Winter Quarter Courses | Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Our courses for Winter quarter

Check out our offerings for Winter quarter below. This page will be continually updated and will provide the most up-to-date information on Earth course offerings.

River

Earth and Planetary Processes and Mechanics

Understand the how and why of Earth and our planets

Minke whale

Clean Water Now! Urban Water Conflicts

Explore the technical, economic, institutional, social, policy, and legal aspects of urban water use

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Planet Ocean

Science, technology, and sustainability of the oceans

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Atmospheric Evolution of Rocky Planets

With an emphasis on atmospheric chemistry, explore the formation and evolution of atmospheres of rocky planets

Blue tape

Engineering and Sustainable Development: Toolkit

Tackle real-world design challenges in interdisciplinary project teams

Coevolution of Earth and Life - GEOLSCI 4

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Introduction to Data Science for Geoscience - GEOLSCI 6

San Francisco Bay smoke

Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions - CEE 64/263D

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Environmental Science and Technology - CEE 70

Wind turbines at sunset

Energy and the Environment - ENERGY 101

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The Water Course - GEOPHYS 104

Image of the Earth from a satellite showing energy usage.

Sustainable Energy for 9 Billion - ENERGY 104/204

Image of Earth split horizontally

Journey to the Center of the Earth - GEOLSCI 107

Introduction to Scientific Computing - CME 108

Dustin Schroeder with student and polar map

Introduction to the Foundations of Contemporary Geophysics - GEOPHYS 110

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Planetary Science Reading - GEOLSCI 127/227

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Quest for an Inclusive Clean Energy Economy - CEE 130B

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Sedimentary Geochemistry and Analysis - GEOLSCI 135

Green jellyfish

Macroevolution - GEOLSCI 136/236

Golden Gate bridge

Planning Calif: the Intersection of Climate, Land Use, Transportation & the Economy - CEE 136

Students in orange life jackets

Quantitative Methods in Marine Ecology and Conservation - BIOHOPK 143/243H

Principled Entrepreneurial Decisions - ENGR 148/248

Jon Krosnick speaking to press

Psychology of Communication about Politics in America - COMM 165/264

Corn borer on a green stem

Adaptation - EARTHSYS 183

woman harvesting rice

Feeding Nine Billion - EARTHSYS 185

clouds hover above crater

Doing Environmental History: Water Justice - HISTORY 200B

Diversity and Inclusion in the Geosciences - EARTH 203

Image of Earth in hands

Leading Change for Sustainability - SUST 220

Directed Research Practicum - POLISCI 229/329

medical first aid kit

Global Health: Scaling Health Technology Innovations in Low Resource Settings - MED 232

Environmental Governance - ENVRES 250

Sediment transport physics and modeling - CEE 262G

Workshop in Political Psychology - COMM 308

Designing the Professional - ENGR 311B

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Preparing Future Professors - EDUC 343B

California governors

Climate: Politics, Finance and Infrastructure - LAW 2513

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