**Please note: the requirements and declaration process for this certificate have changed as of Fall 2020.
The information below is provided for students who declared the certificate before Fall 2020 and are finishing the certificate under the previous requirements.
For those completing under the new requirements starting in Fall 2020 and beyond, please refer to the UW-Madison Guide page here.
For students declared prior to Fall 2020:
This pre-approved course list is up-to-date as of 9/22/2017. Other courses may qualify for sustainability credits, such as new or special topics courses. If you took a course that you believe should receive sustainability credits but is not included in this list, please fill out a DARS Authorization Form. You will also need to complete a DARS Authorization Form for any course you take for the capstone requirement.
Students must obtain a minimum of 16 sustainability credits from the following categories:
- Liberal Studies and Science (Minimum of 3, maximum of 6 sustainability credits)
- Engineering (Minimum of 3, maximum of 6 sustainability credits)
- Capstone (Minimum of 3, maximum of 6 sustainability credits)
- Seminar (1 sustainability credit required)
Liberal Studies and Science
(Minimum of 3 sustainability credits, maximum of 6 sustainability credits)
Academic Credits | Sustainability Credits | Course | Title | Typically Offered |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 3 | Envir St 112 | Environmental Studies: The Social Perspective | Spring |
3 | 3 | Envir St 113 | Environmental Studies: The Humanistic Perspective | Fall |
3-4 | 3 | Envir St/Geog. 139 | Living in the Global Environment | Fall, Spring |
3 | 3 | Envir St/AAE/Econ. 244 | Environment and Global Economy | Spring |
3 | 3 | Envir St 250 | Intro to Sustainability Science | Occasionally |
3-4 | 3 | Envir St/Geog 339 | Environmental Conservation | Fall, Spring Also: UW Independent Learning |
3 | 3 | Envir St/AAE/Econ. 343 | Environmental Economics | Fall |
3 | 3 | Geosci/Envir St 411 | Energy Resources | Fall |
3 | 3 | Envir St/Geog 460 | American Environmental History | Fall, Spring |
3 | 3 | Envir St/AAE/CEE 561 | Energy Markets | Fall |
Engineering
(Minimum of 3 sustainability credits, maximum of 6 sustainability credits)
Academic Credits | Sustainability Credits | Course | Title | Typically Offered |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 2 | BSE 356 | Sustainable Residential Construction | Spring |
3 | 3 | BSE 367 | Renewable Energy Systems | Fall, Summer |
3 | 3 | BSE 460 | Biorefining | Fall |
3 | 1 | BSE 461 | Food and Bioprocessing Operations | Fall |
3 | 1 | CBE 250 | Process Synthesis | Fall, Spring |
3 | 1 | CBE 310 | Chemical Process Thermodynamics | Fall, Spring |
3 | 1 | CBE 311 | Thermodynamics of Mixtures | Fall, Spring |
3 | 1 | CBE 326 | Momentum and Heat Transfer Operations | Fall, Spring |
3 | 1 | CBE 430 | Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design | Fall, Spring |
3 | 1 | CBE 450 | Process Design | Fall, Spring |
3 | 3 | CBE 562 | Energy and Sustainability | Occasionally |
3 | 3 | CBE/ME 567 | Solar Energy Technology | Fall |
3 | 1 | CEE 320 | Environmental Engineering | Fall, Spring |
3 | 1 | CEE 370 | Transportation Engineering | Fall |
3 | 3 | CEE 421 | Environmental Sustainability Engineering | Fall |
3 | 1 | ECE 355 | Electromechanical Energy Conversion | Fall |
3 | 3 | ECE 356 | Electric Power Process for Alt. Energy | Fall |
3 | 1 | ECE 412 | Power Electronic Circuits | Spring |
3 | 1 | ECE 427 | Electric Power Systems | Fall |
3 | 3 | GLE 401/CEE 639 | Wind Energy Site Design and Construction | Occasionally |
3 | 1 | ME 361 | Thermodynamics | Fall, Spring |
3 | 1 | ME 370 | Energy Systems Lab | Fall, Spring |
3 | 1 | ME 466/CEE 423 | Air Pollution Effects, Measurement and Control | Spring |
3 | 1 | MSE 330 | Thermodynamics of Materials | Fall |
3 | 1 | MSE 331 | Transport Phenomena in Materials | Spring |
3 | 3 | NE 571 | Econ. & Env. Aspects of Nuclear Energy | Spring |
Capstone
(Minimum of 3 sustainability credits, maximum of 6 sustainability credits)
**Please note: The course numbers are only provided as examples, and there are other project-based courses that may count for credits toward the capstone requirement. Regardless of the course, students must fill out the DARS Authorization Form for each course they intend to take for the capstone requirement.
See here for additional capstone course guidelines
Credits | Sustainability Credits | Course (list not exhaustive) |
Title (LIST NOT EXHAUSTIVE) |
---|---|---|---|
1-3 | 1-3 |
XX 351-2 |
Design Project, Senior Design, Senior Capstone Design, Independent Study, Honors Thesis, Internship Experiences (e.g., Office of Sustainability, Industry, Govt., NGO), etc. approved or supervised by Energy Institute Affiliated Faculty |
Seminar
(1 sustainability credit)
Credits | Sustainability Credits | Course | Title | Typically Offered |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | EP 602 | Sustainable Energy Challenges and Solutions | Fall, Spring |
1 | 1 | CBE 555 | Chemical Engineering Connections | Fall, Spring |