2023 - 2024 Year at a Glance
Please note that the following schedules may be subject to change, and students are encouraged not only to revisit this page but also to confirm the course listings in the online Directory of Courses and Vergil, where course descriptions and class meeting times will be posted.
If you have questions about the courses listed below or the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development, please contact the following program administrators:
- Sylvia Montijo ([email protected]), Program Manager
Fall 2023
- Course Number
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Course Title
- Instructor
- EESC 2330
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Science for Sustainable Development
- Jenna Lawrence and John Mutter
- SDEV 1900
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Intro to Sustainable Development**
- Jason Smerdon
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- **Beginning fall 2023, SDEV 1900 Introduction to Sustainable Development is no longer a required course for students in the major and special concentration. Please reach out to Sylvia Montijo ([email protected]) with any questions about this change.
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Science Sequence
- CHEM 1403
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- General Chemistry - I
- multiple sections/instructors
- CHEM 1404
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- General Chemistry - II
- Christopher Eckdahl
- EEEB 2001
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Environmental Biology - I
- Shahid Naeem and Andres Bendesky
- EESC 1600
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Earth Resources and Sustainable Development
- Peter Kelemen
- EESC 2100
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Earth's Environmental System: Climate
- Jerry McManus and Suzana Camargo
- EESC 2200
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Earth's Environmental System: Solid Earth
- Jonathan Kingslake
- PHYS 1201
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- General Physics I
- multiple sections/instructors
- PHYS 1291
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- General Physics I - Lab
- multiple sections/instructors
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Social Science Sequence
- ANTH 1002
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- The Interpretation of Culture
- Naor Ben-Yehoyada
- ANTH 2004
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Intro to Social and Cultural Theory
- John Pemberton
- ECON 1105
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Principles of Economics
- multiple sections/instructors
- POLS 1201
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Introduction to American Politics
- Andrew McCall
- POLS 1601
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Introduction to International Politics
- Jayme Schlesinger
- SDEV 2050
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Environmental Policy and Government
- Lisa Dale
- SOCI 1000
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- The Social World
- Ryan Hagen
- POLS 1501
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Intro to Comparative Politics
- Benjamin McClelland
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Quantitative Foundation
- EEEB 3005
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Introduction to Statistics for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Steffen Foerster
- EESC 3017
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Environmental Data Analysis
- multiple sections/instructors
- MATH 2015
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Linear Algebra and Probability
- George Dragomir
- STAT 1201
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Calculus-Based Introduction to Statistics
- multiple sections/instructors
- STAT 2103
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Applied Linear Regression Analysis
- Wayne Lee
- STAT 3105
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Applied Statistical Methods
- Alex Pijyan
- STAT 4203
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Probability Theory
- multiple sections/instructors
- STAT 4204
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Statistical Interference
- multiple sections/instructors
- STAT 4205
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Linear Regression Models
- multiple sections/instructors
- STAT 4207
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Elementary Stochastic Processes
- Mark Brown
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Analysis and Solutions to Complex Problems
- ANTH 3932
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Climate Change/Global Migration/Human Rights
- J.C. Salyer
- ECIA 4100
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Management and Development of Water Systems
- Upmanu Lall
- EESC 4600
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Earth Resources and Sustainable Development
- Peter Kelemen
- PUBH 4200
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Environment, Health, and Justice
- Ana Navas Acien
- SDEV 3360
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Disasters and Development
- John Mutter and Sonali Deraniyagala
- SDEV 3366
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Energy Law
- Michael Gerrard
- SDEV 4250
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Lisa Dale
- SDEV 4650
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Building Climate Justice
- Paul Gallay and Gregory Yetman
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Skills/Actions
- EESC 4050
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Global Assessment and Monitoring Using Remote Sensing
- Christopher Small
- SDEV 2320
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Economic and Financial Methods for Sustainable Development
- Satyajit Bose
- SDEV 3390
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- GIS for Sustainable Development
- Kytt MacManus
- SOCI 3010
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Methods for Social Research
- Amy Zhou
- SUMA 4100
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Sustainability Management
- multiple sections/instructors
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Practicum
- SDEV 3998
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Supervised Individual Research
- Adela Gondek
- SDEV 4550
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- The New York City Watershed: From Community Displacement to Collaboration and Climate Adaptation
- Ruth Defries
- SUMA 4310
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Innovation Sustainability Leadership
- Noa Gafni and Sophia Huda
- SUMA 4734
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Earth Institute Practicum
- Alison Miller and Hayley Martinez
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Capstone
- SDEV 3280
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Workshop in Sustainable Development
- multiple sections
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Electives
- Area 1
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Senior Thesis Seminar (EESC 3800/3901)
- Area 2
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- See electives list at: https://sdev.ei.columbia.edu/content/approved-electives-list
- Area 3 & 4
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- See Complex Problems & Skills/Actions courses above
- Area 5
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Not offered in fall 2022
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Sustainable Development Foundation
- Course Number
- Course Title
- Instructor
- EESC 2330
- Science for Sustainable Development
- Jenna Lawrence and John Mutter
- SDEV 1900
- Intro to Sustainable Development**
- Jason Smerdon
- **Beginning fall 2023, SDEV 1900 Introduction to Sustainable Development is no longer a required course for students in the major and special concentration. Please reach out to Sylvia Montijo ([email protected]) with any questions about this change.
- Natural Science Systems
- CHEM 1403
- General Chemistry - I
- multiple sections/instructors
- EEEB 2001
- Environmental Biology I
- Shahid Naeem and Andres Bendesky
- EESC 1011
- Environmental Science Lab
- multiple sections/instructors
- EESC 1600
- Earth Resources and Sustainable Development
- Peter Kelemen
- EESC 2100
- Earth's Environmental System: Climate
- Jerry McManus and Suzana Camargo
- EESC 2200
- Earth's Environmental System: Solid Earth
- Jonathan Kingslake
- PHYS 1201
- General Physics I
- multiple sections/instructors
- PHYS 1291
- General Physics I - Lab
- multiple sections/instructors
- Human Science Systems
- ANTH 1002
- The Interpretation of Culture
- Naor Ben-Yehoyada
- ANTH 2004
- Intro to Social and Cultural Theory
- John Pemberton
- ECON 1105
- Principles of Economics
- multiple sections/instructors
- POLS 1201
- Introduction to American Politics
- Andrew McCall
- POLS 1601
- Introduction to International Politics
- Jayme Schlesinger
- SDEV 2050
- Environmental Policy and Government
- Lisa Dale
- SOCI 1000
- The Social World
- Ryan Hagen
- POLS 1501
- Intro to Comparative Politics
- Benjamin McClelland
- Analysis and Solution to Complex Problems
- ANTH 3932
- Climate Change/Global Migration/Human Rights
- J.C. Salyer
- ECIA 4100
- Management and Development of Water Systems
- Upmanu Lall
- EESC 4600
- Earth Resources and Sustainable Development
- Peter Kelemen
- PUBH 4200
- Environment, Health, and Justice
- Ana Navas Acien
- SDEV 3360
- Disasters and Development
- John C Mutter and Sonali Deraniyagala
- SDEV 3366
- Energy Law
- Michael Gerrard
- SDEV 4250
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Lisa Dale
- SDEV 4650
- Building Climate Justice
- Paul Gallay and Gregory Yetman
- Skills/Actions
- EESC 4050
- Global Assessment and Monitoring Using Remote Sensing
- Christopher Small
- SDEV 2320
- Economic and Financial Methods for Sustainable Development
- Satyajit Bose
- SDEV 3390
- GIS for Sustainable Development
- Kytt MaManus
- SOCI 3010
- Methods for Social Research
- Gerard Torrats-Espinosa
- SUMA 4100
- Sustainability Management
- multiple sections/instructors
- Practicum
- SDEV 3998
- Supervised Individual Research
- Adela Gondek
- SDEV 4550
- The New York City Watershed: From Community Displacement to Collaboration and Climate Adaptation
- Ruth Defries
- SUMA 4310
- Innovation Sustainability Leadership
- Noa Gafni and Sophia Huda
- SUMA 4734
- Earth Institute Practicum
- Alison Miller and Hayley Martinez
- Capstone
- SDEV 3280
- Workshop in Sustainable Development
- multiple sections