67 courses
Covers basic climate principles, present climate variability, past evolution, and future projections of climate change.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Michael Notaro
One student found the quizzes manageable after studying the provided guide, noting the lectures were in-depth.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2024–Spring 2026Covers wind, temperature, clouds, precipitation, storm systems, air pollution, global winds, seasonal changes, and climate variability.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Jonathan Martin
Multiple-choice exams required detailed knowledge of the textbook, and students noted a lack of lecture slides, review sheets, or feedback on assignments.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Explores social dimensions of climate change, including political, economic, and environmental factors shaping drivers, impacts, and community responses to the crisis.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Examines climate change's impact on health through public health, epidemiology, and medical anthropology lenses, focusing on disparities, mitigation strategies, and social justice from a global perspective.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sampleExamines climate change mitigation efforts across international treaties, government policies, corporate programs, and individual behavior, evaluating their successes and obstacles.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Leah Horowitz
The course included two weekly readings and mandatory discussion participation. One student noted that keeping up with weekly assignments and studying a bit for the midterm made earning a good grade manageable.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025Examines climate change through applied economics, covering mitigation, adaptation, geo-engineering, integrated assessment, energy, and land use impacts for policy design.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Corbett Grainger
Grading relied almost entirely on exams that were straightforward if students completed discussion work, reviews, and read slides, alongside easy weekly canvas quizzes.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026Weather and Climate covers wind, temperature, clouds, precipitation, storm systems, air pollution, global winds, and climate change, including map analyses and quantitative labs.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Michael Morgan
One student with a background in the field found the introductory material easy and stated that little effort was required to pass.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Reviews climate change's health impacts via pathways like heatwaves and air pollution, covering preparedness, prevention, and the Health in All Policies approach.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Introduction to energy sources and environmental impacts, applying mechanics, heat, electricity, and nuclear physics to fossil fuels, renewables, and nuclear energy.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · John Sarff
The class was described as very math-heavy, but students noted it was not hard if they completed the homework and attended discussion sessions.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Fundamental study of global warming causes, scientific evidence, future predictions, impacts on humans and ecosystems, and societal debates over solutions.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Jack Williams
The course involved lots of readings, though assessments focused on lecture content rather than external sources.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026Overview of human-earth relations theories and climate crisis causes/consequences, centering ecological justice and providing tools like Traditional Ecological Knowledge for responding to climate change.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Matthew Wolfgram
Grading was not harsh, and TAs handled all grading tasks. Assignments were described as easy and engaging, contributing to a lower overall difficulty rating from recent students.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Officership covers military law, administrative and logistics procedures, and ethical command climate, using presentations, briefings, and leadership positions for training and evaluation.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleGeographical study of conservation and climate change, analyzing physical/social dimensions, values, and institutions from local to international scales.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Lisa Naughton
The course included three exams, three papers, and weekly quizzes based on online readings and videos for each module.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Special topics in environmental perspectives within physical environmental sciences, including energy resources, measurement, modeling, remote sensing, GIS, and climate change.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Annemarie Schneider
Labs required significant work outside of class, and exams were described as difficult, though grading was curved generously and extra credit was available.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sampleIntegrates climate science into water resources management by analyzing climatic influences on hydrologic variables across sub-seasonal, seasonal, and climate change scales.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sampleAssesses food production systems through biology, agriculture, and social science lenses, focusing on sustainability, climate change, and global social structures.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2024–Spring 2026Covers designing and managing learning environments, focusing on classroom management, student self-regulation, motivation, and positive behavior support to support academic and social-emotional growth.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleCovers advanced dynamics, synoptics, climate-dynamics, and atmospheric physics with recent advances.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleIntensive study of Wisconsin's environmental, sustainability, and climate change education history combined with active participation in community organizations engaged in sustainability.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Introduction to global environmental health covering intersections of health and environment, including climate change, disease ecology, and globalization of disease.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Richard Keller
The class was lecture and reading heavy, requiring students to attend or watch uploads. Assessment consisted of three papers worth 25% each and 25% for discussion participation.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026Global immersion in international business exploring a nation's political, social, cultural environment, market research, entry opportunities, and investment climate.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sampleAnalyzes sustainability concepts via trends in energy, water, agriculture, GIS, remote sensing, modeling, and climate change within a science, technology, and policy framework.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Climatological Analysis covers mathematical and statistical tools for investigating climatological problems and treating climatological data.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleIntroductory geology covering Earth's structure, history, plate tectonics, minerals, rocks, landforms, maps, and climate change on geologic and human timescales.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Stephen Meyers
The course was low stakes; one student noted it was possible to earn an A by completing assignments without attending lectures, though lectures were described as interactive.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Global Environmental Issues explores climate change, food, energy, biodiversity, and justice through an interdisciplinary geographic lens, connecting global scales to local contexts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Morgan Robertson
The course included weekly readings and short answer questions or write-ups for discussion. Exams were based on lectures, and students indicated that taking good notes and studying enough was necessary to succeed.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Survey of Botany explores the roles of plants and microbes in global ecology and their historical and current uses by humans, including biotechnology applications.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Linda Graham
Reviewers reported more than 50 pages of reading per week and weekly quizzes that drew from specific textbook sections.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026Covers principles, characteristics, and work of glaciers plus Pleistocene events, including a field trip.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sampleLeading People and Effective Communication II provides a fundamental understanding of leadership, focusing on the interaction among leaders, followers, and circumstances while developing intermediate to advanced verbal and written skills.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleGreen Urbanism explores how urbanization impacts ecological processes and environmental outcomes, examining design strategies and policy responses to urban environmental problems.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026Covers the physical evolution of the Earth and its relationship to the development of life through geologic time, including a field trip.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Clay Kelly
Students found the course interesting as it covers all of Earth history.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample