Undergraduate Certificate in Energy and Environment

The Certificate in Energy and the Environment is designed to provide Duke undergraduates with an understanding of the breadth of issues that confront our society in its need for clean, affordable and reliable energy. An expertise in energy will expand career options in the private, non-profit, government and academic sectors. The goal of the Certificate is to develop innovative thinkers and leaders who understand the energy system as a whole and the important interconnections among policy, markets, technology and the environment.

CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS

Energy use is a multi-faceted problem, which draws upon the perspectives and expertise of a variety of disciplines. The Certificate in Energy and the Environment is therefore similarly interdisciplinary.

Core Courses (both required):
ENVIRON 130 Energy and the Environment
CE 24L Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science

Three elective courses (one from each area)
Markets and Policy
ECON 163/ ENVIRON 163 Economics of the Environment
ENVIRON 149 / PUBPOL 149 U.S. Environmental Policy
ENVIRON 298.80 Energy Economics & Policy

Environment
CE 120L Chemical Processes in Environmental Engineering
CE 124L Environmental Engineering
CHEM 83 Chemistry, Technology and Society
ENVIRON 25 Intro to Environmental Science and Policy
ENVIRON 131 World Trade in Energy
ENVIRON 160 Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology
ENVIRON 179 Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry
EOS 155 Global Warming

Energy Technology
ENVIRON 298.23 Energy Technology & the Environmental Impact
ME 121 Energy Engineering and the Environment

Capstone Project Course (one course)
ENVIRON 190L (for Trinity students); EGR 190L (for Pratt students)

Note: No more than three courses may originate in a single department. No more than two courses that count toward the Certificate may be used to also satisfy the requirements of any major, minor, or other certificate program.

ENROLLMENT and CONTACT INFORMATION
Tod A. Laursen and Emily M. Klein, Co-Directors

As a Trinity student, you must declare the certificate through the University Registrar’s Office. Forms can be filled out at their office in the Smith Warehouse or via the Student Service Center in the Allen Building. As a Pratt student, you can access the form here or through the Dean’s office.

More information may be obtained from:
Nicholas School Undergraduate Programs Office
Emily Klein, 919-613-8060, undergrad@nicholas.duke.edu

Gendell Center for Engineering, Energy & the Environment
Josiah Knight, 919-660-5337, jknight@duke.edu