Course List
Sustainable Systems Analysis Core
1) Systems Analysis for Sustainability (6 hrs) fulfills Analytics requirement
NRE 531 (4) Principles of GIS (W)
NRE 550/STRATEGY 566 (3) Systems Thinking For Sustainable Development and Enterprise (W)
NRE 557/CEE 586 (3) Industrial Ecology (W)
NRE 570 (3) Microeconomics with Natural Resource Applications (W)
*NRE 571 (3) Environmental Economics (F)
*NRE 583 (3) Intermediate Natural Resource Economics (W)
*NRE 501.086 (3) Topics and Tools in Environ Economics (W10)
NRE 595/CEE 589 (3) Risk-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Engineering (F)
*Please note that only 1 (one) econ course can be counted under the Systems Analysis requirement
2) Sustainable Design and Technology (3-6 hrs)
NRE 501.114 (3) Bio Based Carbon Mitigation and BioFuels (W - will be offered again W11)
NRE 574.001 (3) Sustainable Energy Systems (F)
NRE 576/UP 576 (3) Ecological Design Approaches to Brownfield Redevelopment (F)
NRE 605/BA 605/ARCH 507 (3) Green Development (W)
NRE 687 (4) Landscape Analysis and Planning (F)
NRE 501.022 (2) Constructed Wetlands and Subdivision Development (W)
NRE 501.031 (2) Sustainable Site Design (W)
Arch 575 (3) Building Ecology (F)
CEE 460 (3) Design of Environmental Engineering Systems (F)
CEE 582 (3) Environmental Microbiology (F)
CEE 686/ChE 686 (2-3) Case Studies in Environmental Sustainability (W)
ChE 496 (3) Hydrogen Production & Storage (F & W)
MECHENG 589 (3) Principles of Ecodesign and Manufacturing (F)
OMS 613 (1.5) Sustainable Manufacturing (W)
3) Sustainable Enterprise (3-6 hrs)
NRE 512/BA 512 (1.5) Ethics Corporate Management (F & W)
NRE 513/ STRATEGY 564 & 565 (3) Strategies for Sustainable Development (F)
NRE 527/BE 527 (3) Energy Markets and Energy Politics (F)
NRE 532 (3) Natural Resources and Environmental Conflict Management (F)
NRE 533 (3) Negotiating Skills In Environmental Dispute Resolution (W)
NRE 551/BE 550 (1.5) Non-Market Strategy: Shaping the Rules of the Game (F)*
*this course will be offered as BE 555 (1.5) beginning F09
NRE 560/UP 560/HB 710 (3) Behavior and Environment (F)
NRE 565 (3) Principles for Sustainability (W)
NRE 605/BA 605/ARCH 507 (3) Green Development (W)
NRE 501.295 Managing Organizational Change (TBD)
FIN 637 (2.25) Finance and Sustainable Enterprises (F)
LHC 503 (1.5) Business Ethics, Science & Technology
OMS 613 (1.5) Sustainable Operations (W)
STRATEGY 735 (1.5) Environmental Management Topics (F)
ES 520 Clean Tech (1.5) Clean Tech Venture Opportunity (F)
ENGR 521 (3) Clean Tech Entrepreneurship (F)
4) Additional Sustainable Systems Courses (courses can count towards the additional coursework for non-opus MS)
NRE 558/CEE 587 (3) Water Resource Policy (W)
NRE 559 (3) International Environmental Policy and Law (F)
NRE 686/PUBPOL 563 (3) Environmental Policy (F)
CEE 980 (3) Sustainable Urban Environment
ESENG 501 Seminars in Energy Science, Technology, and Policy (F)
PUBPOL 564 (3) Government Regulation of Industry and Environment (W)
EHS 672 (3) Life Cycle Assessment (F)
Sustainable Systems Themes: SNRE students have access to opportunities across the U-M campus. This page identifies courses and course search engines spanning several sustainable systems themes. If you find other courses applicable to these themes, please contact OAP at snre.records@umich.edu.
Abbreviations
ARCH = Architecture
AOSS = Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
BE = Business Economics and Public Policy
CEE = Civil and Environmental Engineering
EHS = Environmental Health Sciences
FIN = Finance
LHC = Law, History, and Communication
ME = Mechanical Engineering
NRE = Natural Resources and Environment
OMS = Operations and Management Science
PUBPOL = Public Policy
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