In the twenty-first century, energy and the environment sit at the center of the most pressing challenges facing the global community. Accelerating climate change, widespread land-use transformation, biodiversity loss, invasive species, and growing pressures on natural resources are reshaping ecosystems and human societies. These environmental challenges unfold in interconnected human and natural systems. At the same time energy production, transportation, and development choices continue to increase the fuels required for modern life, and reverberate across ecological, political, and economic dimensions.
The Energy and Environment concentration approaches these complex challenges through a socio-environmental lens, focusing on the science, technology, and policy required to understand the problems and to develop solutions. In this concentration, students may study societal reactions to a warming world, including advances in power systems and governance, while researching transitions toward more sustainable energy models. They may
This concentration also emphasizes how important empirical data and technical tools, such as GIS and data science, are used to measure environmental shifts and guide policy-making. With that, students become equipped to handle the political and technical complexities of resource management, science diplomacy, and climate collaboration at various levels.
Please note that your science fundamentals must consist of a full year in the same subject area (e.g., all Biology or all Chemistry); you may not mix and match science disciplines.
You pick 4 classes from an area of concentration (at least two of these courses must have STIA prefixes)
STIA 3173: Environmental Policy STIA. 3181: Water STIA 3196: Environmental Writing for the Public STIA 4102: Clean Energy Innovation STIA 3260: Resilience in a Turbt World STIA 4360: Digital Tech in Emergencies STIA 4403: Earth & Planetary Science STIA 4556: Rethinking Water STIA 4710: Climate, Energy & Congress STIA 4164: Env Security in the Arctic MSFS 5510: Climate Risk Strategy MSFS 5540: Intl Climate Policy & Diplomacy ENIA xx: Chall of Global Collective Env. Action STIA 4383: Great Power Sci & Tech Diplomacy STIA xx: S&T Diplomacy in Practice STIA 4883: Cooperation & Competition S&T Senior Seminar: MSFS 5540: Intl Climate Policy & Diplomacy STIA 4102: Clean Energy Innovation
Please note that your science fundamentals must consist of a full year in the same subject area (e.g., all Biology or all Chemistry); you may not mix and match science disciplines.
You pick 4 classes from an area of concentration (at least two of these courses must have STIA prefixes)
STIA. 3181: Water STIA 4161: The Electric Grid STIA 4102: Clean Energy Innovation STIA 4115: Global Energy Transition & Models STIA 3260: Resilience in a Turbt World STIA 4700: Planes, Trains and Automobiles ENIA 5150: Nature Bsd Sol & Global Carb Mkts STIA 4383: Great Power Sci & Tech Diplomacy STIA xx: S&T Diplomacy in Practice STIA 4883: Cooperation & Competition S&T
