Energy and the Environment Specialization
The specialization prepares students to help lead in developing a more equitable, efficient, and cleaner energy future.
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Graduates of the Energy Specialization will be prepared to work in a variety of areas, including, but not limited to, private sector energy firms, energy consultancies and renewable energy start-ups, energy service companies, international financial institutions and development agencies, government agencies, and environmental think-tanks.
Core
Two required courses.
| Course | Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 |
| ENV 800 Energy Economics and Policy Analysis |
Gillingham M,W 10:30-11:50 |
Gillingham | ||
| ENV 814 Energy Systems Analysis |
Rao M,W 9:00-10:20 |
Rao |
Elective
Students must take at least one course from each of the following three bins:
Energy Policy and Governance
| Course | Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 |
| ENV 622 Decarbonizing Pathways to Limit Climate Change |
Levin Th 4:00-6:50 |
Tentative | ||
| ENV 789 Energy and Development |
Rao | |||
| ENV 816 Electric Utilities: an Industry in Transition |
Reilly Tu 4:00-6:50 |
Reilly | ||
| ENV 824 Environmental Law and Policy |
Klee M,W 10:30-11:50 |
Klee | ||
| ENV 840 Climate Change Policy and Perspectives |
Esty M,W 2:30-3:50 |
Esty Tentative |
Energy Technologies and Industries
| Course | Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 |
| ENV 716 Renewable Energy |
Tentative | |||
| ENV 773 Air Pollution Control (APC) |
Gentner M,W 2:30-3:45 |
Gentner Tentative |
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| ENV 884 Industrial Ecology |
Yao M,W 10:30-11:50 |
Faculty Tentative |
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| G&G 274a Fossil Fuels and Energy Transitions |
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| CHEM 505a Alternative Energy |
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| ENAS 609 Nanotechnology for Energy |
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| EENG 406b / ENAS 806b Photovoltaic Energy |
Quantitative Methods for Energy Analysis
| Course | Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 |
| ENV 635 Renewable Energy Project Finance |
Gross M,W 7:30pm-8:50pm |
Gross | ||
| ENV 753 Regression Modeling of Ecological and Environmental Data |
Gregoire M,W 10:30-11:50 |
Gregoire | ||
| ENV 757 Data Exploration and Analysis |
Faculty Tu,Th 9:00-10:15 |
Faculty Tu,Th 9:00-10:15 |
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| ENV 758 Multivariate Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences |
Reuning-Scherer Tu,Th 1:00-2:20 |
Reuning-Scherer | ||
| ENV 802 Environmental Valuation |
Mendelsohn | |||
| ECON 331 Economics of Energy and Climate Change |
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| ECON 412 International Environmental Economics |
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| ECON 545 Microeconomics (IDE) |
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| ECON 558 Statistics and Econometrics (IDE) |
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| ECON 132 Econometrics and Data Analysis II |
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| ECON 550/551 Econometrics |
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| MGT 842 Financing Green Technologies |
Additional Elective
Energy Analysis students are required to take one additional course. Students are encouraged to choose this course to develop an expertise in a particular area of study pertaining to energy and the environment. This course can be drawn either from the list above or from the following other energy-related courses at Yale:
Energy and Society
| ANTH 438 Culture, Power, Oil 2 |
Energy, Climate, and Health
| Course | Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 |
| ENV 608 Air Pollution and Public Health |
Faculty W 8:00-9:50 |
Faculty Tentative |
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| ENV 855 Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Areas (Dates TBD) |
Seto Tentative |
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| ENV 898 Environment and Human Health |
Bell M 1:00-3:50 |
Bell Tentative |
Interdisciplinary
| Course | Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 |
| ENV 894 Green Building: Issues and Perspectives |
Yost F 9:00-11:50 |
Faculty Tentative |
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| ENV 982 Green Engineering and Sustainability |
Zimmerman |
Learning Community
There is a corresponding “Learning Community” for each specialization, where anyone interested in the topic can find related news, spotlights, colleagues, and events.
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