Sustainability Related Courses

Sustainability courses at the University of Washington explore environmental, economic, and/or social aspects of sustainability, addressing the ability for society to innovatively utilize, develop, and protect natural resources and ecosystems in a way that meets the current and future generations' needs.
 
Sustainability Related courses:

• Examines one or more topics with regards to at least one dimension of sustainability

Or

• Sustainability or the environment is a discrete element of the course description, but not necessarily the main focus

The following is a course title list of courses offered at UW Seattle with a main component related to the environment or sustainability. They are provided In the format (department prefix(es) and course number(s), course title, number of credits, undergraduate general education requirement designators if applicable). Sustainability focused courses are listed here, and the complete course descriptions for these classes can be found here.

Sustainability Departments | Focused Courses | Related Courses | Research

AIS 335 American Indians and the Law (5) I&S

AMATH 535 Mathematical Ecology (5)
AMATH 536 Spatial Models in Ecology and Epidemiology (5)

Department of Anthropology
ANTH 215 Introduction to Medical Anthropology and Global Health (5) I&S
ANTH 316/SISA 316 Modern South Asia (5) I&S
ANTH 339/GWSS 339/SISSA 339 Social Movements in Contemporary India (5)
ANTH 371/ENVIR 371 Anthropology of Development (5) I&S
ANTH 451/ENVIR 451 Comparative Historical and Social Ecology of the Tropics (5) I&S
ANTH 461 Historical Ecology (5) I&S/NW
ANTH 488 Agroecology (5) I&S
ANTH 539/GWSS 539/SISSA 539 Social Movements in Contemporary India (5)
ANTH 572 Environmental Anthropology Research Methodology Colloquium (2, max. 10)

Department of Architecture
ARCH 431 Environmental Control Principles (3)
ARCH 435 Principles and Practices of Environmental Lighting (3)
ARCH 502/ARCH 530 Integrated Building Systems (3)
ARCH 533 Advanced Environmental Systems (3) 
ARCH 535 Graduate Seminar: Study Topics in Environmental Lighting (3)
ARCH 564 Environmental Design and Well-Being (3) 
ARCH 598 Special Topics for Graduate Students (1-6, max. 6)

ARCHY 101 Exploring Archaeology (5) I&S

ART 467 Exhibition and Installation Design (5) VLPA

Department of Atmospheric Sciences
ATM S 101 Weather (5) NW
ATM S 301 Introduction to Atmospheric Sciences (5) NW
ATM S 380 Weather and Climate Prediction (3) NW
ATM S 452 Weather Forecasting and Advanced Synoptic Meteorology (5) NW
ATM S 480/CEE 480 Air-Quality Modeling (3) NW
ATM S 490 Current Weather Analysis (1, max. 6) NW
ATM S 534 Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Climate System (3)
ATM S 554/ESS 554/OCEAN 554 Paleoclimate Proxies (3)
ATM S 575 Large Scale Dynamics of the Tropical Atmosphere (3)
ATM S 589/ESS 589/OCEAN 589 Paleoclimatology: Data, Modeling and Theory (3)
ATM S 596/ESS 596/OCEAN 596 Climate Science Capstone Project (1-5, max. 5)

BIO A 387 Ecological Perspectives on Environmental Stress, Adaptation, and Health (5) NW
BIO A 475/ENVIR 475 Environmental Impacts of Small Scale Societies (5) I&S/NW

Department of Biology
BIOL 180 Introductory Biology (5) NW
BIOL 340/FISH 340 Genetics and Molecular Ecology (5) NW
BIOL 354 Foundations in Evolution and Systematics (3) NW
BIOL 470 Biogeography (4) NW
BIOL 473/FISH 473 Limnology (3) NW
BIOL 474/FISH 474/CEE 463 Limnology Laboratory (2) NW

Bioresource Science and Engineering
BSE 150 Bioresource Science and Engineering Seminar (1)
BSE 190 Special Topics (1-5, max. 10) NW
BSE 399 Undergraduate Internship (1-5, max. 15)
BSE 406 Natural Products Chemistry (5) NW
BSE 420 Bioresource Engineering I (4)
BSE 421 Bioresource Engineering II (3)
BSE 422 Bioresource Engineering III (4)
BSE 426 Bioresource Laboratory (4)
BSE 490 Special Topics (1-5, max. 15)
BSE 499 Undergraduate Research (1-5, max. 15)

C ENV 500 Communicating Science to the Public Effectively (3)

Civil and Environmental Engineering 
CEE 100 Twenty First Century Civil and Environmental Engineering (1)
CEE 250 Environmental Processes and Flows (3) NW
CEE 298 Special Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering (1-5, max. 10)
CEE 337 Construction Materials (5)
CEE 444 Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering Capstone Design Project (4)
CEE 462 Applied Limnology and Pollutant Effects on Freshwater (3) NW
CEE 472 Introduction to Hydraulics in Water Resources (3)
CEE 473 Coastal Engineering I (3)
CEE 474 Hydraulics of Sediment Transport (3)
CEE 475 Analysis Techniques for Groundwater Flow (3)
CEE 476 Physical Hydrology (3)
CEE 477 Open-Channel Engineering (3)
CEE 481 Hydraulic Design for Environmental Engineering (3)
CEE 482 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (3)
CEE 483 Drinking Water Treatment (3)
CEE 484 Decentralized and On-Site Wastewater Management and Reuse (3)
CEE 485 Environmental Engineering Chemistry (3)
CEE 486 Environmental Analysis Laboratory (3)
CEE 487 Solid-Waste Disposal (3)
CEE 488 Hazardous Wastes Engineering (3)
CEE 489 Water and Air Quality Sampling (2)
CEE 493 Air-Pollution Source Testing and Equipment Evaluation (3)
CEE 494/CHEM E 468/M E 468 Air-Pollution Control Equipment Design (3)
CEE 500 Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminars (1)
CEE 545 Environmental Organic Chemistry (3)
CEE 549 Advanced Topics in Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, and Biology (3)
CEE 550 Environmental Chemical Modeling (3)
CEE 556/CHEM E 562 Air Resources Management (3)
CEE 558/CHEM E 566 Control of Gaseous Air Pollutants (3)
CEE 559/CHEM E 567 Control of Particulate Air Pollutants (3)
CEE 563 Transportation Choices and Technology (4)
CEE 567 Health and Sustainable Transportation (5)
CEE 569 Policy Development, Finance and Sustainable Transportation (5)
CEE 571 Hydrodynamics in Water Quality (3)
CEE 578 Water Resource System Management and Operations (3)
CEE 599 Special Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering (1-5, max. 20)

Community, Environment, and Planning
CEP 446 Internship (5, max. 10)
CEP 460 Planning in Context (5) I&S

School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
SEFS 505/PSE 201 Introduction to Pulp, Paper, and Bioproducts (3)
SEFS 509 Analysis of Research Problems (3)
SEFS 512 Biogeochemical Cycling in Soils and Forest Ecosystems (3)
SEFS 513 Advanced Soil Genesis and Classification (5)
SEFS 520 Geographic Information Systems in Forest Resources (5)
SEFS 525 Advanced Wildland Hydrology (4)
SEFS 526 Seminar in Advanced Silviculture (3) 
SEFS 528 International Forestry (3) 
SEFS 529/FISH 529/PB AF 521 Water Center Seminar (1, max. 6)
SEFS 550 Graduate Seminar (2-5, max. 10)
SEFS 564 Advanced Forest Biometry (3/5) 
SEFS 590 Graduate Studies (1-5, max. 10)
SEFS 600 Independent Study or Research (*)
SEFS 601 Graduate Internship in Forest Resources (3-9, max. 9)

CHSTU 320 Food Sovereignty Movements in Mexico and the United States (5) I&S

CM 510 Advanced Construction Techniques(3)
CM 515 Innovative Project Management Concepts (3)  
CM 588 Construction Operations and Productivity(3)

E E 351 Energy Systems (5)

ENGL 365 Literature and Discourse on the Environment (5) VLPA

Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
ENV H 111 Exploring Environment and Health Connections (3) I&S
ENV H 205 Environmental Health in Media (2) I&S
ENV H 431 Environmental and Occupational Sampling and Analysis I (3) NW
ENV H 432 Environmental and Occupational Sampling and Analysis II (4) NW
ENV H 433 Environmental and Occupational Sampling and Analysis III (4) NW
ENV H 440 Water, Wastewater and Health (3)
ENV H 441 Food Protection (3)
ENV H 445 Solid Waste Management (3)
ENV H 446 Hazardous Waste Management (3)
ENV H 448 Community Air Pollution (3)
ENV H 449 Health Effects of Air Pollution (2)
ENV H 451 Ecology of Environmentally Transmitted Microbiological Hazards (3)
ENV H 473 Environmental Health Policy and Practice (3) 
ENV H 482 Environmental Health Internship (2-15, max. 15)
ENV H 490 Selected Topics in Environmental Health (1-6, max. 20)
ENV H 497 Environmental Health Special Electives (*)
ENV H 499 Undergraduate Research (*)
ENV H 511 Environmental and Occupational Health (1-3, max. 3)
ENV H 514 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology I (3)
ENV H 515 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology II (3)
ENV H 516 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology III (3)
ENV H 517 Children' s Environmental Health (3)
ENV H 518 Environmental Health Regulation I (0/2, max. 2)
ENV H 519 Environmental Health Regulation II (0/2, max. 2)
ENV H 545 Water, Wastewater and Health (4)
ENV H 546 Pesticides and Public Health (3)
ENV H 548 Community Air Pollution (3)
ENV H 549/IND E 549 Human Factors in Engineering Design (3)
ENV H 553 Environmental Exposure Monitoring Methods (4)
ENV H 570/EPI 570 Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology (3)
ENV H 571/EPI 571 Neuroepidemiology and Environmental Risk Factors (3)
ENV H 580 Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Seminar (1, max 6)
ENV H 581 Environmental Health Reading (1)
ENV H 583 Thesis Research Proposal Preparation (1)
ENV H 584 Occupational and Environmental Health: Policy and Politics (3)
ENV H 590 Selected Topics (1-6, max. 20)
ENV H 592 Current topics in Occupational Health Sciences (1/3)
ENV H 593 Current Topics in Risk Assessment (1, max. 6)
ENV H 594 Current Topics in Environmental Health (1, max. 2)
ENV H 596/NURS 580 Current Issues in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2, max. 12)
ENV H 597 Case Studies in Environmental and Occupational Health (1)
ENV H 598 Degree Program Project/Portfolio (1-9-, max. 18)
ENV H 599 Field Studies (2-6, max. 6)
ENV H 600 Independent Study or Research (*)
ENV H 700 Master' s Thesis (*)
ENV H 800 Doctoral Dissertation (*)

Program on the Environment
ENVIR 250 Environmental Studies: Data Types and Collection Methods (5) NW, QSR
ENVIR 296 Study Abroad -- Environmental Studies (1-15, max. 15)
ENVIR 350 Internship (1-5, max. 15)
ENVIR 385 Political Ecology of the World Food Systems (5)
ENVIR 490 Pre-Capstone Seminar (2)
ENVIR 491 Capstone Experience ([1-12]-, max. 12)
ENVIR 492 Post-Capstone Seminar (3)
ENVIR 496 Study Abroad -- Advanced Environmental Studies (1-15, max. 15)
ENVIR 498 Independent Study (1-5, max. 5)
ENVIR 499 Undergraduate Research (1-15, max. 15)
ENVIR 600 Independent Study or Research (1-5)

Earth & Space Science
ESS 345 The Environment of Fuel and Mineral Deposits (3) I&S/NW
ESS 457 Environmental Geochemistry (4) NW
ESS 546 Applied Tsunami Hazard Science (4)

School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
ESRM 190 Special Topics (1-5, max. 10) NW
ESRM 250 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems in Forest Resources (5) NW, QSR
ESRM 315 Natural Resource Issues: Old-Growth and Forest Management (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 368 Natural Resource Measurements (4) NW
ESRM 381 Management of Wildland Recreation and Amenities (3) NW
ESRM 399 Field or Teaching Internship (1-5, max. 15)
ESRM 401 Spring Comes to the Cascades (3) NW
ESRM 403 Forest and Economic Development in the Developing World (4) NW
ESRM 410 Forest Soils and Site Productivity (5) NW
ESRM 412 Native Plant Production (3) NW
ESRM 413 Soil Genesis and Classification (5) NW 
ESRM 426 Wildland Hydrology (4) NW
ESRM 427 Integrated Management of Forest Landscapes in a Changing World (3)
ESRM 428 Principles of Silviculture and Their Application (5) NW
ESRM 430 Hyperspatial Remote Sensing in Natural Resource Management (5) NW
ESRM 442 Forest Ecology and the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains (5)
ESRM 444 Forest Ecosystems Protection: Insects and Diseases (5)
ESRM 451 Urban Plant Protection (5) NW
ESRM 461 Forest Management and Economics (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 468 Forest Operations (5)
ESRM 489 Foreign Study (1-5, max. 15)
ESRM 490 Special Topics (1-5, max. 15)
ESRM 491 Field Studies (1-5, max. 10)
ESRM 494 Senior Capstone Proposal (5-)
ESRM 495 Senior Project (-5)
ESRM 496 Senior Thesis (-5)
ESRM 499 Undergraduate Research (1-5, max. 15)

EURO 351/SCAND 351 Scandinavia, the European Union, and Global Climate Change (5) VLPA/I&S

School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
FISH 312 Fisheries Ecology (3/5) NW
FISH 324 Aquatic Animal Physiology and Reproduction (3/5) NW
FISH 424 Biology and Culture of Aquatic Organisms (5)
FISH 437/FISH 537 Fisheries Oceanography (4) NW
FISH 441 Integrative Environmental Physiology (3/5) NW
FISH 444 Conservation Genetics (5) NW
FISH 452/OCEAN 452 Spatial Information Technology in Ecosystem Sciences (3) NW
FISH 453/OCEAN 453 Geospatial Pattern Analysis and Geostatisics (3) NW
FISH 454/Q SCI 454 Ecological Modeling (5) NW
FISH 458/Q SCI 458 Modeling and Estimation in Conservation and Resource Management (4) NW
FISH 480/SMA 480 Human Dimensions of Fishery Management (3) I&S/NW
FISH 526 Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems (3)
FISH 535 Aquatic Toxicology (3)
FISH 538 Fisheries Acoustics (3-5)
FISH 541 Integrative Environmental Physiology (3/5)
FISH 546 Bioinformatics for Environmental Sciences (3)
FISH 547 River Ecology and Watershed Management (3)
FISH 558 Decision Analysis in Natural Resource Management (4)
FISH 559 Numerical Computing for the Natural Resources (5)
FISH 581/SMA 581 Case Study Method: Living Marine Resource Management (3)

FREN 228/LIT 228 The Water Crisis in Literature and Film (5)

G H 511 Problems in Global Health ([0-4]-, max. 4)
G H 514 Global Societal Determinants of Health (3)
G H 553 Reproductive Health, Population and Development (2)

GEN ST 162 Discovery Seminar in the Natural World (5) NW

Department of Geography
GEOG 100 Introduction to Geography (5) I&S
GEOG 111/SIS 111 Global Youth (5) I&S
GEOG 123/SIS 123 Introduction to Globalization (5) I&S
GEOG 258 Maps and GIS (5) I&S
GEOG 371 World Hunger and Agricultural Development (5) I&S
GEOG 433 Resource Use and Management in Russia and the Newly Independent States (5) I&S
GEOG 461 Urban Geographic Information Systems (5) I&S
GEOG 462 Coastal Geographic Information Systems (5) QSR
GEOG 464 GIS and Decision Support (5) I&S
GEOG 480 Environmental Geography, Climate, and Health (5) I&S
GEOG 490 Field Research: The Seattle Region (6) I&S
GEOG 536/SISSA 536 Advanced Research Seminar on South Asian Geographies (5)
GEOG 561 Urban Geographic Information Systems (5)
GEOG 562 Coastal Geographic Information Systems (5)
GEOG 568 International Case Studies of GIS for Sustainability Management (5)
GEOG 570 Research Seminar: Natural Resources Analysis (3, max. 6)

GIS 564 GIS and Decision Support (5)

HSTAS 303/SISA 303 Divided Lands/Divided Lives: An Environmental History of South Asia (5) I&S

IND E 351 Human Factors in Design (4)
IND E 570 Supply Chain Systems (3)

IPM 505 Climate Change and Infrastructure (3)
IPM 506 Energy Systems (3)

Landscape Architecture
L ARCH 212 Designing the Future (3) VLPA
L ARCH 302 Urban Sites Studio (6)
L ARCH 412 Landscape Communications (2)
L ARCH 425 Advanced Planting Design Studio (1-6, max. 6)

School of Law
LAW E 594 Environmental Law Clinic (4-, max 12)

Mechanical Engineering
M E 430 Advanced Energy Conversion Systems (4)
M E 481 Combustion Engines and Alternatives (4)
M E 515 Life Cycle Assessment (3)
M E 529 Advanced Energy Conversion Systems (4)

MGMT 321 Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business (4)

NURS 523 Communities, Populations, and Systems: Theoretical Foundations (3)

School of Oceanography
OCEAN 455 Introduction to Modeling in Oceanography (3) NW,QSR
OCEAN 481 Puget Sound and Estuarine Oceanography (3) NW 
OCEAN 500 Current Problems in Oceanography (1)
OCEAN 507 Puget Sound and Estuarine Oceanography (3)
OCEAN 544 Subseafloor Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (3)
OCEAN 585 Paleoceanography (3)
OCEAN 592 Communicating Ocean Sciences (4)

Evans School of Public Affairs
PB AF 533 Economics of International Development (3/4)
PB AF 566 Community Economic Development (3/4)
PB AF 585 Topics in Science, Technology, and Public Policy (3-5, max, 12)
PB AF 587 Water and Sanitation Policy in Economically Developing Countries (3/4)

Department of Political Science
POL S 424/SISEA 437 International Relations of Japan (5) I&S
POL S 465 Law and Public Policy in the United States (5) I&S
POL S 577 The Politics of Social Movements (5)

PSYCH 563 Developmental Psychology and the Human Relationship with Nature (4)

Center for Quantitative Science
Q SCI 190 Quantitative Analysis for Environmental Science (5) NW,QSR
Q SCI 210/ENVIR 210 Introduction to Environmental Modeling (4)Q SCI 381 Introduction to Probability and Statistics (5) NW, QSR
Q SCI 482 Statistical Inference in Applied Research I: Hypothesis Testing and Estimation for Ecologists and Resource Managers (5) NW 
Q SCI 483 Statistical Inference in Applied Research II: Regression Analysis for Ecologists and Resource Managers (5) NW
Q SCI 499 Research Experience (1-15, max. 15)

Quantitative Ecology & Resource Management
QERM 514 Analysis of Ecological and Environmental Data I (4
QERM 597 Seminar in Quantitative Ecology (2)
QERM 598 Special Topics in Quantitative Resource Management (1-3, max. 12)
QERM 599 Research in Quantitative Resource Management and Ecology (*, max. 12)
QERM 600 Independent Study or Research (*)
QERM 700 Master' s Thesis (*)
QERM 800 Doctoral Dissertation (*)

Quarernary Research Center
QUAT 501 Seminar/Conference in Quaternary Environments (1, max. 6)
QUAT 502 Interdisciplinary Quaternary Investigations (2, max. 6)
QUAT 504 Special Topics in Quaternary Sciences (1-3, max. 3)

Jackson School of International Studies
SIS 553 Environment and Health in the World Trade Organization (5)
SISCA 356 Canadian Society (5) I&S
SISEA 434/SOC 434 Demographic Issues in Asia (3-5) I&S
SISEA 537 International Relations in Japan (5)

School of Marine & Environmental Affairs
SMEA 485 Pacific Recreation and Tourism Issues (3) I&S/NW
SMEA 499 Undergraduate Research (1-15, max. 15)
SMEA 502 Decision Making and Action Taking in Marine Affairs (3)
SMEA 512 Interviewing Methods and Environmental Topics (3)
SMEA 570 Thesis Presentation (1)

University Conjoint Courses
UCONJ 540 Environmental Change and Human Health: The Role of the Health Professional (1/2, max. 2)

UW Urban Design and Planning
URBDP 422 Urban and Regional Geospatial Analysis (5)
URBDP 446 Practical Experience (4, max. 8)
URBDP 466 Infrastructure and Community Facilities (4)
URBDP 467 Urban Planning Uses of Remote Sensing (3)
URBDP 538/ENV H 538 Public Health and the Built Environment (2)
URBDP 549 Hazard Mitigation Planning (3)
URBDP 552/R E 552 Real Estate Process (4)