Energy and Environment Curriculum
SIPA's Energy and Environment Concentration provides students with robust industry knowledge
EE students have access to over 90 advanced EE electives. The EE curriculum provides students with:
- Advanced knowledge on global energy and environmental issues and how governments, businesses, and civil society can lead effective action
- A holistic understanding of how science, technology, policy, finance, and society shape energy, natural resources, and environmental risks and opportunities
- Quantitative and qualitative tools to analyze and model energy and environment-related issues
- Practical skills to become effective leaders in energy, natural resources, and environment, in both the public and private sector
- Multicultural interaction, teamwork, and collaboration within an international context
- Experience working with clients to formulate energy and environmental policy and management decisions through applied projects, internships, and workshops
Contact Us
Doug Almond, Professor of International and Public Affairs
Concentration Director
almond@columbia.edu
David Sandalow, Senior Research Scholar at SIPA's Center on Global Energy Policy
Concentration Director
dsandalow@columbia.edu
Andrew Donini
Concentration Manager
andrew.donini@columbia.edu
IAB room 804
Doug Almond, Professor of International and Public Affairs; Co-Director of the Energy and Environment Concentration
David Sandalow, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs; Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy; Co-Director of the Energy and Environment Concentration
Mohammad Amir Akhtar, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
Andrew Ang, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Scott Barrett, Professor of International and Public Affairs
Travis Bradford, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Sonali Deraniyagala, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
Michael Eckhart, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Jonathan Elkind, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
A.J. Goulding, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
Jennye Greene, Lecturer of International and Public Affairs (part-time)
James Guidera, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Gautam Jain, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Noah Kaufman, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Joshua Kazdin, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Brooks Klimley, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Ruben Lubowski, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Tom Moerenhout, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
John Mutter, Professor of International and Public Affairs
Rhiannon Nelson Gulick, Lecturer of International and Public Affairs (part-time)
Luisa Palacios Alzuru, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Haydn Palliser, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
Jeffrey Potent, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
John Rhodes, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
David Sandalow, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Wolfram Schlenker, Professor of International and Public Affairs
Laura Segafredo, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Gregory Stoupnitsky, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Sara Tjossem, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of International and Public Affairs
Natasha Udensiva, Lecturer of International and Public Affairs (part-time)
Harry Verhoeven, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Karen Young, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Adam Zurofsky, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
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Students in the Energy and Environment concentration must complete one (1) fundamentals course, one (1) economics course, one (1) policy course, and two (2) energy or environment electives. Courses may not be double-counted, i.e., fulfilling a fundamentals requirement and an elective requirement with one course.
Concentration Requirements
1. Students must complete one (1) fundamentals course (3 points):
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Points |
| Points |
| INAF U6071 | Fundamentals of Environmental Policy | 3.00 |
| INAF U6072 | Energy Systems Fundamentals | 3.00 |
| | 3.00 |
2. Students must complete one (1) economics course (3 points):
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Points |
| Points |
| INAF U6065 | The Economics of Energy | 3.00 |
| INAF U6068 | Environmental Economics | 3.00 |
3. Students must complete one (1) policy course (3 points):
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Points |
| Points |
| ENVP U6239 | Politics ＆ Policy of Urban Sustainability | 3.00 |
| ENVP U6241 | Earth Systems ＆ Environmental Politics, Policy, ＆ Management | 3.00 |
| ENVP U6320 | Political Context of Environmental Management | 3.00 |
| INAF U6061 | Global Energy Policy | 3.00 |
| INAF U6074 | Current Issues in Energy Policy | 1.50 |
| INAF U6084 | Energy and National Security | 3.00 |
| INAF U6087 | Environmental Advocacy: From Interest to Action | 3.00 |
| INAF U6089 | Environmental Justice and Climate Resiliency | 3.00 |
| INAF U6242 | Energy Policy | 3.00 |
| INAF U6243 | International Environmental Policy | 3.00 |
| INAF U6263 | Practicing Clean Energy Policy in the US | 3.00 |
| INAF U6268 | Agricultural Energy and Environmental Policy for Governmental, NGO and Corporate Decision-makers | 3.00 |
| INAF U6324 | Gulf Economic Statecraft ＆ the Energy Transition | 1.50 |
| INAF U6327 | Carbon Pricing | 3.00 |
| INAF U6328 | Financing the Energy Transition in Emerging Markets | 1.50 |
| INAF U6425 | Energy Transition in Europe | 1.50 |
| INAF U6426 | Energy Transition in Latin America | 3.00 |
| INAF U6695 | Climate Finance, Policy, and the Just Transition | 3.00 |
| INAF U6702 | ESG and Corporate Political Strategy | 1.50 |
| INAF U6709 | Environment, Development, ＆ Politics in Africa | 3.00 |
| INAF U8537 | Climate Change Policy | 3.00 |
| LAW L6038 | Climate Change Law | 3.00 |
| LAW L6040 | International Environmental Law | 2.00 |
| LAW L6242 | Environmental Law | 3.00 |
| LAW L8452 | Energy Regulation | 2.00 |
| PUAF U6314 | Climate Campaigning Reimagined: Communications and Mobilization | 1.50 |
4. Students must complete two (2) electives (6 points):
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Points |
| Points |
| | 3.00 |
| ENVP U6239 | Politics ＆ Policy of Urban Sustainability | 3.00 |
| ENVP U6241 | Earth Systems ＆ Environmental Politics, Policy, ＆ Management | 3.00 |
| ENVP U6320 | Political Context of Environmental Management | 3.00 |
| INAF U6013 | Cost-Benefit Analysis | 3.00 |
| or INAF U6016 | Cost-Benefit Analysis |
| INAF U6040 | International Energy Project Finance | 3.00 |
| INAF U6042 | Energy, Enterprise and Development | 3.00 |
| INAF U6051 | Infrastructure Investment and Development | 1.50 |
| INAF U6057 | Electricity Markets | 3.00 |
| INAF U6061 | Global Energy Policy | 3.00 |
| INAF U6065 | The Economics of Energy | 3.00 |
| INAF U6066 | Energy ＆ Power Financing Markets | 3.00 |
| INAF U6068 | Environmental Economics | 3.00 |
| INAF U6071 | Fundamentals of Environmental Policy | 3.00 |
| INAF U6072 | Energy Systems Fundamentals | 3.00 |
| INAF U6074 | Current Issues in Energy Policy | 1.50 |
| INAF U6076 | Energy Management for Public ＆ Private Sector | 3.00 |
| INAF U6079 | Clean Energy Financial Innovation | 1.50 |
| INAF U6086 | Green Buildings: Policies and Strategies for Success | 3.00 |
| INAF U6087 | Environmental Advocacy: From Interest to Action | 3.00 |
| INAF U6116 | Infrastructure Cost-Benefit Analysis | 3.00 |
| INAF U6230 | Corporate Sustainability: Issues, Strategies, and Practice | 3.00 |
| INAF U6238 | Environmental Finance: Scaling Up Clean Energy | 1.50 |
| INAF U6242 | Energy Policy | 3.00 |
| INAF U6243 | International Environmental Policy | 3.00 |
| INAF U6259 | Adaptation to Climate Change | 3.00 |
| INAF U6263 | Practicing Clean Energy Policy in the US | 3.00 |
| INAF U6264 | Meeting the Climate Challenge at all Levels of Government | 3.00 |
| INAF U6266 | Multi-lateral Negotiations: Climate Change | 1.50 |
| INAF U6267 | Climate-security: Examining the links between climate change, peace and security | 1.50 |
| INAF U6268 | Agricultural Energy and Environmental Policy for Governmental, NGO and Corporate Decision-makers | 3.00 |
| INAF U6324 | Gulf Economic Statecraft ＆ the Energy Transition | 1.50 |
| INAF U6326 | Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling | 3.00 |
| INAF U6328 | Financing the Energy Transition in Emerging Markets | 1.50 |
| INAF U6327 | Carbon Pricing | 3.00 |
| INAF U6330 | Energy Decarbonization | 1.50 |
| INAF U6343 | Global Governance: Climate Change ＆ Migration | 3.00 |
| INAF U6425 | Energy Transition in Europe | 1.50 |
| INAF U6426 | Energy Transition in Latin America | 3.00 |
| INAF U6617 | Environmental, Social ＆ Governance Investment | 1.50 |
| INAF U6680 | Geopolitics of Oil and Natural Gas | 3.00 |
| INAF U6690 | Sustainable Finance I: Foundations of ESG Investing | 3.00 |
| INAF U6695 | Climate Finance, Policy, and the Just Transition | 3.00 |
| INAF U6702 | ESG and Corporate Political Strategy | 1.50 |
| INAF U6704 | ESG and Fiduciary Duty | 1.50 |
| INAF U6705 | Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting | 3.00 |
| INAF U6706 | Climate Change ＆ ESG Investing | 1.50 |
| INAF U6709 | Environment, Development, ＆ Politics in Africa | 3.00 |
| INAF U6886 | Social Impact: Business, Society, and the Natural Environment | 3.00 |
| INAF U8537 | Climate Change Policy | 3.00 |
| INAF U8681 | Green Transition in Emerging Markets | 1.50 |
| INAF U8908 | Sustainable Investing Research Consulting Project | 3.00 |
| INAF U8910 | Struggles for Sustainability | 3.00 |
| LAW L6038 | Climate Change Law | 3.00 |
| LAW L6040 | International Environmental Law | 2.00 |
| LAW L6242 | Environmental Law | 3.00 |
| LAW L8452 | Energy Regulation | 2.00 |
| PLAN W6434 | Transportation Issues Seminar | 3.00 |
| PUAF U6190 | Investing in the Energy Transition: exploring policy dilemmas, complexities and trade-offs | 3.00 |
| PUAF U6314 | Climate Campaigning Reimagined: Communications and Mobilization | 1.50 |
| REGN U6149 | Energy, Corporate Responsibility ＆ Human Rights | 3.00 |
| REGN U6538 | Global Reliance on Russian Energy | 3.00 |
| SDEV U6240 | Environmental Science for Sustainable Development | 3.00 |
| SDEV U6260 | Disasters and Development | 3.00 |
| SIPA U6015 | Sustainability Management | 3.00 |
| SUMA PS4100 | Sustainability Management | 3.00 |
| SUMA PS4190 | ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT | 3.00 |
Note: Courses offered at affiliate Columbia Schools - Enrollment not guaranteed. Please see SIPA Cross-Registration instructions. Many courses will require instructor permission.
Degree Audit Report
Matriculated students in this program can view their degree audit report on Stellic.
STEM Eligibility
MIA or MPA students who successfully complete their concentration in Energy & Environment and their specialization in Data Analytics and Quantitative Analysis, along with their MIA or MPA degree requirements, will have completed their SIPA degree program in a government-approved STEM field.
Students can opt to change their Concentration or Specialization via the Concentration Specialization Declaration Change Form . Requests are reviewed and approved by SIPA Student Affairs advisors. If there is an issue with the request your advisor will contact you. Otherwise, if approved, the new Concentration/Specialization will appear on your record in SSOL and Stellic.
Double Counting of Courses
Students in the Energy & Environment concentration who have also declared their specialization in Data Analytics & Quantitative Analysis (DAQA) CANNOT double-count courses between their concentration and specialization.