Cornell Sustainability Courses
Cornell's commitment to sustainability in its education curriculum is evidenced by the broad course list below. These courses have been identified by instructors, college administrators, or by an independent review of course content. We encourage faculty, departments, schools, and colleges to bring other sustainability courses to our attention, by emailing atkinson@cornell.edu.
The following 734 courses are categorized as sustainability-focused and sustainability-related according to nationally recognized STARS v2.1 guidelines. Some of these courses are cross-listed in multiple departments and will appear more than once in the list.
Interested students should review course websites, contact the instructor, and discuss options with their advisor.
We update this list as a courtesy to the Cornell community, but we may not capture the most recent course changes. Please refer to the authoritative Courses of Study and check with the relevant department.
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| Dept | Course # | Title | F | Sp | Su | Credit | Level* | Pre Reqs | Faculty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEM | 2500 | Environmental and Resource Economics | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Focused | ECON 1110 | A. Ortiz Bobea |
| AEM | 4500 | Resource Economics | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | MATH 1110, ECON 3030 or AEM 2600 | C.-Y.C. Lin Lawell |
| AEM | 4510 | Environmental Economics | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Focused | MATH 1110, AEM 2600 or ECON 3030 | I. Rudik |
| AEM | 6510 | Environmental and Resource Economics | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Focused | MATH 1110, ECON 3030 or their equivalents; Enrollment limited to: graduate students | I. Rudik |
| AEM | 6600 | Natural Resources and Economic Development | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Focused | Enrollment limited to: graduate students. | D.R. Lee |
| AEM | 7510 | Environmental Economics | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Focused | graduate-level microeconomic theory and econometrics | T. Gerarden |
| AEM | 6620 / 7620 | Microeconomics of International Development | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | completion of first-year Ph.D. course sequence in AEM or ECON or permission of instructor | B. Dillon |
| AEM | 2600 | Managerial Economics | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Related | ECON 1110, MATH 1110 | T. Alexander, B. Leyden |
| AEM | 1500 | An Introduction to the Economics of Environmental and Natural Resources | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Focused | C. Kling | |
| AEM | 2350 | Introduction To The Economics Of Development | X | ~ | X | 3 | Related | at least one full semester university course in introductory economics | Fall, S. Kyle; Summer, Staff |
| AEM | 6080 | Production Economics | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Related | ECON 3030, MATH 1110 or equivalents | L.W. Tauer |
| AEM | 2010 | Spreadsheet Modeling for Management and Economics | X | X | ~ | 3 | Related | Enrollment limited to: Dyson students | Fall, D. Haeger; Spring, R. Mo |
| AEM | 7650 | Development Microeconomics Graduate Research Seminar | ~ | X | ~ | 1-3 | Related | Permission of instructor required; Enrollment limited to: graduate students. | C.B. Barrett, J. Hoddinott |
| AEM | 2000 | Contemporary Controversies in the Global Economy | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | ECON 1110. Recommended prerequisite: ECON 1120 | C.B. Barrett |
| AEM | 1600 | The Business of Modern Medicine | X | ~ | ~ | 1 | Related | R. Karpman | |
| AEM | 3290 | International Agribusiness Study Trip | ~ | X | ~ | 2 | Related | previous business management or applied economics courses necessary | T.M. Schmit |
| AEM | 4880 / 6880 | Global Food, Energy, and Water Nexus ? Engage the US, China, and India for Sustainability | X | ~ | ~ | 3-4 | Focused | X. Lei, T. Li, D. Miller, P. P | |
| AEM | 2011 | Spreadsheet Modeling for Non-Dyson Majors | X | X | X | 3 | Related | Fall, Spring, R. Moghimi; Wint | |
| AEM | 2050 | Introduction to Agricultural and Development Finance | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | MATH 1110 and/or AEM 2100 and/or a course in economics | C. Wolf |
| AEM | 3020 | Farm Business Management | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Related | W.A. Knoblauch | |
| AEM | 3385 | Social Entrepreneurship Practicum: Anabel?s Grocery | X | X | ~ | 3 | Focused | Permission of instructor required | A. Wessels |
| AEM | 4090 | Environmental Finance and Markets | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Focused | AEM 2240, AEM 2225, or equivalent | J. Tobin |
| AEM | 4485 / 6485 | Economics of Food and Malnutrition | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Related | ECON 1110, AEM 2100, or equivalent, and 9 additional credits in economics, applied economics, or nut | J. Hoddinott |
| AEM | 7010 | Applied Microeconomics | X | ~ | ~ | 1.5 | Focused | ECON 6090. Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. students only | B. Leyden |
| AEM | 4420 / 5420 | Emerging Markets | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Related | AEM 2420 and PAM 2000, or ECON 3030, or AEM 2600 | R.D. Christy |
| AEM | 2555 | Corporate Sustainability | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Focused | FWS or equivalent | J. Tobin |
| AEM | 7021 | Applied Microeconomics III: Applied General Equilibrium Analysis | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | Intended for: doctoral students in the Dyson graduate PhD program | N.H. Chau |
| AEM | 3260 | Cooperative Business Management | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | AEM 1200 or AEM 2200 or AEM 3020 or ILRID 1700, or permission of instructor | T.M. Schmit |
| AEM | 3600 / 3601 | Impact Learning: Field Study Prep Experience / Project Reflection, Completion and Presentation | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Related | Application required | S. Kyle, C. van Es |
| AEM | 4415 / 5415 | Pre-Engagement with Social Enterprises in Emerging Markets | X | ~ | ~ | 1.5 | Related | F. Mubichi-Kut | |
| AEM | 3390 / 6390 | Research Methods in International Development | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | AEM 2100, ECON 1110 | A.K. Basu |
| AEM | 2770 | Excursions in Computational Sustainability | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Focused | basic knowledge of probability theory and calculus | C. Gomes |
| ALS | 2300 / 2301 | CALS Global Fellows Program Pre- and Post- Engagement Course | X | X | ~ | 2 | Related | Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: students accepted into the CALS Global Fel | J. Hawkey, S. Byrne |
| ANSC | 4120 | Whole-Farm Nutrient Management | ~ | X | ~ | 4 | Related | ANSC 4110 | Q. Ketterings, M. Van Amburgh |
| ANSC | 4560 | Dairy Management Fellowship | ~ | X | ~ | 2 | Related | ANSC 2500, ANSC 3510, AEM 3020, ANSC 3511 and ANSC 4510 | M. Van Amburgh |
| ANSC | 4140 | Ethics and Animal Science | ~ | X | ~ | 2 | Related | D. Cherney | |
| ANSC | 3510 | Dairy Herd Management | ~ | X | ~ | 4 | Focused | ANSC 2500 or permission of instructor. Recommended prerequisite: AEM 3020 | J. Giordano |
| ARCH | 5114 | Core Design Studios IV: Integrative Design Practices | ~ | X | ~ | 6 | Related | ARCH 5113. Enrollment limited to: M.Arch students | Staff |
| BSOC | 4691 | Food, Agriculture, and Society | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Focused | introductory ecology course | A. Power |
| CEE | 3040 | Uncertainty Analysis in Engineering | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Related | MATH 1910 and MATH 1920, or equivalents | R.A. Daziano |
| CEE | 5980 | Decision Framing and Analytics | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Related | CEE 3040 or ENGRD 2700 or ILRST 2100 or BTRY 3010 or AEM 2100 or equivalent | P.M. Reed |
| CEE | 6660 | Multiobjective Systems Engineering Under Uncertainty | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Related | programming experience, CS 4210 or ENGRD 3200, ORIE 3310, CEE 5970 or equivalents | P.M. Reed |
| CEE | 6930 | Public Systems Modeling | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Related | D. Loucks | |
| CRP | 3270 / 6270 | Regional Economic Impact Analysis | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Related | J. Carruthers | |
| DEA | 4040 | Professional Practices and Ethics | ~ | X | ~ | 2 | Related | DEA senior | N. Ahmadi |
| DSOC | 6250 | State, Economy, and Society | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | P. McMichael | |
| DSOC | 6610 | Complex Organizations, Education, and Development | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Related | J. Sipple | |
| ECON | 3300 | Development of Economic Thought and Institutions | X | X | ~ | 4 | Related | ECON 1110 and ECON 1120, or equivalents | C. Boyer |
| ECON | 3860 | Resource Economics | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Focused | MATH 1110, ECON 3030 | C.-Y.C. Lin Lawell |
| ECON | 3865 | Environmental Economics | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Focused | MATH 1110, ECON 3030 | I. Rudik |
| ECON | 7650 | Development Microeconomics Graduate Research Seminar | X | X | ~ | 1-3 | Related | graduate standing | C.B. Barrett, J. Hoddinott |
| ECON | 7660 | Microeconomics of International Development | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | completion of first-year Ph.D. course sequence in AEM or ECON or permission of instructor | B. Dillon |
| ECON | 3610 | The Economics of Consumer Policy | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Related | PAM 2000 or equivalent | S. Tennyson |
| ECON | 6100 | Microeconomic Theory II | ~ | X | ~ | 4 | Related | ECON 6090 and ECON 6170 | Staff |
| ECON | 6140 | Macroeconomics II | ~ | X | ~ | 4 | Related | ECON 6130 and ECON 6170 | Staff |
| ECON | 7720 | Economics of Development | ~ | X | ~ | 4 | Related | first-year graduate economic theory and econometrics | G. Fields |
| ECON | 3850 | Economics and Environmental Policy | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Focused | ECON 1110. Recommended prerequisite: PAM 2100 or equivalent | N. Sanders |
| ECON | 4560 | Development Economics | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Related | ECON 3030 or equivalent | Staff |
| ENMGT | 5980 | Decision Framing and Analytics | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Related | CEE 3040 or ENGRD 2700 or ILRST 2100 or BTRY 3010 or AEM 2100 or equivalent | P.M. Reed |
| FDSC | 4010 | Concepts of Product Development | ~ | X | ~ | 2 | Related | FDSC 3940, FDSC 4170 and FDSC 4210 | O. Padilla-Zakour |
| FDSC | 4250 | Food Processing B: Dairy Processing and Emerging Technologies | ~ | X | ~ | 2-3 | Related | FDSC 4210 | J. Dumpler, C.I. Moraru |
| GOVT | 2284 | Capitalism in China | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Related | V. Nee | |
| HADM | 4500 / 6500 | Sustainable Development | ~ | X | ~ | 4 | Focused | HADM 4550, HADM 6550 or equivalent | J. Varney |
| HADM | 4385 / 6385 | The Business of Coffee: From Farm to Cup | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Focused | J. Chestnut | |
| HADM | 4200 | Principles of Real Estate | X | X | ~ | 3 | Related | HADM 2230 or equivalent and HADM 2250 or equivalent | Fall, C. Liu; Spring, D. Cvija |
| HD | 4410 / 6410 | Psychology and Culture of Human-Environment Relationships | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Focused | coursework in Human Development, Psychology, or Anthropology, or a related social science | B. Ojalehto |
| HIST | 2881 | Ten Technologies That Shook the World | X | X | ~ | 3 | Focused | S. Pritchard | |
| IARD | 6960 | Perspectives in International Development | X | X | ~ | 1 | Focused | L. Buck, E. Mabaya, T. Tucker | |
| IARD | 4020 | Agriculture in Developing Nations I | X | ~ | ~ | 2 | Related | K.V. Raman, T. Tucker | |
| IARD | 6020 | International Agriculture in Developing Nations | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | ARD 4020, IARD 6015 | P. Parra, M. Pritts, K.V. Rama |
| IARD | 7830 | Farmer-Centered Research and Extension | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | T.W. Tucker | |
| ILRHR | 4615 / 6615 | Socially Responsible Business | ~ | X | ~ | 2 | Related | J. Grasso | |
| ILRIC | 6350 | Labor Markets and Income Distribution in Developing Economies | ~ | X | ~ | 4 | Related | ECON 3030 or ILRLE 2400 or ILRLE 5400 | G. Fields |
| ILRIC | 4313 / 6013 | Work, Labor, and the Climate Change | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Focused | L. Skinner | |
| ILRLE | 7490 | Economics of Development | ~ | X | ~ | 4 | Related | first-year graduate economic theory and econometrics | G. Fields |
| ILRLE | 3440 | Development of Economic Thought and Institutions | X | X | ~ | 4 | Related | ECON 1110, ECON 1120 or equivalent | G. Boyer |
| NBA | 6030 | Strategies for Sustainability | ~ | X | ~ | 1.5 | Focused | G. Dowell | |
| NBA | 6410 | Supply Chain Management | X | ~ | ~ | 1.5 | Related | NCC 5080 | L. Chen |
| NBA | 6190 | Leaders in Sustainable Global Enterprise | X | ~ | ~ | 1.5 | Focused | M. Milstein | |
| NBA | 6380 | Finance and Sustainable Global Enterprise Colloquium | ~ | X | ~ | 1 | Focused | M. Milstein | |
| NTRES | 3250 | Forest Management and Maple Syrup Production | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | P. Smallidge | |
| PADM | 5456 | Comparative Public Administration: The Cause of Dubai, United Arab Emirates | X | ~ | ~ | 1.5 | Related | PADM 5110, permission | R. Brenner, T. OToole |
| PADM | 5579 | Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Practicum | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | Enrollment limited to: Master of Public Administration (MPA) EFII Fellows. | J. Tobin |
| PAM | 3400 / 5400 | The Economics of Consumer Policy | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Related | PAM 2000 or equivalent | S. Tennyson |
| PAM | 4280 | The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Related | PAM 2000 or ECON 3030 and PAM 3100, ECON 3120 or ECON 3140 | J. Cawley |
| PAM | 3410 | Economics of Consumer Protection and the Law | X | ~ | ~ | 3 | Related | coursework in introductory microeconomics and intermediate microeconomics | A. Mathios |
| PAM | 6020 | Intermediate Statistics for Sociological Research | ~ | X | ~ | 4 | Related | SOC 6010 | V. Maralani |
| PLBRG | 2010 | Plants, Genes, and Global Food Production | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Focused | V. Moore | |
| PLSCS | 4500 | Master Composter Training and Extension Internship | ~ | X | ~ | 2 | Spec | J. Bonhotal, A. Michaelides, J | |
| SOC | 2840 | Capitalism in China | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Related | V. Nee | |
| SOC | 2190 | Introduction to Economic Sociology | ~ | X | ~ | 3 | Related | V. Nee | |
| SOC | 3540 | Capitalism, Competition, and Conflict in the Global Economy | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Related | P. Katzenstein | |
| SOC | 3950 | Advanced Economic Sociology | ~ | X | ~ | 4 | Related | Staff | |
| SOC | 4170 / 6170 | Organizational Networks | ~ | X | ~ | 2 | Related | B. Cornwell | |
| SOC | 4330 / 6330 | Seminar in Economy and Society | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Related | two courses in economic sociology and economics | V. Nee |
| VISST | 4854 / 6854 | Water: Art and Politics in Southeast Asia | X | ~ | ~ | 4 | Related | K. McGowan |