The table below lists university classes addressing the arts and climate change. Click on the course title for more information, including a link to the course syllabus (if the instructor has provided one). If you’re looking for our listing of degree programs in this area, click here.
We hope this resource can function as a guide for students looking for a place to start or deciding where to pursue their research, a site of exchange for professors and teachers looking to share knowledge, and a well of inspiration for artists working at this intersection.
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| Course Title | School | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Art and Climate Change | Gustavus Adolphus College | Betsy Byers |
| Art and Social Practice | University of British Columbia (Okanagan) | |
| Art and The Environment | Bradley University | Margaret LeJeune |
| Art and Urban Sustainability | Rutgers University, Camden | Elizabeth Demaray |
| Art & Earth | Wofford College | Kaye Savage |
| Cli-Fi: Science and Stories | Holyoke Community College | Elizabeth Trobaugh |
| Cli-fi: Science Fiction, Climate Change, & Apocalypse | Temple University | Ted Howell |
| Climate Fiction | Colby College | Christopher A. Walker |
| Climate Fiction | Boston College | Min Hyoung Song |
| Climate Futures in Fiction and Film | Eckerd College (St Petersburg, FL) | Amanda Hagood and Joanna Huxster |
| Contemporary American Literature: Cli-Fi | Western Illinois University | Everett Hamner |
| Contemporary Environmental Writing | Brandeis University | Caren Irr |
| Creative Activism: Art, Media, and Social Justice | University of British Columbia (Okanagan) | |
| Creative Climate Communication | University of Colorado, Boulder | Beth Osnes and Max Boykoff |
| Creative Communication and Engagement | University of British Columbia (Okanagan) | |
| Earth Justice: Introduction to Sustainability Studies | John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY | Milena Popov |
| Eco Art and Design | John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY | Milena Popov |
| Eco-fictions and Non-fictions | Massey University | Ingrid Horrocks and Laura-Jean Mckay |
| EcoScenography | York University | Ian Garrett |
| Environmental Justice | John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY | Milena Popov |
| Environmental Literatures and Cultures: Climate Change Fiction | University of Idaho | Erin James |
| Human Tracks in the Urban Landscape | Brooklyn College | Noel Hefele and Linda Louis |
| Indigenous Performance Practices | University of British Columbia (Okanagan) | |
| Introduction to Climate Change Fiction | University of Oregon | Stephen Siperstein |
| Introductory Seminar in Environmental Studies | Wofford College | Kaye Savage |
| Inviting Doomsday: US Environmental Problems in the Twentieth Century | University of Kent | John Wills |
| Performance and the Environment | Eckerd College (St Petersburg, FL) | Antonia Krueger |
| Performing Ecologies | Griffith University | Linda Hassall |
| Perspectives on Climate Change: Ecopsychology, Art and Narratives | Uppsala University | Malin Östman |
| Solar Power for Artists | NYU Tandon School of Engineering | Alex Nathanson |
| Special Topics in Drama: Ecodrama | Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama | Wendy Arons |
| Staging Sustainability | Allegheny College | Michael Mehler |
| Sustainable Environments | Queensland College of Art, Griffith University | Tanja Beer |
| Sustainable Staging Techniques | York University | Ian Garrett |
| Texts: Climate Change Theatre | Quest University Canada | Elaine Avila |
| Theatre for a Changing Climate | University of Exeter | Evelyn O'Malley |
| Theatre in an Age of Climate Change | Pomona College | James P. Taylor |
| Unveiling the Anthropocene | Utah State University | Robert Davies |