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The human and planetary health crisis requires new thinking and bold leadership. Over 70 courses are offered each year to Stanford graduate and undergraduate students. These courses prepare students for careers in human and planetary health by exploring health adaptations to the climate crisis, investigate how public health and environmental justice are intertwined, and discuss how health considerations can inform environmental action.

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Featured Spring Courses

Earthsys 108/208: Environmental Wayfinding: Cultural, Artistic, and Spiritual Approaches to Life on a Changing Planet

Course NamesInstructorsUnitsQuarters OfferedStudent Type
FALL
    
BIO 179: The Science & Practice of Valuing Nature for a Better World (BIO 279, EARTHSYS 179, EARTHSYS 279)Gretchen Daily1–3FallUG, GS, MS
BIO 276: Disease Ecology (BIO 176)Erin Mordecai3FallUG, GS, MS
CEE 270: Movement and Fate of Organic Contaminants in WatersRoyal Kopperud3FallUG, GS
CSRE 169: Body and EnvironmentEmma Crane5FallUG
EARTHSYS 194A: Environmental Justice Colloquium (HUMRTS 194A, URBANST 155A)Sibyl Diver1FallUG, GS, MS
Earthsys 216A: Climate Perspectives: Climate Science, Impacts, Carbon Markets, Decarbonization Models and Projects (Humbio116, EARTHSYS 116A, EARTHSYS 216A, PUBLPOL 116, PUBLPOL 216)Joe Nation3FallUG, GS, MS
ENVRES 223: Introduction to Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Gender and Place (EARTHSYS 194)Sibyl Diver, Dena Montague4FallUG, GS
EPI 237: Practical Approaches to Global Health Research (INTLPOL 290, MED 226)Steve Luby1-3FallUG (85+ units), GS, MS
ESS 14N: Sustainable AdaptationGabrielle Wong-Parodi3FallUG, GS, MS
GEOPHYS231: Taking the Pulse of the PlanetRosemary Knight3FallGS
MED 285: Global Leaders and Innovators in Human and Planetary Health (HRP 285, SUSTAIN 345)Gordon Bloom, Sara Singer1–2FallUG, GS, MS
SINY 65: Climate Justice in the MegacityWalter Rodriguez Meyer4FallUG
STS 177: The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating: Technology, History, and JusticeKyoko Sato4FallUG, GS, MS
SUSTAIN 103: Human and Planetary HealthKathy Burke, Giulio De Leo, Steve Luby, Sara Damore3-4FallUG, GS, MS
SUST 210: Pursuing Sustainability: Managing Complex Social Environmental Systems (ESS 230)Jewell Lund, Julia Novy, Nicole Ardoin3FallGS, MS
SUSTAIN 101D: Sustainable Innovation for Disaster ResilienceKhalid Osman4FallUG
EBS 123: The Social Science of Sustainability (EBS 223)Jamie Jones3FallUG
EBS 301: Human EcologyJamie Jones, Xavier Basurto3FallGS
HISTORY 200B: Doing Environmental History: Water JusticeMikael Wolfe5FallUG
SUST 297: Introduction to Systems TransformationBanny Bannerjee, Annette Zou2Fall, SpringGS
CEE 374W: Advanced Topics in Water, Health and DevelopmentJenna Davis1-18Fall, SpringGS, MS
PEDS 238: Science Writing Advancing Planetary HealthDesiree LaBeaud2Fall, WinterUG, GS
WINTER
    
BIO 35: Sustainability and Civilization (HISTORY 35, POLISCI 35)Rodolfo Dirzo, R. Lanier Anderson, Bruce Cain, Gabriella Safran1WinterUG, GS, MS
BIO 35N: Traditional Ecological Knowledge for Land StewardshipTadashi Fukami4WinterUG (IntroSem)
BIOE 271: Frugal ScienceManu Prakash4WinterUG, GS, MS
Oceans 6N: Ocean Conservation: Pathways to SolutionsLarry Crowder3WinterUG (Intro-Sem)
BIO 71: Planet Ocean (ESS 71)Fiorenza Micheli, Stephen Palumbi4WinterUG, GS, MS
CEE 260C: Contaminant Hydrogeology and Reactive Transport (ESS 221)Steven Gorelick, Katharine Maher3WinterUG, GS, MS
CEE 265F: Environmental Governance and Climate Resilience(GEP 248, POLISCI 227B, PUBLPOL 265F)Derek Fong3WinterUG, GS
CEE 278A: Air Pollution FundamentalsLynn Hildemann3WinterUG, GS, MS
CEE 41Q: Clean Water Now! Urban Water ConflictsAlexandria Boehm3WinterUG (Intro-sem)
CHPR 113: Healthy/Sustainable Food Systems: Maximum Sustainability across Health, Economics, and Environment (HUMBIO 113S)Christopher Gardner4WinterUG, GS, MS
CHPR 239: Contemplative Competence for Sustainability of Public and Planetary Health and Well-beingTia Rich2-3WinterGS, MS
CHPR 272: Geography of HealthJudith Prochaska2WinterGS, MS
EBS 220: The Psychological Foundations of Climate Solutions (PSYCH 278B)Madalina Vlasceanu3WinterGS, MS
EMED 134: Climate Change, Toxins, and Health: From Education to Action (EMED 234)James Marvel1-2WinterUG, GS, MS
ESS 166: Will Technology Save the World?: Environmental Ethics and Techno-Optimism (ESS 266)Rob Jackson, Benjamin Mylius4WinterUG, GS, MS
ESS 234: Climate Displacement, Migration, and Mobility (HUMRTS 224)Chris Field, Rwaida Gharib, Janet Martinez1-2WinterUG, GS, MS
ESS 61Q: Food and SecurityRosamond Naylor3WinterUG (IntroSem)
HUMBIO 122H: Advancing Health Equity: Exploring Social Determinants of Health and Multi-sector Solutions (PEDS 150, PEDS 250)Janine Bruce, Jorge De Luna3WinterUG, GS, MS
HUMBIO 3B: Environmental and Health Policy AnalysisLaurence Baker, Maya Rossin-Slater5WinterUG, GS, MS
HUMBIO29: Introduction to Global HealthTiffany Chao, Victoria Ward3WinterUG
MED25N: AI for Human & Planetary HealthLola Falasinnu3WinterUG (Intro-sem)
PEDS 250: Advancing Health Equity: Exploring Social Determinants of Health and Multi-sector Solutions (Humbio 122H, PEDS 150, PEDS 250)Janine Bruce3WinterUG, GS, MS
POLISCI 21N: Conflict and Climate ChangeKenneth Schultz3WinterUG (IntroSem)
EBS 183: Adaptation (EARTHSYS 183)Jamie Jones 3WinterUG
EBS 236: The Quest for Sustainable Community-Based LivelihoodsXavier Basurto1-3WinterGS
EBS 302: Human Behavior and the Environment: Individual, Collective and Structural FactorsNicole Ardoin, Sara Constantino3WinterGS
GEP 268: Topics and Methods in Global Environmental Policy I (INTLPOL 272)Marshall Burke, Solomon Hsiang3-5WinterGS
EPI 231: Epidemiology of Infectious DiseasesJason Andrews, Bonnie Maldonado3WinterGS, MS
EARTHSYS 115: Science for Sustainable Solutions (EARTHSYS 215, SUST 215)Steve Davis4WinterUG, GS, MS
EARTHSYS 185: Feeding Nine BillionDavid Lobell 4WinterUG
ETHICSOC 178M: Introduction to Environmental Ethics (EARTHSYS 178M, ETHICSOC 278M, PHIL 178M, PHIL 278M, POLISCI 134L)TBD4-5WinterUG
SPRING
    
BIO 144: Conservation Biology: A Latin American Perspective (BIO 234, HUMBIO 112)Rodolfo Dirzo3SpringUG, GS, MS
CEE 130R: Racial Equity in Energy (AFRICAAM 131, CEE 330)Rishee Jain, Anthony Kinslow2–3SpringUG, GS, MS
CEE 172: Air Quality ManagementRoyal Kopperud3SpringUG
CHEMENG 455: The Future of Food: Defining Challenges to Reinvent Food SystemsElizabeth Sattely3SpringGS
COLLEGE 106: Environmental Sustainability: Global Predicaments and Possible SolutionsJennifer Daly4SpringUG, GS, MS
DESIGN 273: Negotiation by Design: Crafting Environmental AgreementDavid Johnson, Glenn Fajardo3SpringGS, MS
EARTHSYS 108: Environmental Wayfinding: Cultural, Artistic, and Spiritual Approaches to Life on a Changing Planet (EARTHSYS 208, RELIGST 108X)Dena Montague, Emily Polk, Erika Veidis, Evan Mays, Michael Wilcox3SpringUG, GS, MS
EARTHSYS 109: Rethinking Meat: An Introduction to Alternative Proteins (EARTHSYS 209, ESS 103, ESS 203, ETHICSOC 107)David Lobell1-2SpringUG, GS, MS
EARTHSYS 123: Tribal Food Sovereignty (NATIVEAM 123)Vena Briones3-5SpringUG, GS, MS
EARTHSYS 125: Shades of Green: Exploring and Expanding Environmental Justice in Practice (CSRE 125E, EARTHSYS 225, URBANST 125)Sibyl Diver3-4SpringUG, GS, MS
EARTHSYS 160: Sustainable Cities (URBANST 164)Richard Murray Kos4-5SpringUG, GS, MS
EARTHSYS 281: Urban Agroecology (EARTHSYS 181, URBANST 181)Patrick Archie3SpringGS, MS
EPI 248: Human Health and the EnvironmentAndres Cardenas2SpringGS, MD (Medicine)
HUMBIO 113: The Human-Plant ConnectionKatherine Preston3SpringUG
LAW 2515: Environmental JusticeMichelle Anderson3SpringGS (Law)
Med 171/271: Solutions in Human and Planetary Health: Mitigation, Adaptation and ResilienceLauren Grossman2-3SpringUG, GS, MD (Medicine)
MED 294: Critical Issues in Global Health (MED 194)Michele Barry, Geoffrey Tabin2-3SpringMD (Medicine)
PEDS 237: Equitable Global Partnerships in Health and Beyond (EBS 238)Desiree LaBeaud3SpringGS
SUSTAIN 123: Delicious by Design (Human and Planetary Health Action Labs: Turning Ideas Into Impact)Sara Damore, Christopher Gardner, Tamiko Katsumoto, Katie Vogelheim3SpringUG
GEP 269: Topics and Methods in Global Environmental Policy IIMarshall Burke, Solomon Hsiang3-5SpringGS
HRP 224: Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Lab (SE Lab) - Human & Planetary Health (MED 224, PUBLPOL 224)Gordon Bloom1-4SpringGS
HISTORY 79C: History and Ethics of the Global Climate Crisis (HISTORY 179C)Mikael Wolfe3-5SpringUG