Sustainability Courses at Pratt

Pratt Institute offers a wide range of courses that integrate sustainability across disciplines, providing students with the knowledge and skills needed to address environmental, social, and economic challenges through art, design, and critical thinking. The courses listed on this page serve as a guide to sustainability-focused and sustainability-related offerings available at Pratt. For detailed course descriptions, prerequisites, and availability, please refer to the Pratt Course Catalogue. This list is regularly updated on an annual basis to reflect new and evolving coursework that aligns with Pratt’s commitment to sustainability in education.

Sustainability-Focused Courses

School of Architecture

Undergraduate School of Architecture

Undergraduate Architecture
  • ARCH-361 Building Environment
  • ARCH-362 Building Services
  • ARCH-401/2/3 ADVANCED DESIGN I / II / III
  • ARCH-501 Degree Project: Research
  • ARCH-503 Degree Project: Design Studio
  • ARCH-581A Minimal Surface
  • ARCH-581A Finding Sustainable Forms
  • ARCH-581A Bio-based Materials
  • ARCH-581A Comfort, Climate & Colonialism
  • ARCH-581A Housing after Banking
Construction/Facilities Management
  • CM-446 Sustainable Construction Mgmt
  • CM-462 Restoration & Renovation

Graduate School of Architecture

Graduate Architecture and Urban Design Programs
  • ARCH-761 Tech 1: Environmental Controls
  • ARCH-770F The Challenge of Complexity
  • ARCH-770YP Flood-Proof
  • ARCH-763 Integrated Building Systems
  • ARCH-880L Architecture and Society
  • ARCH-805 Design 5
  • ARCH-870A Design Intelligence
  • ARCH-880ZP Architecture in the World
  • LAR-602 Land Studio II: Shore
  • LAR-613 Cartography II: Soil Making
  • LAR-633 Field Ecology II: Biomes
  • LAR-704 Land Studio IV: Park
  • ARCH-806 Dsgn 6: Adv. Design Research
  • LAR-703 Land Studio III: Borough
  • LAR-631 Field Ecology I
  • LAR-651 Landscape Studies I: Evolution
  • LAR-601 Land Studio I: Region
Construction/Facilities Management
  • CM-662 Restoration & Renovation
  • REP-654 Demo Prof. Competency
  • CM-662 Restoration & Renovation
  • REP-660 Demo. in Progress
  • FM-646 Sustainable Construction Mgmt
Grad Center for Planning and the Environment
  • PLAN-600 Fundamentals: Seminar & Studio
  • PLAN-603 Urban Economics
  • PLAN-713A Community Economic Development
  • PLAN-722B Land Use Regulations (and Sustainable Zoning)
  • PLAN-725A Parks & Open Space Planning
  • PLAN-801B Special Topics in Planning: GIS for Non-Planners (Sustainable Environmental Systems)
  • PLAN-810 Studio: Sustainable Communities
  • PR-840 Hist Preservation Studio II
  • SES-631 Sustainable Communities
  • SES-632 Environmental Economics
  • SES-633A Environmental Law
  • SES-633B Env Assessment: Impact Stmts
  • SES-634A Climate Change & Cities
  • SES-634B Sustainability Indicators
  • SES-634C Life Cycle Analysis
  • SES-660A Demo Professional Competence
  • SES-700 Demo Professional Competence In Progress
  • SES-761A Watershed Planning
  • SES-840 Sustainable Business Studio (Delta Cities Coastal Resilience)
  • UPM-611 Democracy/Equity/Public Space
  • UPM-614 Civic Engagement
  • UPM-698 Placemaking Workshop
  • PLAN-603 Urban Economics
  • PLAN-712A Housing and Community Renewal
  • PLAN-712B Affordable Housing
  • PLAN-722A Land Use Planning (and the Sustainable City)
  • PLAN-801A Special Topics in Planning: SES Int Climate Exchange:Paris
  • PLAN-801B Special Topics in Planning: GIS for Non-Planners (Sustainable Environmental Systems)
  • PLAN-801D-01 STP IV: Immigration & the City
  • PLAN-801D-02 Informal Economy of the City
  • PLAN-801D-03 Creating Healthy Communities
  • PR-642A Concepts of Heritage
  • PR-749A Special Topics: Brazil
  • SES-631 Sustainable Communities
  • SES-632 Environmental Economics
  • SES-633A Environmental Law
  • SES-633B Env Assessment: Impact Stmts
  • SES-634A Climate Change & Cities
  • SES-634B Sustainability Indicators
  • SES-634C Life Cycle Analysis
  • SES-635A Solid Waste Management
  • SES-635B Water Quality Management
  • SES-635C Urban Energy Management
  • SES-660A Demo Professional Competence
  • SES-700 Demo Professional Competence In Progress
  • SES-739 Green Infra. Design/Build
  • SES-755 Greening Existing buildings
  • UPM-609 Lab: Analysis of Public Space
  • SES-762 Sustainable Urban Agriculture

School of Art

Undergraduate School of Art

Fine Arts
  • ART-300P Land Art
  • FA-415P The Ecological Turn

Graduate School of Art

Creative Enterprise Leadership
  • ACM-621 Strat Mktg for Arts & Culture
  • ACM-622 Fundraising for Arts/Culture
  • ACM-625 Leadership and Team Building
  • ACM-627 Management Communications
  • ACM-631 Behavioral Simulation
  • ACM-641 Mgmt of Arts/Cultural Orgs
  • ACM-643 Art, Culture and Social Policy
  • ACM-645 Art in the Urban Environment
  • ACM-654 Strategic Technology
  • ACM-674 Capstone-Discover and Define
  • DM-621 Strategic Marketing
  • DM-631 Leadership Bhvrl Simulation
  • DM-632 Leadership and Team Building
  • DM-642 Business Law
  • DM-643 Intellectual Property Law
  • DM-652 Design Management
  • DM-654 Strategic Tech: Issues/Challen
  • DM-661 Financial Reporting & Analysis
  • DM-663 Financing Companies & Ventures
  • DM-671 Managerial Decision Making
  • ACM-623 Financial Planning/Budget Man
  • ACM-624 Arts & Cultural Education
  • ACM-628 Advertising & Promotion
  • ACM-632 Organizational Behavior
  • ACM-642 Nonprofit Law & Governance
  • ACM-644 Design Cultures of Inclusion
  • ACM-651 Finances/Financial Reporting
  • ACM-671 Managerial Decision Making
  • ACM-675 Capstone-Design and Deliver
  • DM-622 Advertising and Promotion
  • DM-623 Building Entrep. Courage
  • DM-633 Managing Innovation and Change
  • DM-641 Intl Environment of Business
  • DM-643 Intellectual Property Law
  • DM-644 Design Futures: Thry & Pract
  • DM-651 Management Communications
  • DM-655 New Product Mgmt & Dvlpmnt
  • DM-672 Business Strategy
  • DM-675 Capstone-Design and Deliver
  • ACM-626 Managing Innovation and Change
  • ACM-633 Negotiating
  • ACM-646 Extrnl Rltns for Nonprof Mgrs
  • ACM-652 Directed Research
  • ACM-664A Integrative Capstone Plan/Adv
  • DM-634 Negotiating
  • DM-653 Design Operations Management
  • DM-656 Directed Research
  • DM-662 Money and Markets
  • DM-673 Capstone Planning: Advisement
Fine Arts
  • FA-615P The Ecological Turn

School of Design

Undergraduate School of Design
Fashion Design
  • FASD-393 Responsible Design
  • FASD-396 Material Manipulation
Industrial Design
  • IND-487 Sustainability and Production
  • IND-451 Prototypes I: Biomaterials
  • IND-301 Design Studio III: Park
  • IND-302 Studio IV: Design Nature
  • IND-402 Capstone: Biocentric Design
Interior Design
  • INT-401 Design Studio V
  • INT-456 Equatorial Living
  • INT-481 IOL: Vibrant Blocks
  • INT-456 Japan Study Abroad
UG Communications Design
  • COMD-330 Design and Sustainability

Graduate School of Design

GR Communications /Package Design
  • DES-634 Sustainability and Design
  • DES-741 Cross-Disciplinary Studio
  • DES-639 Design Ethics and Practice
  • DES-659 ST -Fashion, Climate Communication
  • DES-657 SP -Type as Soc Practice
Industrial Design
  • IND-687 Sustainability and Production
  • IND-651 Prototypes I: Biomaterials
  • IND-670 Dsgn Issues in 21st Century
Interior Design
  • INT-656 Equatorial Living
  • INT-731 IOL: Vibrant Blocks
  • INT-702 Int Design Adv Options Studio
  • INT-726 Environmental Tech/Sustainabli
  • INT-656 Japan Study Abroad

School of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Undergraduate School of Liberal Arts & Sci

History of Art and Design
  • HAD-441 Ecology and Activism
Social Sci and Cultural Stud
  • SS-201T Sustainable Core
  • SS-382 Politics of Climate Change
  • SS-409 Walking New York
  • SSWI-222G Making/Faking Nature
  • SUST-311 American Environmental Hist.
  • SUST-319 Sustainability and Fashion
  • SUST-401 Power,Pollution, and Profit
  • SUST-405 Production,Consumption,Waste
  • SUST-420 Environmental Justice
  • SUST-440 Environmental Economics
  • SUST-445 Sustainable Technology
  • PHIL-356 Environmental Ethics
  • SS-213P Environmental Anthropology
  • SS-358 Environmental Psychology
  • SUST-410 Nature and Technology in Hist
Writing Department
  • WR-493 Ecopoetics
Mathematics and Science
  • MSCI-251C Planet Earth
  • MSCI-271 Ecology for Architects
  • MSCI-381 Green Building Science
  • MSCI-610 Science of Sustainability
  • MSWI-270C Ecology Environ & Anthropocene
  • MSWI-284C Energy and Nature
  • MSCI-280 Environmental Sci for CM
  • MSCI-282C Climate Change Science-Core
  • MSCI-451P Climate Crisis and Communities
  • MSCI-651P Climate Crisis and Communities
Graduate School of Liberal Arts & Sci
Writing Department
  • WR-593 Ecopoetics