Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Featured Courses

Ecology and the Global Environment

ENVIR ST 251
Online
May 17-June 13
3 credits

Imagining Nature in the Anthropocene

ENVIR ST 307
Online
Monday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-noon
May 17-June 10
3 credits

Environmental Ethics: Ethics for a Damaged Planet

ENVIR ST/PHILOS 441
Online
Monday/Wednesday/Thursday, 1-4:10 p.m.
May 17-June 10
3 credits

Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives

ENVIR ST 112
Online
May 24-July 4
3 credits

Indigenous Peoples and the Environment

ENVIR ST/AMER IND 306
Online
May 24-July 4
3 credits

Outdoors for All

ENVIR ST 308
Tuesday-Thursday, 1-4 p.m.
May 25-June 17
3 credits

Preserving Nature

ENVIR ST 413
Online
June 14-August 8
3 credits

Field Ecology Workshop

ENVIR ST 375
Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
June 15-July 8
3 credits

Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives

ENVIR ST 112
Monday/Wednesday, 11–11:50 a.m. + discussion section
3 credits

Indigenous Peoples and the Environment

ENVIR ST/AMER IND 306
Monday/Wednesday, 2:25–3:15 p.m. + discussion section
3 credits

Aerial view of a flooded city

Climate Change Governance

ENVIR ST 349
Monday/Wednesday, 12:05–12:55 p.m. + discussion section
3 credits

City street jammed with cars and pedestrians, with smog-filled air in the background

Air Pollution and Human Health

ENVIR ST/POP HLTH 502
Tuesday/Thursday, 1–2:15 p.m.
3 credits

A bike wheel partially submerged in a snow bank

Principles of Environmental Science

ENVIR ST/ILS 126
Tuesday/Thursday, 1–2:15 p.m. + lab
4 credits

Aerial view of a large city with tall building poking into thin clouds

Introduction to Air Quality

ENVIR ST/ATM OCN 355
Tuesday/Thursday, 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
3 credits

Collage showing an aerial view of a forest next to a person holding a sapling

Forests of the World

F&W ECOL/ENVIR ST 100
Tuesday/Thursday, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
3 credits

Wild rice near a water's edge

Indigenous Environmental Writers

ENVIR ST 404 LEC 001
Online
Monday/Wednesday, 8–9:15 a.m.
3 credits

Graphic illustrating how to use sound measuring equipment in a rainforest

Bioacoustics for Conservation

ENVIR ST 404 LEC 001
Tuesday/Thursday, 4–5:15 p.m.
3 credits

An illustration of GIS layers

Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Planning

GEOG/ENVIR ST/LAND ARC/URB R PL 532
Tuesday, 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m., and Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–noon
3 credits

Explore Our Undergraduate Programs

Environmental Studies Major

Environmental Studies Certificate

Sustainability Certificate

Community Environmental Scholars Program

General Undergraduate Information