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Sustainable Development

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The Sustainable Development Focus allows students to center their EPD coursework on environmental policies, economics and laws in developing countries. Students interested in environmental development may also want to refer to courses taught through the Environmental Policy Studies course listings.

The courses below are pre-approved for the Environment and Development Focus.  Please keep in mind that not all of these courses are offered each year, nor is this an exhaustive list.   Be sure to consult the appropriate course bulletins and Registration Guides for the most up-to-date information.

U – SIPA G – Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
B – Business School L   – Law School
P – Mailman School of Public Health W – Fundraising Management

Course Number

Course Name

L6038

Climate Change Law

U6230

Climate Change, Development, and Human Rights

U4737

Economics of the Environment

U6149

Energy, Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights

U9245

Environment & Resource Economics

U8909

Environment, Conflict, Resolution

L9825

Environmental Justice & Sustainable Development

U4727

Environmental Politics & Policy Management

U6240

Environmental Science for Sustainable Development

U6236

History of American Ecology & Environmentalism

U9240

Human Ecology and Sustainable Development

U6043

Integrated Development Practice

U6060

International Energy Systems and Business Structures

U6243

International Relations in the Environment

A4579

Introduction to Environmental Planning

U6760

Managing Risk in Natural and other Disasters

U9250

Politics of Sustainable Development

L8036

Protection of Natural Resources

U8912

Technical Innovations and Sustainable Development

U6063

The Geopolitics of Energy

U8452

Water Resources in Developing Countries