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Global Environmental Change and Sustainability Major and Minor

A new interdisciplinary major and minor in Global Environmental Change and Sustainability (GECS) is now offered. An overview of the program including course requirements is available. For more information contact the Director, Cindy L. Parker MD, MPH.

Finding Courses Related to Environmental or Sustainability Issues at Hopkins

Courses offered in many Homewood and East Baltimore departments cover topics related to the environment, with focuses ranging from policy and public health to climate change.  The Sustainability Initiative has compiled this preliminary list to aid students and academic advisors in their search for excellent courses that fit the students' interests.

The list below includes everything from Freshmen-only courses to graduate level seminars.  Students should keep in mind that new courses are added each semester, and this page contains only those courses that most clearly relate to sustainability issues - other courses in these and other departments certainly cover related topics as well.

Visit the Registrar's site for current course offerings and descriptions.

HomewoodEast Baltimore
Fall Course1st Term
Spring and Fall Courses2nd Term
Spring Courses

3rd Term

4th Term

Department Codes

    Fall Courses

195.607The Policy Process
230.150Issues in International Development
230.225Population, Health, & Development
270.102Freshman Seminar: Conversation with the Earth
270.103Introduction to Global Environmental Change
270.320

The Environment & Your Health

270.108Oceans and Atmospheres
270.378Present and Future Climate
280.380Introduction to Global Health
420.623Freshwater Ecology and Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems
420.632Outdoor Air Quality Management & Policy
420.643Environmentalism: History and Literature
420.645Environmental Challenges for Energy Policy
420.646Transportation Policy & Smart Growth
570.108Introduction to Environmental Engineering
570.109Environment and Society: Towards Sustainability
570.205Ecology
570.395Principles of Estuarine Environment: The Chesapeake Bay
570.404Political Ecology
570.405History of Environmental Thought
570.411

Engineering Microbiology

570.465Water Resource Development: History & Principles
570.490Solid Waste Engineering and Management
570.493Economic Foundations for Public Decision Making

    Spring OR Fall Courses

420.614Environmental Policymaking and Analysis
420.633Geographic Information Systems
420.656Environmental Impact Assessment and Decision Methods

    Spring Courses

140.161Thinking and Living with Animals: Human Animal Relationships in History
230.140Introduction to Globalization
230.240Introduction to Environmental Sociology
270.107Introduction to Sustainability
270.113Freshman Seminar: Environmental Poisons
270.114Guided Tour: The Planets
270.308Population and Community Ecology
270.310Global Environmental Changes & Sustainability Seminar
270.315Natural Catastrophes
270.360Climate Change: Science & Policy
270.377Climates of the Past
270.415Climate Change Discussions
420.620Soils in Natural and Anthropogenic Ecosystems
420.622Ecotoxicology
420.629Drinking Water, Sanitation and Health
420.639Landscape Ecology
420.644Sustainable Cities
420.650International Environmental Policy
420.652Environmental Justice
420.659Management for Environmental Results
510.432Electrochemical Energy Conservation and Power Sources
540.202Engineering Thermodynamics
560.380Introduction to Ocean and Wind Energy
570.110Introduction to Engineering for Sustainable Development
570.239Emerging Environmental Issues
570.302Water & Wastewater Treatment
570.310Unraveling Error: Moral Explorations of Technology
570.328Geography & Ecology of Plants
570.353Hydrology
570.423Principles of Geomorphology
570.426Geomorphic and Ecologic Foundations of Stream Restoration
570.491Hazardous Waste Engineering and Management
680.714Energy
680.730Global Electricity Markets
680.769China and Energy
680.749Climate Change and Energy
750.733China's Environment and Development: Politics, Policy and Sustainability
780.713Energy, Politics and Development in Africa
810.761Energy in the Americas: Conflict, Cooperation and Future Prospects
1st Term

180.609

Principles of Environmental Health I

180.610

Public Health Toxicology

180.611

The Global Environmental and Public Health

180.880

Special Studies in Environmental Health/Community Outreach
2nd Term
180.610Principles of Environmental Health II

180.617

Introduction to the Chemistry of Ambient Air Pollutants

180.621

Special Studies in Food Production, Public Health and the Environment
180.629Environmental and Occupational Health Law and Policy
180.651Energy Policy Choices and Public Health
180.655Baltimore Food Systems: A Case Study of Urban Food Environments

180.880

Special Studies in Environmental Health/Community Outreach

182.637

Noise and Other Physical Agents in the Environment

188.688

Global Sustainability and Health Seminar
3rd Term
180.601Environmental Health

180.614

Environmental Health and the Developing World

180.651

Energy Policy Choices and Public Health

180.880

Special Studies in Environmental Health/Community Outreach
4th Term
180.628Introduction to Environmental and Occupational Health Law
180.638Environmental and Health Concerns in Water Use and Reuse
180.655Baltimore Food Systems: A Case Study of Urban Food Environments

180.880

Special Studies in Environmental Health/Community Outreach
188.682Buildings, Land Use, Transportation and Public Health
188.688Global Sustainability and Health Seminar

    Key to Department Codes:

100.xxxHistory
140.xxxHistory of Science and Technology
18x.xxxBloomberg School of Public Health

190.xxx

Political Science
195.xxxPublic Policy
230.xxxSociology
270.xxxEarth and Planetary Sciences
280.xxxPublic Health Studies
420.xxxAdvanced Academic Programs - Environmental Science & Policy
500.xxxGeneral Engineering
570.xxx

Geography and Environmental Engineering

680.xxxNitze School of Advanced International Studies


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