Grand Challenge Curriculum

Grand Challenge Curriculum courses immerse students in complex issues facing the world. Register for a GCC course and prepare to grapple with important societal challenges from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Below are current and upcoming GCC courses and freshman seminars.

Spring 2023

workers building a solar panel

GCC 1907: Environmental Grand Challenges: What Impact Will You Have?

blurred people crossing a busy crosswalk

GCC 1911: 11 Billion People: How Long Can the Planet Sustain Humanity?

windmills and solar panels on a green field against a cloudy sky

GCC 3011/5011: Pathways to Renewable Energy

a group of people wearing silver ponchos stepping through a mess tunnel

GCC 3013/5013: Making Sense of Climate Change: Science, Art, and Agency

multi-colored petri dishes

GCC 3016/5016: Science and Society: Working Together to Avoid the Antibiotic Resistance Apocalypse

the sun rising over a field of sunflowers

GCC 3025: Seeking the Good Life at the End of the World: Sustainability in the 21st Century

childrens' hands holding up a globe of the earth

GCC 3031/5031: The Global Climate Challenge: Creating an Empowered Movement for Change

a small tree growing out of an eggshell

GCC 3032/5032: Ecosystem Health: Leadership at the Intersection of Humans, Animals, and the Environment

a deli worker counting money behind the counter

GCC 3037: Wealth and Inequality: Past, Present, and Future

garbage littering a beach

GCC 3038: Human Threats to Ocean Health

four windmills silhouetted against a sunset

GCC 5008: Policy and Science of Global Environmental Change

an orb of white light suspended between two human hands

GCC 5022: The Human Experience of Sensory Loss: Seeking Equitable and Effective Solutions