List of Pre-Approved Courses

**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.

DARS Authorization Form

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
XX 479
XX 489
XX 491
XX 578
XX 599
XX 601
XX 699

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