Courses in Climate Science and Environmental Sustainability
Courses and Modules in Climate Science and Environmental Sustainability
At Warwick, sustainability is woven into the fabric of our education, with courses spanning science, humanities, engineering, business and policy, equipping students across every discipline to understand and respond to the climate emergency.
Sustainability Curriculum
Warwick offers a wide range of courses that teach specifically on climate science and environmental sustainability, spanning undergraduate, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research programmes across multiple faculties and departments.
Selected Courses:
GSD / School for Cross-Faculty Studies
- BASc Economic Studies and Global Sustainable DevelopmentLink opens in a new window
- BASc Global Sustainable DevelopmentLink opens in a new window
- BASc Global Sustainable Development and Business StudiesLink opens in a new window
- BASc Politics, International Studies and Global Sustainable DevelopmentLink opens in a new window
- BASc Psychology and Global Sustainable Development
- MASc Global Sustainable DevelopmentLink opens in a new window
- MPhil/PhD Global Sustainable DevelopmentLink opens in a new window
English
School of Life Sciences
- MSc Environmental Bioscience in a Changing ClimateLink opens in a new window
- MSc Food Security, Food Production and Food Security
- MSc Renewable Energy (Management Route)Link opens in a new window
- MSc Renewable Energy (Engineering Route)Link opens in a new window
- MASc Design for SustainabilityLink opens in a new window
- MSc Engineering Design ManagementLink opens in a new window
- MSc Supply Chain and Logistics ManagementLink opens in a new window
- MSc Autonomous Electrified Vehicle Technology
- MSc AI-Driven Manufacturing Systems
- BEng Robotics Engineering with Artificial Intelligence
- BEng Applied Professional Engineering
- MSc Engineering Business Management
- MSc Management for Business Excellence
Economics
Warwick Business School (WBS)
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MBA (with Social and Environmental Sustainability specialism)
- MSc Accounting & SustainabilityLink opens in a new window
Chemistry
- MSc/PGDip/PGCert Global Decarbonisation and Climate Change (Policy)Link opens in a new window
- MSc/PGDip/PGCert Global Decarbonisation and Climate Change (Science) paused 26/27)Link opens in a new window
Politics and International Studies
- MA International DevelopmentLink opens in a new window
- MA Politics of Climate ChangeLink opens in a new window
Selected Modules
Chemistry
- CH169-15 Beyond Science: AI, Sustainability and Global Challenges
- CH170-15 Plastics: the good, the bad, and the future
- CH280-15 Chemistry for Sustainability
- CH3F7-15 Energy
GSD / School for Cross-Faculty Studies
- GD105-15 Environmental Principles of Global Sustainable DevelopmentLink opens in a new window
- GD109-15 Biodiversity and EcologyLink opens in a new window
- GD306-15 Achieving Sustainability: Potentials and BarriersLink opens in a new window
- GD302-15 Surviving the ApocalypseLink opens in a new window
- GD317-15 Managing Natural ResourcesLink opens in a new window
- GD323-15 Challenges of Climate ChangeLink opens in a new window
English
School of Life Sciences
WMG
- WM9PZ-15 Operations Management and SustainabilityLink opens in a new window
- WM292-15 Fundamentals of Sustainable Energy Systems
- WM199-15 Developing an Engineering Mindset
- WM1AF-15 Engineering Systems Design
- WM2A1-15 Automated Manufacturing Systems
- WM3H4-15 Sustainable Innovation
- WM9P8-15 Sustainability
- WM9Q2-15 Asset Management and Sustainability
- WM9RJ-15 Sustainability in Project Management
- WM9QJ-15 Sustainable Supply Chain Management and the Circular Economy
- WM291-30 Sustainable System Design
Economics
- EC138-15 Introduction to Environmental EconomicsLink opens in a new window
- EC996-15 Environmental Economics and Sustainable DevelopmenLink opens in a new window
Warwick Business School
- IB9C1-15 Global Challenges in Management and SustainabilityLink opens in a new window
- IB147-15 Management of Global RisksLink opens in a new window
- Sustainability Leadership programmeLink opens in a new window
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IB9WH-15 Leading Sustainable Business (available from 27/28)
Politics and International Studies
- PO3A5-15 The Politics of Climate ChangeLink opens in a new window
- PO9G1-20 Politics of Governing for Climate Change (MA)Link opens in a new window
- PO9G3-20 Wellbeing Public Policy: Welfare, Equality and Sustainability (MA)Link opens in a new window
Law
History
Renaissance Studies / Cross-Faculty
IATL / GSD (Cross-Faculty)
- IL924-15 Design Thinking for Social ImpactLink opens in a new window
- EQ316-15 Education for SustainabilityLink opens in a new window
IATL / GSD (Cross-Faculty)
- HP223 Climate Fictions in Latin America
- HP321 Nature and Modernity in Latin America
- IT316 Present Futures: Questions of Marginality in Contemporary Italy
- IT301 Modern Italian Language III
Sustainability Education in Practice
Warwick's campus is a Living Lab - a space where sustainability is not just taught but practised. Students lead real-world projects with measurable environmental and social impact, supported by a growing network of external partnerships that embed ESD across all faculties.
We connect sustainability competencies to careers through employer engagement and annual events that help students translate their learning into professional purpose. Collaborative projects span departments, and sustainable research practices are integrated into dissertations and capstone work across disciplines.
Together, these partnerships and initiatives demonstrate Warwick's commitment to ESD that goes beyond the classroom — building the networks, skills and mindsets needed to drive genuine change.
