Master of Development Engineering Elective Courses and Concentration Areas
AI/Data Analytics for Social Impact
Students take courses on how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data tools and analytics give the social, civic, and international development sectors actionable insights.
Examples of elective courses in AI/Data Analytics for Social Impact concentration area include: (note – class offerings may differ year to year)
- ANTHRO 189: Special Topics in Social/Cultural Anthropology: Civic Tech and Algorithmic Life (4 units)
- ARCH 246: Building Energy Simulations (3 units)
- CE 263N: Scalable Spatial Analytics (3 units)
- CIVENG 263N: Scalable Spatial Analytics (3 units)
- CIVENG 295: Data Science for Energy (3 units)
- COMPSCI 188: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (4 units)
- COMPSCI 189/289A: Introduction to Machine Learning (4 units)
- CYPLAN 257: Data Science for Human Mobility and Socio-Technical Systems (4 units)
- DATA C104: Human Contexts and Ethics of Data – DATA/History/STS (4 units)
- DEVP 222: Economics of Sustainable Resource Development (3 units)
- DEVP 229: Quantitative Methods and Impact Evaluation (3 units)
- DEVP 296: Innovative Finance for Development (3 units)
- EDUC 244: Data Mining and Analytics (3 units)
- ENERES 131: Data, Environment and Society (3 units)
- ENERES 273: Research Methods in Social Sciences (3 units)
- ESPM 157: Data Science in Global Change Ecology (4 units)
- ESPM 163AC: Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment (4 units)
- ESPM 260: Governance of Global Production (3 units)
- ESPM 271: Advanced Remote Sensing of Natural Resources (3 units)
- IND ENG 135/235: Applied Data Science with Venture Applications (3 units)
- INFO 188: Behind the Data – Humans and Values (3 units)
- INFO 203: Social Issues of Information (3 units)
- INFO 233: Social Psychology and Information Technology (3 units)
- INFO 247: Information Visualization and Presentation (3 units)
- INFO 254: Data Mining and Analytics (3 units)
- INFO 251: Applied Machine Learning (4 Units)
- INFO 257: Database Management (3 units)
- INFO 271B: Quantitative Research Methods for Information Systems and Management (3 units)
- INFO 272: Qualitative Research Methods for Information Systems and Management (3 units)
- INFO 283: Information and Communications Technology for Development (3 units)
- INFO 288: Big Data and Development (3 units)
- LDARCH C188: Geographic Information Systems (3 units)
- PB HLTH 272B: Applied GIS for Public Health Practice (3 units)
- PB HLTH 290: Applied Impact Evaluation (3 units)
- PUBPOL 290: Special Topics in Public Policy: Quantitative Methods and Impact Evaluation (3 units)
- SOCIOL 290: Seminar: Political Economy of Digitality (3 units)
Energy, Water and the Environment
Students take courses on core natural resource challenges—water and energy systems and their impact on the environment—and on life cycle assessment, water resource management, agricultural impact, and energy technologies and policies.
Examples of elective courses in Energy, Water and the Environment concentration area include: (note – class offerings may differ year to year)
- ANTHRO 140: The Anthropology of Food (4 units)
- ANTHRO 230: Special Topics in Archaeology: Food, Agriculture, and Sovereignty (4 units)
- ARCH 246: Building Energy Simulations (3 units)
- ARESEC 249: Agricultural, Food, and Resource Policy Workshop (3 units)
- ARESEC 261: Environmental and Resource Economics (3 units)
- ARESEC264: Empirical Energy and Environmental Economics (3 units)
- BIOENG C106A: Introduction to Robotics (4 units)
- CE 107: Climate Change Mitigation (3 units)
- CE 110: Water Systems of the Future (3 units)
- CE 206: Water Resources Management (3 units)
- CE 210: Control of Water-Related Pathogens (3 Units)
- CE 218A: Air Quality Engineering (3 units)
- CE 263N: Scalable Spatial Analytics (3 units)
- CE 268E: Civil Systems and the Environment (3 units)
- CE 290: Planetary Boundaries and the Anthropocene (1 unit)
- CE 295: Data Science for Energy (3 units)
- CYPLAN C256: Healthy Cities (3 units)
- DEVP 222: Economic of Sustainable Resources Development
- DEVP 227: Principles of Natural Resources Management
- DEVP 229: Quantitative Methods and Impact Evaluation (3 units)
- DEVP 296: Innovative Finance for Development (3 units)
- ENERES C100/C200: Energy and Society (3 units)
- ENERES 131: Data, Environment and Society (3 units)
- ENERES C176/276: Climate Change Economics (3 units)
- ENERES 221: Climate, Energy and Development (3 units)
- ENERES 254: Electric Power Systems (3 units)
- ENERES 275: Water and Development (3 units)
- ESPM 157: Data Science in Global Change Ecology (3 units)
- ESPM 163AC: Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment (3 units)
- ESPM 217: Political Economy of Climate Change (3 units)
- ESPM 260: Governance of Global Production (3 units)
- ESPM 271: Advanced Remote Sensing of Natural Resources (3 units)
- GLOBAL 123L: Perspectives for Sustainable Rural Development (4 units)
- GLOBAL 126: Development and the Environment: Destructive Development and the Climate Crisis: Rethinking our Theories and Models (4 units)
- INFO 271B: Quantitative Research Methods for Information Systems and Management (3 units)
- INFO 272: Qualitative Research Methods for Information Systems and Management (3 units)
- LDARCH C188: Geographic Information Systems (3 units)
- MBA 212: Energy and Environmental Markets (3 units)
- PBHLTH W213: Global Health Ethics (3 units)
- PUBPOL 290: Special Topics in Public Policy: Quantitative Methods and Impact Evaluation (3 units)
- SOCIOL 190-001: Seminar and Research in Sociology: Food, Health, and Inequality (4 units)
Sustainable Design Innovations
Students take courses on sustainable design and social entrepreneurship, including principles of green design, the science of sustainability, resilient communities, sustainable economic models, green chemistry, product design, spatial modeling, affordable housing, public transportation, and equitable development.
Examples of elective courses in Energy, Water and the Environment concentration area include: (note – class offerings may differ year to year)
- ANTHRO 140: The Anthropology of Food (4 units)
- ARCH 246: Building Energy Simulations (3 units)
- ARESEC 201: Production, Industrial Organization, and Regulation in Agriculture (4 units)
- ARESEC 241: Economics and Policy of Production, Technology and Risk in Agricultural and Natural Resources (3 units)
- ARESEC C251: Microeconomics of Development (3 units)
- CE 107: Climate Change Mitigation (3 units)
- CE 111: Environmental Engineering (3 units)
- CE 186: Design of Cyber-Physical Systems (3 units)
- CE 211A: Environmental Physical-Chemical Processes (3 units)
- CE 218A: Air Quality Engineering (3 units)
- CE 256: Transportation Sustainability (3 units)
- CE 268E: Civil Systems and the Environment (3 units)
- CE 268S: Buildings and Sustainability (3 units)
- CE 295: Energy Systems and Control (3 units)
- CYPLAN 254: Sustainable Communities (3 units)
- CYPLAN C256: Healthy Cities (3 units)
- CYPLAN 204C: Analytic and Research Methods for Planners: Introduction to GIS and City
- CYPLAN 257: Data Science for Human Mobility and Socio-technical Systems
- DEVENG 290: Innovation in Disaster Response, Resilience & Recovery
- DEVP 222: Economics of Sustainable Resource Development (3 units)
- DEVP 229: Quantitative Methods and Impact Evaluation (3 units)
- DEVP 296: Innovative Finance for Development (3 units)
- ENERES C100/C200: Energy and Society (3 units)
- ENERES 176/276: Climate Change Economics (3 units)
- ENERES 273: Research Methods in Social Sciences (3 units)
- ENVECON 100: Microeconomic Theory with Application to Natural Resources (4 units)
- ENVECON C102: Natural Resource Economics (4 units)
- ENVECON C132: International Environmental Economic (4 units)
- ENVECON 145: Health and Environmental Economic Policy (4 units)
- ENVECON C176: Climate Change Economics (4 units)
- ENVECON C181: International Trade (4 units)
- ESPM 157: Data Science in Global Change Ecology (4 units)
- ESPM 163AC: Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment (3 units)
- ESPM 169:International Environmental Politics (4 units)
- ESPM 217: Politcal Economy of Climate Change (3 units)
- ESPM 260: Governance of Global Production (3 units)
- ESPM 261: Sustainability and Society (3 units)
- ESPM 290 025 – Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: Agrarian Questions – Land, Labor, and Livelihoods (1 to 4 units)
- GLOBAL 123L: Perspectives for Sustainable Rural Development (4 units)
- GLOBAL 126: Development and the Environment: Destructive Development and the Climate Crisis: Rethinking our Theories and Models (4 units)
- INDENG 135/235: Applied Data Science with Venture Applications (3 units)
- INFO 271B: Quantitative Research Methods for Information Systems and Management (3 units)
- INFO 272: Qualitative Research Methods for Information Systems and Management (3 units)
- LD ARCH 130: Sustainable Landscapes & Cities (3 units)
- LD ARCH C188: Geographic Information Systems (3 units)
- ME 290H: Green Product Development: Design for Sustainability (3 units)
- PB HLTH 220C: Health Risk Assessment, Regulation, and Policy (3 units)
- PB HLTH 290: Greener Solutions: A Safer Design Partnership (3 units)
- PUBPOL 290: Special Topics in Public Policy: Quantitative Methods and Impact Evaluation (3 units)
Healthcare Transformations
Students take courses on the rapidly evolving landscape of global healthcare technologies and practices, including biomedical device design, health policy, health impact assessment, and the digital transformation of healthcare.
Examples of elective courses in Healthcare Transformations concentration area include: (note – class offerings may differ year to year)
- BIOE C106A: Introduction to Robotics (3 units)
- BIOE 110: Biomedical Physiology for Engineers (3 units)
- BIOE C137: Designing for the Human Body (3 units)
- BIOE 224: Basic Principles of Drug Delivery (3 units)
- CYPLAN C256: Healthy Cities (3 units)
- DEVP 222: Economics of Sustainable Resource Development (3 units)
- DEVP 229: Quantitative Methods and Impact Evaluation (3 units)
- DEVP 232: Foundations of Public Health (2 units)
- DEVP 296: Innovative Finance for Development (3 units)
- ENERES 273: Research Methods in Social Sciences (3 units)
- ENVECON 145: Health and Environmental Economic Policy (4 units)
- ENVECON C176: Climate Change Economics (4 units)
- ESPM 157: Data Science in Global Change Ecology (4 units)
- ESPM 163AC: Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment (4 units)
- ESPM 169: International Environmental Politics (4 units)
- ESPM 260: Governance of Global Production (3 units)
- ESPM 290: Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: Agrarian Questions – Land, Labor, and Livelihoods (1 to 4 units)
- INFO 271B: Quantitative Research Methods for Information Systems and Management (3 units)
- INFO 272: Qualitative Research Methods for Information Systems and Management (3 units)
- LDARCH C188: Geographic Information Systems (3 units)
- PBHLTH 132: Artificial Intelligence for Health and Healthcare (3 units)
- PBHLTH 181: Poverty and Population (3 units)
- PBHLTH 212A: International Maternal Child Health (2 units)
- PBHLTH 213: Global Health Ethics (3 units)
- PBHLTH 220C: Health Risk Assessment, Regulation, and Policy (3 units)
- PBHLTH 220E: Global Health Policy (3 units)
- PBHLTH 223: Strategic Management and the Health Sector (3 units)
- PBHLTH 223D: Foundations of Health Policy and Management (2 units)
- PBHLTH 226A: Health Economics A (3 units)
- PBHLTH 226C: Economics of Population Health (3 units)
- PBHLTH W213: Global Health Ethics (3 units)
- PBHLTH W226: Health Economics (3 units)
- PBHLTH 252C: Intervention Trial Design (3 units)
- PBHLTH 272B: Applied GIS for Public Health Practice (3 units)
- PBHLTH 290: Special Topics in Public Policy: Quantitative Methods and Impact Evaluation (3 units)
- SOCIOL 190-001: Seminar and Research in Sociology: Food, Health, and Inequality (4 units)
- SOCIOL 190-002: Seminar and Research in Sociology: Health, Biomedicine, and Inequality (4 units)
- SOCIOL 190-003: Seminar and Research in Sociology: Global Health and Medicine (4 units)
Community-Based Ecosystem Stewardship
Students take courses on Indigenous studies, environmental studies, regenerative ecology, health and food systems, community-based research, and equity-centered design thinking to ethically address complex issues around climate change, natural resource governance, and community self-determination.
Examples of elective courses in Community-Based Ecosystem Stewardship concentration area include: (note – class offerings may differ year to year)
- ANTHRO 148: Anthropology of the Environment (4 units)
- ANTHRO 240A: Fundamentals of Anthropological Theory (5 units)
- CYPLAN 115: Urbanization in Developing Countries (4 units)
- DEVP 209: Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Development (3 units)
- DEVP 228A: Project Management (1 unit)
- EDUC 271B: Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (3 units)
- EDUC 297: Design Principles for Disenfranchised Communities (3 units)
- EDUC W140A: The Art of Making Meaning: Educational Perspectives on Literacy and Learning in a Global World (4 units)
- ENGIN 125: Ethics, Engineering, and Society (3 units)
- ESPM 261: Sustainability and Society (3 units)
- INFO 290-002: Building Data Products for Public Impact (3 units)
- PBHLTH 207: Transforming the Food System: From Agroecology to Population Health (3 units)
- PBHLTH 270A: Exposure Assessment and Control (3 units)
- PUBPOL 246: Data Science for Public Policy (4 units)
- SOCIOL 121: Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Social and Cultural Context (4 units)
- SOCIOL 127: Development and Globalization (4 units)
- SOCIOL 273L: Computational Social Science (3 units)
- ARCH 229 002: Designing Uncertainty (3 units)
- ARCH 249: User-Centric Design and Virtual Presence in Immersive Environments (1 unit)
- CIVENG 105: Design for Global Transformation (3 units)
- CIVENG 110: Water Systems of the Future (3 units)
- CIVENG 206: Water Resources Management (3 units)
- CIVENG 290 002: Statistics with R (1 unit)
- CYPLAN 204B: Qualitative Research Methods (4 units)
- DATA C102: Data, Inference, and Decisions (4 units)
- DEVP 229: Quantitative Methods and Impact Evaluation (3 units)
- ENERES 102: Quantitative Aspects of Global Environmental Problems (4 units)
- ENERES 295: Special Topics in Energy and Resources (1 unit)
- ENGIN 183C: Challenge Lab – Designing Startups to Transform Society | A Berkeley Changemaker®
Course (4 units) - ENGIN C183F: Challenge Lab: Building Bridges between Democracy and Technology for a Better Society (4 units)
- ENVDES 298: Participatory Design Frameworks: Engaging Communities Through Storytelling and Play (1–4 units)
- ESPM 176A: Climate Change, Ecosystems, and Solutions (2 units)
- ESPM 232: Indigenizing Cultural Heritage Management and Land Stewardship (4 units)
- ESPM 290: Waste and Society (1–4 units)
- GPP 150: Poverty, Resources, and the Environment (4 units)
- IAS 157AC: Engineering, The Environment, and Society (4 units)
- LDARCH 130: Sustainable Landscapes and Cities (4 units)
- LDARCH 221: Quantitative Methods in Environmental Planning (3 units)
- LDARCH C231: Environmental Planning and Regulation (3 units)
- LDARCH 237: The Process of Environmental Planning (3 units)
- MBA 209F: Fundamentals of Business (3 units)
- PBHLTH C160: Environmental Health and Development (4 units)
- PBHLTH W108: Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment (3 units)
- PBHLTH W219: Social and Behavioral Health Research: Introduction to Survey Methods (3 units)
- PBHLTH 271G: Health Implications of Climate Change (3 units)
- PUBPOL 290: Special Topics in Public Policy – Climate Change and Security Policy (1–4 units)
- SOCIOL 121: Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Social and Cultural Context (4 units)
- SOCIOL 122: Sociology of the Climate Emergency (4 units)
- SOCIOL 127: Development and Globalization (4 units)
- SOCIOL 190 002: Nature, Society, and our World Beyond the Human (4 units)
- SOCIOL 280EE: Advanced Study in Substantive Sociological Fields: Environmental and Climate Sociology (3 units)
- SOCIOL C115: Sociology of Health and Medicine (4 units)
