
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)