Climate Curricular Guides guides pull climate-related courses into thematic lists to provide interested students with suggested courses that can be taken along any course of study. These guides are simply meant to assist students in course selection. There are no requirements for completion.
Courses in the Climate and Ecology Guide have been compiled to provide all students interested in ecology 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.
If you have any questions feel free to contact the Climate and Ecology Guide leads
Prof. Kim Medley, Director of The Tyson Research Center
Prof. Jonathan Myers, Associate Professor of Biology
Prof. Eleanor Pardini, Assistant Director and Senior Lecturer of Environmental Studies
- Each course will vary in the amount of time dedicated to climate and ecology — please look at the course description and at our Curriculum Database for guidance.
- Not every listing will directly relate to climate and ecology. Some classes may instead develop skills needed to tackle climate change as it relates to ecology.
- Some courses may require prerequisites.
- *Capstone courses are noted with an asterisk. Capstone courses often integrate project work. Some projects may be related to Ecology. Please check with the instructor.
- **Graduate courses are noted with a double asterisk. Not all graduate courses are open to undergraduates; please check with the instructor.
College of Arts and Sciences
| Anthro 3030 | Introduction to Human Ecology |
| Anthro 3181 | Humans and Animals |
| Anthro 3618 | Urban Ecological Anthropology |
| Anthro 3660 | Primate Ecology, Biology, and Behavior |
| Anthro 3662 | Primate Conservation Biology |
| Anthro 3880 | Multispecies Worlds: Animals, Global Health, and the Environment |
| Anthro 4211 | Paleoethnobotany and Ethnobotany |
| Anthro 4285 | Environmental Archeology |
| Anthro 428W | Original Research in Environmental Anthropology |
| Anthro 434 | Behavioral Research at the St. Louis Zoo |
| Anthro 481 | Zooarchaeology |
| BIOL 1811 | First-Year Opportunity: Research and Conservation in Zoos and Botanical Gardens |
| BIOL 2431 | Ampersand: Pathfinder – A Sense of Place: Discovering Missouri’s Natural Heritage |
| BIOL 2950 | Introduction to Environmental Biology |
| BIOL 2960 | Principles of Biology I |
| BIOL 2970 | Principles of Biology II |
| BIOL 3041 | Plant Biology and Genetic Engineering |
| BIOL 3220 | Woody Plants of Missouri |
| BIOL 347 | Darwin and Evolutionary Controversies |
| BIOL 3501 | Evolution |
| BIOL 370 | Animal Behavior |
| BIOL 373W | Laboratory on the Evolution of Animal Behavior (Writing Intensive) |
| BIOL 381 | Introduction to Ecology |
| BIOL 4023 | How Plants Work: Physiology, Growth, and Metabolism |
| BIOL 4181 | Population Genetics |
| BIOL 4182 | Macroevolution |
| BIOL 419 | Community Ecology |
| BIOL 4193 | Experimental Ecology Laboratory |
| BIOL 4195 | Disease Ecology |
| BIOL 472 | Behavioral Ecology |
| BIOL 4936 | Seminars in Ecology and Evolution |
| Chem 105 | Introductory General Chemistry I |
| Chem 106 | Introductory General Chemistry II |
| Chem 111A | General Chemistry I |
| Chem 112A | General Chemistry II |
| Chem 151 | General Chemistry Laboratory I |
| Chem 152 | General Chemistry Laboratory II |
| Chem 261 | Organic Chemistry I with Lab |
| Chem 262 | Organic Chemistry II with Lab |
| EnSt 115 | Introduction to Conservation Biology |
| EnSt 250 | One Health: Linking the Health of Humans, Animals, and the Environment |
| EnSt 364 | Field Methods for Environmental Science |
| EnSt 365 | Applied Conservation Biology |
| EnSt 375 | Urban Ecology |
| EnSt 380 | Applications in GIS |
| EPSc 108A | Oceans and the Atmosphere |
| EPSc 109A | Quantitative Reasoning in Environmental Science |
| EPSc 111 | Introduction to Global Climate Change In the 21st Century |
| EPSc 201 | Earth and the Environment |
| EPSc 323 | Biogeochemistry |
| EPSc 385 | Earth History |
| EPSc 386 | The Earth’s Climate System |
| EPSc 413 | Introduction to Soil Science |
| EPSc 429 | Environmental Hydrogeology |
| EPSc 444 | Environmental Geochemistry |
| EPSc 486 | Paleoclimatology |
| Phil 235F | Introduction to Environmental Ethics |
Brown School of Social Work
Interdisciplinary Programs
| BEYOND 101 | Earth’s Future: Causes and Consequences of Global Climate Change |
| BEYOND 140 | To Sustainability and Beyond: People, Planet, Prosperity (P3) |
McKelvey School of Engineering
| EECE 210 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering |
| EECE 311 | Green Engineering |
| EECE 407 | Environmental Biotechnology |
| EECE 505 | Aquatic Chemistry |
| EECE 531 | Environmental Organic Chemistry |