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 |
| Arts Activism and the Climate Crisis: Theatrical Interventions | Eckerd College | Antonia Krueger |
| Cli-Fi: Science and Stories | Holyoke Community College | Elizabeth Trobaugh |
| Cli-fi: Science Fiction, Climate Change, & Apocalypse | Temple University | Ted Howell |
| Climate Crisis — An International Perspective: Science, Art, and Activism | University of Washington | Robert Pavia |
| 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 |
| Climates of Resistance: Environmental Racism and Collective Action | Syracuse University | Becca Farnum |
| Contemporary American Literature: Cli-Fi | Western Illinois University | Everett Hamner |
| Contemporary Environmental Writing | Brandeis University | Caren Irr |
| Creating Change: Climate Change | University of New Mexico | Catherine Page Harris |
| Creating Ecolibrium | California Institute of the Arts | Shannon Scrofano |
| 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) | |
| Creativity in the Community | Massey University | Elspeth Tilley |
| Dramatic Writing and Climate Change | Northwestern University | Kristin Idaszak |
| 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-Art: Art Created in Response to Environmental Crises | University of Washington-Tacoma | Vaughn Bell |
| Eco-Performance | Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music | Alyssa Schmidt |
| Ecofictions and Nonfictions | 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 |
| Environmental World Literature: Encounters with Water | Unity College | Sam Collier |
| Greening Your Nonprofit Arts Organization | Arts Extension Service, University of Massachusetts Amherst | Dee Boyle-Clapp |
| Guilty Reading: Topics in Popular Genres | Charles Darwin University | Adelle Sefton-Rowston |
| 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 |
| Introduction to Drama: Home and the Natural World | Unity College | Sam Collier |
| 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 |
| Scriptwriting Workshop: Eco-Theatre | Iowa State University | Charissa Menefee |
| Shakespeare and Ecology | University of California, Merced | Katherine Brokaw |
| 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 Exhibition Management Short Course | Central Saint Martins | Alice Bonnot |
| Sustainable Staging Techniques | York University | Ian Garrett |
| Texts: Climate Change Theatre | Quest University Canada | Elaine Avila |
| The Future of the Arts | University of Hull | Helen Prior |
| 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 |