Elective Courses
Any energy climate change-related course offered at Notre Dame may be taken as an elective for the Energy Studies Minor (ESM). The options vary each semester. Courses not listed below, including those taken abroad, may be acceptable with approval. Students can use the attribute ENST in PATH Class Search to find most but not all electives.
Courses that qualify for the business, economics, or policy (BEP) requirement are marked with asterisks. Others may be used with approval.
Students in the ESM are required to have prerequisites before registering for a course. If students believe they can handle the material or if a class is full, they should contact the professor directly to see if they can take the class. ND Energy cannot get students into classes in other departments.
Courses listed as ENER provide seats specifically for students in the ESM. Once those seats are filled, students might be able to register through a cross-listed section. If a cross-listed course is part of another minor, please contact that department or professor to seek permission to fill a vacant seat or to get on the waitlist.
For additional information or questions, please contact Anne Berges Pillai, apillai@nd.edu. To view previous course offerings, visit Historical Course Offerings.
Spring 2024 Elective Course Offerings
| Course Name | Department(s) | Course #(s) |
| AI for Good | CDT | 33698 |
| AI for Good | TEC | 33998 |
| Air Quality and Reactive Transport | CE | 40420 |
| American Environmental History | AMST | 30321 |
| Anthropocene in Iberian Literatures & Cultures | ROSP | 40431 |
| Automation and Controls | AME | 40453 |
| Automation and Controls Lab | AME | 41453 |
|
Biosocial Determinants of Health
|
BIOS | 60206 |
| STV | 40206 | |
| HHS | 40207 | |
| Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Thermodynamics I | CBE | 20280 |
| Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I | CBE | 20260 |
| Cities and Suburbs in Postwar America* | HIST | 30877 |
|
Cities, States, and Global Governance*
|
ASIA | 40403 |
| ENER | 40403 | |
| KSGA | 40403 | |
| POLS | 40505 | |
|
Climate and Environmental Justice*
|
ENER | 40113 |
| GLAF | 40113 | |
| Climate Change and Sustainability via Econ and Bus Ethics Lenses* | ECON | 30533 |
| Climate, Econonics and Business Ethics* | MGTO | 30800 |
|
Concepts of Energy and the Environment
|
PHYS | 10052 |
| ENER | 20052 | |
| Data Analytics, Optimization, and Control | CBE | 30338 |
| Digital Design for Smart Interconnected Systems | EE | 20231 |
|
Early America Today
|
AFST | 30246 |
| AMST | 30148 | |
| HIST | 30148 | |
|
Economics of Climate Change*
|
ECON | 40534 |
| STV | 40534 | |
|
Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering
|
CBE | 40435 |
| CHEM | 40435 | |
| Electronic Devices and Systems | EE | 20241 |
| Energy Studies Minor Capstone Project | ENER | 37001 |
| Energy Studies Minor Capstone Seminar B | ENER | 37003 |
| Energy Studies Minor Capstone Seminar C | ENER | 37004 |
| Energy Transition to a Sustainable Future | CBE | 40020 |
|
Engaging World Religions: An Introduction to Religion and Global Affairs
|
ASIA | 30600 |
| ENER | 30600 | |
| IIPS | 30434 | |
| KSGA | 30600 | |
| GLAF | 30119 | |
| Engineering Physics I: Mechanics | PHYS | 10310 |
| Engineering Physics II: Electromagnetics | PHYS | 10320 |
| Environmental Aquatic Chemistry | CE | 20320 |
|
Environmental Chemistry
|
CHEM | 20204 |
| STV | 20306 | |
|
Environmental Economics*
|
IDS | 30559 |
| GLAF | 30121 | |
| SUS | 30559 | |
| Environmental Microbiology | CE | 40350 |
| Field Methods for Env Engineers | CE | 30339 |
| Fundamentals of Combustion | AME | 60636 |
| Fundamentals of Semiconductors | EE | 30062 |
|
General Ecology
|
BIOS | 30312 |
| SUS | 30312 | |
|
Geographic Information Systems
|
ANTH | 33201 |
| BIOS | 33201 | |
| MDSC | 33201 | |
|
Germany and the Environment
|
ENER | 30112 |
| GE | 30112 | |
|
Global Change, Water & Energy*
|
STV | 20300 |
| CE | 20300 | |
|
Global Environmental Issues & Policy*
|
HESB | 30373 |
| IDS | 30838 | |
| KSGA | 30408 | |
| GLAF | 30118 | |
| STV | 30408 | |
| ENER | 30408 | |
| SUS | 30408 | |
|
Global Environmental Politics*
|
POLS | 30321 |
| HESB | 30311 | |
| IDS | 30548 | |
| Global Water Pol & Governance* | IDS | 40461 |
| Intellect and Liberation: Reading for the Future from Bacon to Black Mirror | ENGL | 20340 |
| Intermediary Metabolism | CHEM | 30342 |
|
International Conservation and Development Politics*
|
ENER | 30202 |
| IDS | 30840 | |
| KSGA | 30202 | |
| STV | 30202 | |
|
Introduction to Applied Mathematical Methods II
|
ACMS | 20750 |
| ACMS | 20750 | |
| Introduction to Ecological Horticulture | BIOS | 20204 |
| Introduction to Electrical Circuits | EE | 20223 |
| Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Embedded Systems | EE | 20222 |
| Introduction to Embedded Systems | EE | 10200 |
| Introduction to Hypersonic Systems | AME | 40531 |
|
Introduction to Sustainable Development*
|
AME | 30334 |
| STV | 25000 | |
| SUS | 25000 | |
| Life Cycle Assessment: Evaluating Social & Environmental Impacts* | ENER | 40221 |
| Living and Working on Our Moon: Science Fiction or Science Fact? | CE | 30555 |
| Mechanics II | AME | 20222 |
| Mechatronics Lab | AME | 31358 |
| Mechatronics Lab Lecture | AME | 30358 |
|
Migrants and Mobility in the Age of Mass Movement*
|
ANTH | 30307 |
| EURO | 30141 | |
| GLAF | 30141 | |
| Modern Methods for Electromagnetic Applications | EE | 30053 |
| Nanoscience and Technology | CBE | 40477 |
| Nanotechnology Solutions for Sustainability and Energy | AME | 40538 |
| Optics and Photonics | EE | 40054 |
| Peace, Ecology, and Integral Human Development | IIPS | 40409 |
| Physical Biochemistry | CHEM | 30338 |
| Physical Chemistry for Engineers | CHEM | 30324 |
| Physics B: Electricity & Magnetism | PHYS | 10422 |
| Physics D: Modern | PHYS | 20444 |
| Poetics of Water: Medium, Metaphor & Imagination in Climate Crisis | ENGL | 20920 |
|
Policy Lab: Global Challenges to the National Security of the United States*
|
ENER | 30493 |
| KSGA | 30493 | |
| Principles of Biochemistry | CHEM | 40420 |
| Principles of Molecular Engineering | CBE | 40725 |
| Principles of Physics II: the Physics of Civilization | PHYS | 10222 |
| Process Design | CBE | 40448 |
| Puerto Rico: Road Map to a Renewable Future | ENER | 37002 |
| Relativity: Special and General | PHYS | 50472 |
| RF & Microwave Circuits for Wireless Comm | EE | 40053 |
| Science of Eng. Materials | CBE | 20261 |
|
Science, Technology, and Society*
|
STV | 20556 |
| HHS | 20557 | |
| Scientific Entrepreneurship | SC | 40500 |
|
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
|
CE | 30530 |
| SC | 30230 | |
| Signal and Information Systems | EE | 20221 |
| Social Movements, Conflict and Peacebuilding* | IIPS | 40807 |
|
Societal challenges in Europe: Global responses to a changing world*
|
EURO | 30219 |
| LLRO | 30219 | |
| Sports and the Environment | AMST | 30113 |
| Surface Science | CBE | 40623 |
|
Sustainability and Collapse
|
ANTH | 13200, 23200 |
| STV | 23200 | |
| Sustainability: Accounting and Reporting and Impact Investing* | ACCT | 30160 |
|
Sustainability: Principles and Practices
|
ANTH | 20011 |
| POLS | 40490 | |
| SUS | 20010 | |
| Sustainable Development in a Changing World* | CE | 20700 |
| Sustainable Development: The Role of Business* | MGTO | 30730 |
| Sustainable Food Bev & Agriculture | SUS | 34725 |
| The Climate Crisis: Intersection between Biology and Christianity | BIOS | 10010 |
| The Commons: tangible, intangible, and otherwise | ANTH | 40300 |
|
Theology and Ecology
|
ENER | 20626 |
| THEO | 20626 | |
| Theoretical and Experimental Aerodynamics | AME | 30333 |
| Thermodynamics | AME | 20231 |
| Transport Phenomena II | CBE | 30356 |
|
U.S. Environmental History
|
HIST | 30632 |
| STV | 30132 | |
| Urban Analytics | ITAO | 40570 |
|
Visualizing Politics*
|
MDSC | 40815 |
| POLS | 40815 | |
| * Designates course for business, economics, or policy requirement |