Climate Curricular 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 Justice Guide have been compiled to provide all students interested in climate justice 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 Justice Guide leads
Prof. Froggi VanRiper, Lecturer in Environmental Studies and Co-Director of the Sustainability Exchange
Prof. Scott Krummenacher, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies
- Each course will vary in the amount of time dedicated to climate and justice — please look at the course description and at our Curriculum Database for guidance.
- Not every listing will directly relate to climate and justice. Some classes may instead develop skills needed to tackle climate change as it relates to justice.
- Some courses may require prerequisites.
- *Capstone courses are noted with an asterisk. Capstone courses often integrate project work. Some projects may be related to Cities. 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.
Please help us keep this list up to date. If we are missing a course, let us know! Please email environment@wustl.edu.
Brown School of Social Work
| MPH 5005 | Environmental Health |
| MPH 5107 | Policy, Politics, and Power in Global Health |
| MPH 5323 TPS | Climate Change & Public Health |
| SWCR 5015 | Social Justice & Human Diversity |
| SWDP 4100 | Social Work Practice with Refugees & Immigrants |
| SWHS 5751 | Indigenous Knowledge, Values and Cultures |
College of Arts and Sciences
| AFAS 288 | Free the Land: Black Histories of Environmental Racism |
| AMCS 299 | The Study of Cities and Metropolitan America |
| AMCS 389A | Power, Justice, and the City |
| Anthro 3150 | Securing Food: (Pre)Historic Perspectives, Present Challenges, and the Future of Human Subsistence |
| Anthro 3283 | Introduction to Global Health |
| Anthro 3472 | Global Energy and the American Dream |
| Anthro 361 | Culture and Environment |
| Anthro 3617 | Past and Present Cultural Environments |
| Anthro 3618 | Urban Ecological Anthropology |
| Anthro 3880 | Multispecies Worlds: Animals, Global Health, and Environment |
| Anthro 4242 | Social Movements |
| Econ 451 | Environmental Policy |
| Econ 472 | Topics in Growth and Development |
| Educ 4289 | Neighborhoods, Schools, and Social Inequality |
| EnSt 250 | One Health: Linking the Health of Humans, Animals, and the Environment |
| EnSt 251 | Metropolitan Environment |
| EnSt 290 | Sophomore Seminar in Sustainability and the Environment |
| EnSt 310 | Ecological Economics |
| EnSt 315 | Fallout: Analyzing Texts and Narratives of the Nuclear Era |
| EnSt 316 | Beyond the Evidence |
| EnSt 346 | Environmental Justice |
| EnSt 347 | Sustainable Cities |
| EnSt 357 | Multiparty Environmental Decision Making |
| EnSt 452 | International Climate Negotiation Seminar |
| EnSt 461 | Intro to Environmental Law |
| EnSt 539 | Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic |
| EPSc 111 | Introduction To Global Climate Change In the 21st Century |
| FYP 116 | Ampersand: Geographies of Globalization and Development |
| History 3068 | An Inconvenient Truth: The Human History of Climate Change |
| Phil 235F | Introduction to Environmental Ethics |
| Pol Sci 332B | Environmental and Energy Issues |
| Pol Sci 340 | Topics: Environmental Justice |
| SOC 106 | Social Problems and Social Issues |
| SOC 2010 | The Roots of Ferguson: Understanding Racial Inequality in the Contemporary U.S. |
| WGSS 437 | Transnational Feminisms |
Interdisciplinary Programs
| Beyond 101 | Earth’s Future: Causes and Consequences of Global Climate Change |
| Beyond 115 | Environmental Racism and the Health of Everyone |
| Beyond 140 | To Sustainability and Beyond: People, Planet, Prosperity |
| 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 210 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering |
| EECE 314 | Air Quality Engineering with Lab |
| EECE 514 | Atmospheric Science and Climate |
| EECE 552 | Biomass Energy Systems and Engineering |
| ESE 437 | Sustainable Energy Systems |
Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
| Arch 4930 | In\Visible St. Louis: People, Place, and Power in the Divided City |
| Art 518P | Photography: Art Practice (Art, Environment, Culture, and Image) |
| Land 304 | Shared Ecologies and Design |
| Land 553A | Seeds |
| Land 601 | Landscape Architecture Design Studio V |
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
| Mus 1012 | Music and Protest: Sounding Social Change in the United States |
| JME 303 | Global Energy Policy: From Israel to Iran |
| PolSci 3402 01 | Influencing Public Policy On Climate Change |
| SUST 319 | Planning Sustainable and Racially Equitable Urban Communities |
| SUST 337 | Sustainable Food Systems Thinking |