhouse, Ladan Mehranvar |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | ENV 316 | Climate Science and Communications Spring 2021, Spring 2022 only |
Jessica Harrop, Michael Lemonick |
| Humanities | Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM) | ENV 327 | Investigating an Ethos of Sustainability at Princeton Spring 2022, Spring 2023 only |
Shana Weber |
| Engineering or Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | ENV 330 / MAE 330 | Ocean Waves Spring Term |
Luc Deike |
| Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 347 | Field Seminar in Regional Environmental Politics Fall 2022 only |
Jerry Zee, Nathan Jessee |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | ENV 353 / CEE 353 / GEO 353 | Chemistry of the Environment Spring Term |
Anne Morel-Kraepiel |
| Humanities | Epistemology and Cognition (EC) | ENV 357 / AMS 457 / GSS 357 | Empire of the Ark: Animals and Environments in Film, Photography and Popular Culture Spring Term |
Anne McClintock |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | ENV 363 / ENG 263 | Writing the Environment through Creative Nonfiction Fall Term |
Rob Nixon |
| Humanities | Culture and Difference (CD) or Literature and the Arts (LA) | ENV 380 / ENG 480 / COM 386 | Cities, Sea Level Rise and the Environmental Humanities Spring 2021, Spring 2022 only |
Christina Gerhardt |
| Engineering | None listed | ENV 385 / CEE 385 | Environmental Thermodynamics | Amilcare Porporato |
| Humanities or Social Science | Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM) or Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 389 / AMS 389 | Just Transitions and Climate Futures Fall 2024 only |
Jessica Ng |
| Humanities or Social Science | Culture and Difference (CD) or Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 428 / ANT 488 | The Body in Rain: Embodiment and Planetary Change Spring Term |
Jerry Zee |
| Humanities or Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 448 / ANT 448 / AAS 447 / AMS 485 | Neoliberal Natures: Society, Justice and Environmental Futures Fall 2023 only |
Kevon Rhiney |
| Humanities | Culture and Difference (CD) or Literature and the Arts (LA) | ENV 455 / COM 454 / ENG 255 | Islands, Sea Level Rise and Environmental Humanities Spring 2022 only |
Christina Gerhardt |
| Humanities or Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ENV 460 / ANT 460 / AAS 460 / AMS 460 | Climate Coloniality, Race and Justice Spring 2024 only |
Kevon Rhiney |
| Humanities | None listed | ENV 596 / AMS 596 / ENG 517 / MOD 596 | Topics in Environmental Studies: Environmental Humanities: Theory and Practice GRADUATE COURSE |
Allison Carruth |
ENV Cross-listed Elective Courses
| ENV Minor Cognate(s) | General Education requirements | Course Number | Course Title | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humanities or Social Science | Culture and Difference (CD) or Historical Analysis (HA) | AMS 304 / LAS 312 / ENV 324 | Environmental Racism | Juan Rubio |
| Humanities or Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | AMS 354 / ART 355 / ENV 373 | Creative Ecologies: American Environmental Narrative and Art, 1980-2020 | Allison Carruth |
| Humanities or Social Science | Culture and Difference (CD) or Literature and the Arts (LA) | AMS 403 / ENV 403 / ART 406 | Advanced Seminar in American Studies: Art, Media & Environmental Justice | Allison Carruth |
| Culture and Difference (CD) or Literature and the Arts (LA) | Culture and Difference (CD) or Literature and the Arts (LA) | AMS 403/ ENV 403 / VIS 408 | Advance Seminar in American Studies: Art and Politics of Food | Allison Carruth |
| Humanities or Social Science | Culture and Difference (CD) or Literature and the Arts (LA) | AMS 415 / ENV 415 / HUM 415 / ENG 435 | Land and Story in Native America | Tessa Desmond, Sarah Rivett |
| Humanities or Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | AMS 419 / ENV 419 | American Agrarians: Ideas of Land, Labor and Food | Tessa Desmond |
| Humanities or Social Science | Culture and Difference (CD) or Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM) | ANT 214 / ENV 214 | Anthropology and Environment | Jerry Zee |
| Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ANT 219 / ENV 219 | Catastrophes Across Cultures: The Anthropology of Disaster | Ryo Morimoto |
| Humanities or Social Science | Culture and Difference (CD) or Epistemology and Cognition (EC) | ANT 245 / ENV 245 / AMS 245 | Nuclear Princeton: An Indigenous Approach to Science, Technology and the Environment | Ryo Morimoto |
| Humanities or Social Science | Culture and Difference (CD) or Social Analysis (SA) | ANT 322 / ENV 342 / HUM 323 | Pluriversal Arctic Spring 2022 only |
Olga Ulturgasheva |
| Humanities | Culture and Difference (CD) | ANT 364 / ART 346 / ENV 392 / LAS 328 | Insurgent Indigenous Art | Carlos Fausto, Maria Luisa Lucas |
| Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ANT 387 / ENV 387 | Anthropologies of Climate and Change | Jerry Zee |
| Humanities or Social Science | Culture and Difference (CD) or Social Analysis (SA) | ANT 443 / LAS 443 / ENV 443 | Indigenous Worldings | Fabio Zuker |
| Social Science | Historical Analysis (HA) or Social Analysis (SA) | ANT 446 / ENV 364 | Nuclear Things and Toxic Colonization | Ryo Morimoto |
| Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ANT 452 / SOC 452 / ENV 452 | Alternative Economies: Before (and After) Growth | Julia Elyachar, Tomaz Mastnak |
| Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ANT 457 / ENV 457 | Anthropologies of Climate and Change | Jerry Zee |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | ARC 205 / URB 205 / LAS 225 / ENV 205 | Interdisciplinary Design Studio | Mario Gandelsonas |
| Humanities | None listed | ARC 492 / URB 492 / ENV 492 | Topics in the Formal Analysis of the Urban Structure: Environmental Challenges of Urban Sprawl | Mario Gandelsonas |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | ART 484 / ENV 484 / ECS 484 | Elemental Ecologies in Early Modern Art | Christine Göttler |
| Engineering | Science and Engineering (SEN) | CEE 207 / ENV 207 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering | Ian Bourg |
| Engineering | None listed | CEE 304 / ENE 304 / ENV 300 | Environmental Engineering and Energy | Catherine Peters |
| Engineering | Science and Engineering (SEN) | CEE 306 / ENV 318 | Hydrology: Water and Climate | Reed Maxwell |
| Engineering | Science and Engineering (SEN) | CEE 334 / SPI 452 / ENV 334 / ENE 334 | Global Environmental Issues | Denise Mauzerall |
| Engineering or Humanities | Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM) | CEE 392 / HUM 392 / ENV393 / ANT 396 | Engineering Justice and the City: Technologies, Environments and Power | Dean Chahim |
| Engineering or Social Science | None listed | CEE 401 / ENV 401 | Zero Carbon, Resilient, Equitable Cities: Infrastructure Innovations and Systems Analysis | Anu Ramaswami |
| Engineering | None listed | CEE 474 / ENV 474 | Special Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering: Statistical Methods in Water and the Environment | Gabriele Villarini |
| Engineering | None listed | CEE 518 / ENV 518 | Zero Carbon, Resilient, Equitable Cities: Infrastructure Innovations and Systems Analysis GRADUATE COURSE |
Anu Ramaswami |
| Engineering | None listed | CEE 571 / ENV 571 | Environmental Chemistry GRADUATE COURSE |
Catherine Peters |
| Engineering | None listed | CEE 586 / ENV 586 | Physical Hydrology GRADUATE COURSE |
Reed Maxwell |
| Engineering | None listed | CEE 587 / ENV 587 | Ecohydrology GRADUATE COURSE |
Amilcare Porporato |
| Natural Science | None listed | CHM 544 / ENV 544 | Metals in Biology: From Stardust to DNA GRADUATE COURSE |
John Groves |
| Humanities | Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM) or Historical Analysis (HA) | CLA 226 / ENV 226 / HLS 226 | Living, Naturally: Organisms, Ecologies, and Norms in Greco-Roman Antiquity | Brooke Holmes |
| Humanities | Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM) or Historical Analysis (HA) | CLA 226 / ENV 226 / HLS 226 | On Nature: Organisms, Ecologies and Norms in Greco-Roman Antiquity | Brooke Holmes |
| Humanities | Epistemology and Cognition (EC) or Science and Engineering (SEN) | CLA 247 / HUM 249 / STC 247 / ENV 247 | The Science of Roman History | Caroline Cheung, Leigh Lieberman |
| Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | ECO 355 / ENV 355 | Economics of Food and Agriculture | Silvia Weyerbrock |
| Humanities | Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM) | ECS 378 / ENV 378 / COM 364 | Nature vs. Culture: A European Problem | Florian Fuchs |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | ECS 389 / CHV 389 / HUM 389 / ENV 389 | Environmental Film Studies: Research Film Studio Spring 2022, Spring 2023 only |
Erika Kiss |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | ECS 489 / CHV 489 / HUM 485 / ENV 489 | Environmental Film Studies: Research Film Studio | Erika Kiss |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEL) | EEB 317 / ENV 317 | Ecology of Fields, Rivers, and Woodlands | Andy Dobson |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEL) | EEB 321 / ENV 384 | Ecology: Species Interactions, Biodiversity and Society | TBA |
| Engineering | Science and Engineering (SEL) | ENE 202 / ARC 208 / EGR 208 / ENV 206 | Designing Sustainable Systems: Understanding Our Environment With the Internet of Things | Forrest Meggers |
| Engineering | Science and Engineering (SEN) | ENE 318 / CBE 318 / ENV 351 | Fundamentals of Biofuels | José Avalos |
| Engineering | None listed | ENE 321 / CEE 321 / ENV 371 | Resource Recovery for a Circular Economy | Z. Jason Ren |
| Engineering | Quantitative and Computational Reasoning (QCR) | ENE 372 / EGR 372 / ENV 372 | Rapid Switch: The Energy Transition Challenge to a Low-carbon Future | Chris Greig, Eric Larson |
| Engineering | Quantitative and Computational Reasoning (QCR) | ENE 431 / ECE 431 / ENV 431 / EGR 431 | Solar Energy Conversion | Barry Rand |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | ENG 379 / ENV 383 | Environmental Justice Through Literature and Film Spring 2024 and onward |
Rob Nixon |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | ENG 384 / ENV 383 | Environmental Justice Through Literature and Film | Rob Nixon |
| Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | FRE 230 / ENV 232 | Politics and Environment in France | Göran Blix |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | FRE 338 / ENV 338 / COM 367 | The Literature of Environmental Disaster | Göran Blix |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | FRE 420 / ECS 420 / ENV 420 | Modern French Ecological Writing and Thought | Göran Blix |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GEO 202 / ENV 326 | Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate | Bess Ward |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEL) | GEO 360 / ENV 356 | Topics in Environmental Justice in the Geosciences | John Higgins |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GEO 361 / ENV 361 / CEE 360 | Earth’s Atmosphere | Stephan Fueglistaler |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GEO 363 / CHM 331 / ENV 331 | Environmental Chemistry: Chemistry of the Natural Systems | Satish Myneni |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GEO 366 / ENV 339 / SPI 451 / ENE 366 | Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation, Policy | Michael Oppenheimer |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GEO 369 / MSE 369 / ENV 388 | Environmental Materials Chemistry: Researching in Field and Laboratory | Satish Myneni |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GEO 370 / ENV 370 / CEE 370 | Sedimentology | Adam Maloof |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GEO 376 / ENV 375 / CEE 379 / MAE 376 | The Physics of Glaciers | Ching-Yao La, Adam Maloof |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEL) | GEO 402 / ENV 402 | Methods of Chemical and Isotopic Analysis in the Earth Sciences | Stefania Gili, John Higgins, Daniel Sigman |
| Natural Science | None listed | GEO 416 / ENV 418 | Microbial Life — A Geobiological View | Xinning Zhang |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GEO 435 / ENV 435 | Ocean Biogeochemical Cycles | Curtis Deutsch |
| Natural Science | None listed | GEO 470 / CHM 470 / ENV 472 | Environmental Chemistry of Soils | Satish Myneni |
| Natural Science | None listed | GEO 561 / ENV 561 | Earth’s Atmosphere GRADUATE COURSE |
Stephan Fueglistaler |
| Humanities or Social Science | None listed | GER 521 / ENV 521 / COM 508 | Topics in German Intellectual History: Ecological Marxisms GRADUATE COURSE |
Johannes Wankhammer |
| Humanities | None listed | GER 523 / MOD 500 / HUM 523 / ENV 523 | Topics in German Media Theory & History: Ecopolitics of Media: Material, Knowledge, Resource Regimes GRADUATE COURSE |
Thomas Levin |
| Humanities | None listed | GER 530 / COM 532 / ENV 530 | Topics in Aesthetics and Poetics: Aesthetics & Ecology GRADUATE COURSE |
Johannes Wankhammer |
| Humanities | Historical Analysis (HA) | GHP 413 / ENV 413 | Planetary Health: A Critical History | Heidi Anna Morefield |
| Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | GLS 340 / SAS 342 / ENV 340 / GHP 344 | Food, Climate and Health: An Indian Exploration | Ramanan Laxminarayan |
| Humanities or Social Science | Historical Analysis (HA) | HIS 412 / POL 482 / ENV 434 | Marx and the Marxist Method of Analysis: A Primer for All Disciplines Spring 2021, Spring 2022 only |
Vera Candiani |
| Humanities or Social Science | Historical Analysis (HA) | HIS 432 / ENV 432 | Environment and War | Emmanuel Kreike |
| Humanities or Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | LAS 312 / POL 459 / ENV 313 | The Politics of Climate Change and Energy Transitions in Latin America | TBA |
| Engineering | Science and Engineering (SEN) | MAE 328 / EGR 328 / ENV 328 / ENE 328 | Energy for a Greenhouse-constrained World | Julia Mikhailova |
| Engineering | None listed | MAE 463 / ENV 463 | Instabilities in Fluids: Linear and Non-linear Analysis of Waves and Patterns in the Environment | Luc Deike |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | MUS 334 / ECS 334 / ENV 333 | Venice, Theater of the World | Jamie Reuland |
| Humanities or Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | NES 366 / ENE 364 / ENV 366 | Oil, Energy and The Middle East | Bernard Haykel |
| Social Science | None listed | POL 586 / ENV 566 | Climate Change and Conflict GRADUATE COURSE |
Ethan Kapstein, Kristopher Ramsay |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | POR 407 / LAS 427 / ENV 408 | Environmental Literature: Thinking Through Plants | Pedro Meira Monteiro |
| Humanities | Culture and Difference (CD) or Historical Analysis (HA) | SAS 355 / ANT 395 / ENV 381 / URB 355 | Coastal Justice: Ecologies, Societies, Infrastructures in South Asia | Chandana Anusha |
| Social Science | Social Analysis (SA) | SOC 377 / ENV 322 | Sociology of Climate Change | Benjamin Bradlow |
| Humanities or Natural Science | Science and Engineering (SEN) | STC 349 / ENV 349 / JRN 349 | Writing about Science | Michael Lemonick |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | THR 386 / ENV 386 | Stories for a Changing Planet | Steve Cosson, Khristián Méndez Aguirre |
| Humanities | Social Analysis (SA) | URB 304 / ENV 320 / AMS 375 / HUM 376 | The Politics of Land: Dispossession, Value, and Space | Vanessa Koh |
| Humanities | Literature and the Arts (LA) | VIS 324 / ENV 312 | The Visible Wild | Jeffrey Whetstone |