Course Schedules
Course Schedules
Fall 2025 Course Schedule
Open Printer-Friendly Fall 2025 Course Schedule.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE - FALL 2025 SCHEDULE
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
8:40 |
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EESC GU4925 |
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EESC GU4925 |
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8:40 |
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EESC BC3025 |
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EESC BC3025 |
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9:00 |
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EESC GU4050* |
9:00 |
EESC BC3016 |
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EESC BC3016 Environmental Measurements |
9:00 |
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EEEB GU4910 |
10:10 |
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EESC GU4835 |
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EESC GU4835 |
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10:10 |
URBS UN2200 |
URBS UN2200 |
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10:10 |
EESC BC1011 |
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EESC BC1011 |
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EESC BC1011 |
10:10 |
SDEV UN3390** |
EESC UN2100 Earths Env. Systems: |
SDEV UN3390** |
EESC UN2100 Earths Env. Systems: |
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11:25 |
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SDEV UN3390** |
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11:00 |
EESC BC3300 |
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EESC BC3300 |
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11:10 |
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EESC BC3017 |
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EESC BC3017 |
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11:40 |
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EESC UN3101 |
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EESC UN3101 |
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11:40 |
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EESC UN3400 |
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EESC UN3400 |
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11:40 |
SDEV UN3320** |
EEEB GU4111 |
SDEV UN3320** |
EEEB GU4111 |
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1:10 |
EESC BC3050 |
EESC UN2200* |
EESC BC3050 |
EESC UN2200* |
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1:10 |
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EESC GU4600 Earth Resources and Sustainability P. Kelemen |
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EESC GU4600 Earth Resources and Sustainability P. Kelemen |
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1:10 |
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EESC GU4113 |
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EESC GU4113 |
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1:10 |
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EESC BC1001 |
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EESC BC1001 |
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1:10 |
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EESC GU4113 |
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EESC GU4113 |
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1:10 |
EESC BC1011 |
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EESC BC1011 |
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2:10 |
EEEB UN3919 |
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2:10 |
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EEEB GU4910 |
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2:10 |
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SDEV GU4650 |
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2:10 |
ANTH UN3888 |
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2:40 |
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EESC UN2330 |
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EESC UN2330 |
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2:40 |
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EESC UN3031 |
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EESC UN3031 |
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2:40 |
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EESC UN3501 |
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EESC UN3501 |
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4:10 |
EESC BC3028 |
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EESC BC3028 |
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4:10 |
SDEV GU4650 |
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4:10 |
EEEB GU4650 |
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EESC BC3800 |
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4:10 |
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EESC GU4008 |
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4:20 |
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SDEV UN3366** |
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4:10 |
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EESC UN2100* |
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EESC UN2200* |
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4:10 |
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EESC GU4113 |
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5:40 |
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EESC GU4050* |
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6:10 |
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EEEB UN3015 |
EEEB UN3015 |
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6:10 |
EEEB UN3005 |
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Notes: Course days and times may change. Additional courses will be added to this list, so please check the Directory of Classes and the Environmental Science Department website and follow up if you are on a waitlist.
EESC BC1001 Environmental Science lecture and EESC BC1011 Environmental Science lab are corequisites. Sign up first for a lab section (EESCBC1011) and then get on the waitlist for lecture EESC BC1001. You may not enroll in the lecture portion without first securing a lab section.
EEEB GU4065, Tropical Biology, taught by Dustin Rubenstein, is a field course taking place in Kenya over 16 days of Winter Break. Costs of $2000 in fees may include airfare. Please contact the instructor, Dustin Rubenstein dr2497@columbia.edu
EEEB GU4910, Field Botany, M. Palmer (Labs in Sept and Oct are full day with two Fri/Sat Labs). Contact the instructor, Matt Palmer, mp2434@columbia.edu for info on Lab meeting times.
*Has LAB with same course number—see schedule for time.
Be sure to contact the instructor for all Sust Dev courses that are limited in size and let them know you are an Environment and Sustainability major as preference is given to Sust Dev Majors.
- SDEV UN3366, Energy Law includes one-hour recitation/discussion—time to be arranged with students and TA’s in the Fall. Register via waitlist, priority to Sust Dev students, so write to instructor if you are a BC Environment and Sust major.
04/11/25
Spring 2025 Course Schedule
Open updated printer-friendly Spring Schedule.
Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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8:40 9:55 |
EESC BC3029* Bermuda: Case Studies M. Stute, T. Maenza-Gmelch |
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8:40 11:10 |
EESC BC3040 Environmental Law D. Neacsu |
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10:10 11:25 |
EESC BC3050 Big Data with Python B. Mailloux |
EESC UN3109 Climate Physics Sobel |
EESC BC3050 Big Data with Python B. Mailloux |
EESC UN3109 Climate Physics Sobel |
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10:10 11:25 |
SDEV UN2300 Challenges of Sustainable Dev L. Dale |
SDEV UN2300 Challenges of Sustainable Dev L. Dale |
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10:10 11:25 |
SDEV UN3450 Spatial Analysis for SDEV K. MacManus |
SDEV UN3390 GIS for Sustainable Development L. Pistolesi |
SDEV UN3450 Spatial Analysis for SDEV ContinuesThursdays |
SDEV UN3390 GIS for Sustainable Development L. Pistolesi |
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11:25 12:25 |
SDEV UN3450 Spatial Analysis for SDEV (until 12:25) K. MacManus |
SDEV UN3390 GIS for Sustainable Development L. Pistolesi |
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10:10 11:25 |
EESC UN2100 Earth’s Enviro. Systems: Climate G. Winkler, M.Ting |
EESC UN2100 Earth’s Enviro. Systems: Climate G. Winkler, M.Ting |
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10:10 11:25 |
URBS UN2200 Intro. To GIS Methods C. Siener |
URBS UN2200 Intro. To GIS Methods C. Siener |
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10:10 11:25 |
EESC GU4924 Intro to Atmospheric Chem Commane |
EESC GU4924 Intro to Atmospheric Chem Commane |
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11:40 12:55 |
EESC GU4560 Ecolgy of a Treeline Griffin |
EESC GU4560 Ecolgy of a Treeline Griffin |
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11:40 12:55 |
EESC UN2300 Earth’s Enviro. Systems: Life P.Olsen, M.Palmer, Dhyman |
SC UN3201, Solid Earth Dynamics**** M. Nettles |
EESC UN2300 Earth’s Enviro. Systems: Life P.Olsen, M.Palmer, Dhyman |
ESC UN3201, Solid Earth Dynamics**** M. Nettles |
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11:40 12:55 |
SDEV UN2000 Intro to Environmental Law P. Weinberg |
EESC GU4926 Chemical Oceanography Anderson |
SDEV UN2000 Intro to Environmental Law P. Weinberg |
EESC GU4926 Chemical Oceanography Anderson |
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12:00 1:00 |
Faculty/Staff DEPT MEETINGS |
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1:10 3:00 |
EESC BC3027 Urban Ecosytems E. Cook |
EESC BC3027 Urban Ecosytems E. Cook |
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1:10 3:40 |
EESC BC3026 Bird, Plants & Land-use Dynamics T. Maenza-Gmelch |
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1:10 2:25 |
EESC BC3028 Volcanoes & the Environment S. Rodriguez |
EESC BC3028 Volcanoes & the Environment S. Rodriguez |
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1:10 2:25 |
EESC GU4009 Chemical Geology Moussallam |
EESC GU4009 Chemical Geology Moussallam |
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1:10 2:25 |
EESC GU4243 Climate Prediction Challenges McKinley |
EESC GU4243 Climate Prediction Challenges McKinley |
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1:10 2:25 |
EESC GU4937 Cenzoic Paleooceanography Hönisch, Raymo |
EESC GU4937 Cenzoic Paleooceanography Hönisch, Raymo |
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1:10 2:25 |
EESC GU4085 Geodynamics Buck |
EESC GU4085 Geodynamics Buck |
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2:10 4:00 |
SDEV GU4400 Sust Dev: Rwanda Dale |
SDEV GU4400 Sust Dev: Rwanda Dale |
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2:40 3:55 |
EESC BC2201 UN2200 Earth’s Enviro. Syst.—Solid Earth S. Rodriguez Goldstein, Hemming |
EESC BC2201 EESC UN2200 Earth’s Enviro. Syst.—Solid Earth S. Rodriguez Goldstein, Hemming |
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2:40 3:55 |
EAEE E2002 Alternative Energy Resources D. Steingart |
EESC GU4630 Air-Sea Interaction Zappa |
EAEE E2002 Alternative Energy Resources D. Steingart |
EESC GU4630 Air-Sea Interaction Zappa |
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2:50 4:10 |
SDEV UN3355 Climate Chance and Law M. Gerrard |
SDEV UN3355 Climate Chance and Law M. Gerrard |
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4:10 5:25 |
PUBH UN3100 Fundamentals of Global Health R. Moresky |
PUBH UN3100 Fundamentals of Global Health R. Moresky |
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4:10 6:00 |
SDEV GU4050 US Water & Energy Policy P. Gallay |
EESC BC3801 Senior Research Seminar II Cook, Stute, Lampert,Hemmings, Raymon, Palmer et. al. |
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4:10 7:00 |
EESC UN2100 Earth’s Env. Sys—Climate LAB |
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4:10 7:00 |
EESC UN2200x Earth’s Env. Sys — Solid Earth LAB |
EESC UN2310 Earth’s Env.Sys—Life LAB (3 secs) |
EESC UN2310 Earth’s Env.Sys—Life LAB (2 secs) |
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5:30 7:00 |
EESC UN1010* Death Valley Field F. Kolawole |
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6:10 7:25 |
URBS UN3451 Urban Env Justice M. Hernandez |
URBS UN3451 Urban Env Justice M. Hernandez |
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7:10 8:25 |
EAEE E4009*** GIS-Research Enviro. Infrastructure |
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7:30 9:20 |
EESC UN3010* Field Geology (Italy) Goldstein, Hemming |
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8:40 9:55 |
EAEE E4009*** GIS-Research Envir Infrast.Mgt LAB |
EAEE E4009*** GIS-Research Env Infrst Mgt Lab (opt) |
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Additional information to be announced:
*Field Courses: must be applied for and have student contribution. Contact the instructor about your interest:
- EESC BC3029, Bermuda Case Studies, 3 pts, Martin Stute, Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch, has an application deadline of Friday, November 1. Info Session was Wednesday, October 9, LL001 Milstein. Funding is partially covered by Barnard, but remaining student fees to cover a portion of the costs: approx. $600, though scholarships are available for high-financial-need-students for international travel through Barnard Global.
- EESC UN1010, Field Excursion to Death Valley, 2 pts, Fola Kolawole—open to First-Year and Sophs only—meets January - March, followed by Spring Break Field Trip, March 15-22. A spring-break excursion focused on the geology of Death Valley and adjacent areas of the eastern California desert. Discussion sessions ahead of the trip provide necessary background. Early applications advised, but due by Nov. 8. (See https://eesc.columbia.edu/content/eesc-un1010 for details). Funding is partially covered by the department, but remaining student fees to cover a portion of the costs: approx. $600.
- EESC UN3010, Field Geology (Italy), Steve Goldstein, Sidney Hemming. Students must have an interest and prior coursework in geology. If you are interested in taking this course, please email Professor Steve Goldstein and Sidney Hemming. This is a field geology course focusing on the Apennine Mountains of central Italy, where a developing “accretionary prism” (associated with oceanic crust subduction) can be observed directly. Students will learn how to interpret the evolution of paleo-environments from the sediment lithologies, textures, fossils, compositions; and the tectonic history from the present day spatial and structural relationships. The rocks range from early Mesozoic oceanic crust and sediments to late Cenozoic sediments impacted by the rise of the Alps. The course visits several classic geological localities, including the Gubbio site of the discovery that the dinosaur extinction was caused by a meteorite, a Carrara Marble quarry (favored by Michelangelo for his sculptures), evaporite sediments from the dry-down of the Mediterranean, the magnificent Frasassi Cave, and a region that suffered much damage from recent earthquakes.
Funding is partially covered by the department, but remaining student fees to cover approximate cost of airfare.
TBA:
EESC GU4210, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Time & Instructor TBD
EESC GU4235, Sea Level Change, Time & Instructor TBD
**SDEV courses have limits in size and priority given to Columbia Sustainability Majors. All students enroll via a waitlist. We recommend you reach out directly to the instructor about your major and interest in the course.
***EAEE E4009, GIS-Research Enviro. Infrastructure Management, is open to Barnard students. Register for Wednesday’s Lab, the Thursday lab is optional. Let us know if you have trouble enrolling.
N.B. Some courses, particularly upper-level, graduate-level, and Engineering (EAEE) courses have pre-requisites. Consult the catalogue, your adviser, or the department to ensure that you’ve completed pre-requisites before finalizing your program. Courses in Environmental Health (EHSC) held at the School of Public Health campus, with the exception of P6300, have prerequisite of 2 years of Chemistry, 1 year of Biology and calc. To enroll in any International Affairs (SIPA) class, you prior approval from Dean Youngblood Giles at Beyond Barnard. Check the Directory of Classes for more info from Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Sustainable Development, and Urban Studies or any updates we may forward to you. If you are interested in a seminar course outside of your major, do contact the instructor and advocate as to your readiness and interest in the course.
Updated 11/04/24