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Environment Subject Areas

The following courses represent a selection of Environment-related courses at MIT.

From exploring use of natural light and heating in new building construction to understanding how thermal hydraulics can be used to generate cleaner energy, these courses provide resources for understanding the current energy crisis and ways to develop solutions to this world-wide problem.

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Architecture and Planning

MIT Course #	Course Title	Term
1.201J	Introduction to Transportation Systems	Fall 2006
1.253J	Transportation Policy and Environmental Limits	Spring 2004
4.163J	Urban Design Studio: Providence	Spring 2005
4.175	Case Studies in City Form	Fall 2005
4.401	Introduction to Building Technology	Spring 2006
4.406	Ecologies of Construction	Spring 2007
4.411	Building Technology Laboratory	Spring 2004
4.42J	Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings	Fall 2003
4.430	Daylighting	Fall 2006
11.001J	Introduction to Urban Design and Development	Spring 2006
11.301J	Introduction to Urban Design and Development	Fall 2006
11.302J	Urban Design Politics	Spring 2003
11.304J	Site and Urban Systems Planning	Spring 2006
11.308J	Advanced Seminar: Urban Nature and City Design	Fall 2005
11.363	Civil Society and the Environment	Spring 2005
11.364	International Environmental Negotiation	Fall 2002
11.368	Environmental Justice	Fall 2004
11.479	Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries	Spring 2005
11.540J	Urban Transportation Planning	Fall 2006
11.601	Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning	Fall 2005

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Engineering

MIT Course #	Course Title	Term
1.011	Project Evaluation	Spring 2005
1.018J	Fundamentals of Ecology	Fall 2003
1.101	Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design I	Fall 2006
1.34	Waste Containment and Remediation Technology	Spring 2004
1.63	Advanced Fluid Dynamics of the Environment	Fall 2002
1.725J	Chemicals in the Environment: Fate and Transport	Fall 2004
1.76	Aquatic Chemistry	Fall 2005
1.77	Water Quality Control	Spring 2006
1.85	Water and Wastewater Treatment Engineering	Spring 2006
2.019	Design of Ocean Systems	Fall 2005
2.24	Ocean Wave Interaction with Ships and Offshore Energy Systems (13.022)	Spring 2002
2.60	Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion	Spring 2004
3.080	Economic & Environmental Issues in Materials Selection	Fall 2005
3.091	Introduction to Solid State Chemistry	Fall 2004
4.401	Introduction to Building Technology	Spring 2006
4.42J	Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings	Fall 2003
10.492-1	Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics I: Process Control by Design	Fall 2004
10.571J	Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry	Spring 2006
22.033	Nuclear Systems Design Project	Fall 2002
ESD.123J	Systems Perspectives on Industrial Ecology	Spring 2006
ESD.72	Engineering Risk-Benefit Analysis	Spring 2007
SP.722	D-Lab: Development, Design and Dissemination	Spring 2005

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Humanities and Social Sciences

MIT Course #	Course Title	Term
3.987	Human Origins and Evolution	Spring 2006
4.175	Case Studies in City Form	Fall 2005
10.492-1	Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics I: Process Control by Design	Fall 2004
10.805J	Technology, Law, and the Working Environment	Spring 2006
11.002J	Fundamentals of Public Policy	Fall 2004
11.014J	American Urban History II	Fall 2004
11.122	Environment and Society	Fall 2002
11.363	Civil Society and the Environment	Spring 2005
11.366J	Planning for Sustainable Development	Spring 2006
11.370	Brownfields Policy and Practice	Fall 2005
11.373	Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy	Fall 2004
11.375	Role of Science and Scientists in Collaborative Approaches to Environmental Policymaking	Spring 2006
11.493	Legal Aspects of Property and Land Use	Fall 2005
12.103	Strange Bedfellows: Science and Environmental Policy	Fall 2005
17.181	Sustainable Development: Theory, Research and Policy	Spring 2006
17.410	Globalization, Migration, and International Relations	Spring 2006
17.422	Field Seminar in International Political Economy	Fall 2003
20.102	Macroepidemiology (BE.102)	Spring 2005
20.104J	Chemicals in the Environment: Toxicology and Public Health (BE.104J)	Spring 2005
21A.338J	Gender, Power, and International Development	Fall 2003
21A.342	Environmental Struggles	Fall 2004
21H.206	American Consumer Culture	Fall 2007
21H.421	Introduction to Environmental History	Spring 2004
21H.909	People and Other Animals	Fall 2005
21H.968J	Nature, Environment, and Empire	Spring 2005
21L.449	End of Nature	Spring 2002
21W.775	Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues	Fall 2006
SP.723	D-Lab: Disseminating Innovations for the Common Good	Spring 2007
STS.038	Energy and Environment in American History: 1705-2005	Fall 2006

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Policy, Economics and Management

MIT Course #	Course Title	Term
1.011	Project Evaluation	Spring 2005
1.018J	Fundamentals of Ecology	Fall 2003
1.253J	Transportation Policy and Environmental Limits	Spring 2004
1.725J	Chemicals in the Environment: Fate and Transport	Fall 2004
2.964	Economics of Marine Transportation Industries	Fall 2006
3.080	Economic & Environmental Issues in Materials Selection	Fall 2005
4.001J	CityScope: New Orleans	Spring 2007
5.92	Energy, Environment, and Society	Spring 2007
10.391J	Sustainable Energy	Spring 2005
10.805J	Technology, Law, and the Working Environment	Spring 2006
11.002J	Fundamentals of Public Policy	Fall 2004
11.007	Resolving Public Disputes	Spring 2005
11.122	Environment and Society	Fall 2002
11.166	Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience	Fall 2002
11.302J	Urban Design Politics	Spring 2003
11.362	Environmental Management Practicum: Brownfield Redevelopment	Fall 2006
11.363	Civil Society and the Environment	Spring 2005
11.364	International Environmental Negotiation	Fall 2002
11.366J	Planning for Sustainable Development	Spring 2006
11.368	Environmental Justice	Fall 2004
11.375	Role of Science and Scientists in Collaborative Approaches to Environmental Policymaking	Spring 2006
11.479	Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries	Spring 2005
11.493	Legal Aspects of Property and Land Use	Fall 2005
11.540J	Urban Transportation Planning	Fall 2006
11.601	Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning	Fall 2005
12.085	Seminar in Environmental Science	Spring 2008
12.103	Strange Bedfellows: Science and Environmental Policy	Fall 2005
14.41	Public Economics	Fall 2004
14.42	Environmental Policy and Economics	Spring 2004
14.44	Energy Economics	Spring 2007
14.475	Environmental Economics and Government Responses to Market Failure	Spring 2005
15.023J	Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy	Spring 2008
17.181	Sustainable Development: Theory, Research and Policy	Spring 2006
17.410	Globalization, Migration, and International Relations	Spring 2006
17.422	Field Seminar in International Political Economy	Fall 2003
17.547	Government and Politics of China	Fall 2002
17.559	Comparative Security and Sustainability	Fall 2004
21A.338J	Gender, Power, and International Development	Fall 2003
21A.342	Environmental Struggles	Fall 2004
22.033	Nuclear Systems Design Project	Fall 2002
22.812J	Managing Nuclear Technology	Spring 2004
ESD.123J	Systems Perspectives on Industrial Ecology	Spring 2006
ESD.126	Energy Systems and Economic Development	Spring 2001
ESD.72	Engineering Risk-Benefit Analysis	Spring 2007
SP.721	D-Lab: Development, Dialogue and Delivery	Fall 2004
STS.038	Energy and Environment in American History: 1705-2005	Fall 2006

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Science

MIT Course #	Course Title	Term
1.34	Waste Containment and Remediation Technology	Spring 2004
1.72	Groundwater Hydrology	Fall 2005
1.725J	Chemicals in the Environment: Fate and Transport	Fall 2004
1.76	Aquatic Chemistry	Fall 2005
1.89	Environmental Microbiology	Fall 2004
2.019	Design of Ocean Systems	Fall 2005
2.24	Ocean Wave Interaction with Ships and Offshore Energy Systems (13.022)	Spring 2002
2.60	Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion	Spring 2004
3.091	Introduction to Solid State Chemistry	Fall 2004
10.391J	Sustainable Energy	Spring 2005
10.571J	Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry	Spring 2006
12.000	Solving Complex Problems	Fall 2003
12.003	Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics	Fall 2008
12.085	Seminar in Environmental Science	Spring 2008
12.102	Environmental Earth Science	Fall 2005
12.109	Petrology	Fall 2005
12.110	Sedimentary Geology	Fall 2004
12.114	Field Geology I	Fall 2005
12.119	Analytical Techniques for Studying Environmental and Geologic Samples	Spring 2006
12.842	Past and Present Climate	Fall 2008
15.023J	Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy	Spring 2008
20.104J	Chemicals in the Environment: Toxicology and Public Health (BE.104J)	Spring 2005

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