The course list below was created through submissions from IonE Affiliate Faculty and IonE Staff. It is not a comprehensive list of all UMN courses that align with IonE’s mission. IonE Affiliates are invited to submit additional courses to the list here.

Please note: Any online course can be taken by students from all campuses system-wide through the Multi-Institution Enrollment process.

Undergraduate Students

• Consider the Sustainability Studies Minor, which immerses students in the exploration of real-world problems from a variety of academic perspectives, incorporating disciplines from across the natural, social and applied sciences.
• If you are interested in the environment, search for Environment Theme courses within OneStop.

Summer 2020

• *BIOL 3700-003: Bioinspired approaches to pandemics
• *GCC 3005: Innovation for the Public Good: Post-Pandemic Venture Design
• *SUST 3480: COVID-19 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:  Resilience, Connections, and Threats
• GCC 3005: Global Venture Design: What Impact Will You Make?

Fall 2020

• ENGL 3071: The American Food Revolution in Literature and Television
• ESPM 3601: Sustainable Housing: Community, Environment, and Technology
• GCC 3003: Seeking Solutions to Global Health Issues
• GCC 3024: 11 Billion People: How Long Can the Planet Sustain Humanity?
• GCC 3027: Power Systems Journey: Making the Invisible Visible and Actionable
• GCC 3005: Innovation for the Public Good: Design for a Disrupted World
• PA 4790:  Science to Action: How Does Science and Technology Inform Policy?
• SUST 3003: Sustainable People, Sustainable Planet
• SUST 4004: Sustainable Communities
• SUST 4096: Sustainability Internship & Leadership Projects

Spring 2021

• ESPM 3601: Sustainable Housing: Community, Environment, and Technology
• GCC 1909: Introduction to Ecosystem Health: Challenges at the Intersection of Human, Animal, and Environmental
• GCC 3011: Pathways to Renewable Energy
• GCC 3013: Making Sense of Climate Change: Science, Art, and Agency
• GCC 3016: Science and Society: Working Together to Avoid the Antibiotic Resistance Apocalypse
• GCC 3025: Living the Good Life at the End of the World: Sustainability in the Anthropocene
• GCC 3031: The Global Climate Challenge: Creating an Empowered Movement for Change
• GCC 3043/5043: Regenerative Game Studio: Playing for the Future
• SUST 3003: Sustainable People, Sustainable Planet
• SUST 3017: Environmental Justice
• SUST 4004: Sustainable Communities
• SUST 4096: Sustainability Internship & Leadership Projects

Graduate Students

Summer 2021

• *GCC 5005: Global Venture Design: What Impact Will You Make?
• *SUST 5480: COVID-19 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Resilience, Connections, and Threats

Fall 2021

• APSC 8280: Engaging Science with Humanistic Disciplines in Sustainability Transitions
• CEGE 5180: Design and Implementation of Environmental Field Studies
• ENGL 8090: Ecocriticism and the Environmental Humanities
• GCC 5003: Seeking Solutions to Global Health Issues
• GCC 5024: 11 Billion People: How Long Can the Planet Sustain Humanity?
• GCC 5027: Power Systems Journey: Making the Invisible Visible and Actionable
• GCC 5032: Ecosystem Health: Leadership at the Intersection of Humans, Animals, and the Environment
• GCC 5005: Innovation for the Public Good: Design for a Disrupted World
  PUBH 6194: Climate Change and Public Health

J-Term 2021

• PA 5790: Global Convergence Lab – Puerto Rico: Energy, Justice and Community Resilience (Postponed until January, 2022)