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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

The world faces critical and urgent global challenges, from climate change to rising inequality. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) provide a shared framework to address these complex issues, which are best solved through partnerships across disciplines, nations and institutions. These 17 goals have been adopted by 193 nations and are widely recognized across sectors.

Interested in diving deeper into understanding the complexities of the UN SDGs? Search for courses related to specific UN SDGs, like Climate Action or Good Health and Well-being, by using the filter below. Northwestern is committed to the UN SDGs through teaching, research and engagement and the number of tagged courses will continue to grow in the coming quarters.

School Subject Title SDG
JOUR IMC Intro to Integrated Mrktg Comm (300-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
JOUR IMC Consumer Insight (301-0-20) Responsible Consumption
JOUR IMC Integrated Mktg Comm Strategy (303-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
JOUR IMC Integrated Mktg Comm Strategy (303-0-21) Innovation & Infrastructure
JOUR IMC Integrated Mktg Comm Strategy (303-0-21) Reduced Inequality
JOUR IMC Media and Message Delivery (304-0-20) Responsible Consumption
JOUR IMC Message Strat and Pers Comm (305-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
JOUR IMC IMC Law, Ethics and Technology (310-0-20) Peace & Justice
JOUR IMC Special Topics (390-0-20) Decent Work & Economic Growth
JOUR IMC Special Topics (390-0-20) Peace & Justice
JOUR IMC Special Topics (390-0-21) Decent Work & Economic Growth
JOUR IMC Special Topics (390-0-22) Peace & Justice
JOUR IMC Special Topics (390-0-22) Decent Work & Economic Growth
JOUR JOUR Fundamentals of Reporting & Wr (201-1-20) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR Fundamentals of Reporting & Wr (201-1-21) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR Fundamentals of Video Journali (201-2-20) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR Fundamentals of Video Journali (201-2-21) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR Framed: Media & Marginalized (303-0-20) Reduced Inequality
JOUR JOUR Framed: Media & Marginalized (303-0-20) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR Editing & Producing: Magazine (311-0-20) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR Storytelling: Interactive News (320-0-20) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR Storytelling: Mag & Feat. Wrtg (321-0-21) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR Knight Lab: Studio (342-1-20) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR Knight Lab: Studio (342-1-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
JOUR JOUR Evolution of Sports Media (358-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
JOUR JOUR Media Law & Ethics (370-0-20) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR International Jour: S Africa (372-0-20) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR Intro to Investigative Journal (374-0-20) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR Media Design (376-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
JOUR JOUR Knight Lab: Data Analysis & Vi (377-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
JOUR JOUR Knight Lab: Data Analysis & Vi (377-0-21) Innovation & Infrastructure
JOUR JOUR Health and Science Reporting (383-0-20) Peace & Justice
JOUR JOUR Health and Science Reporting (383-0-20) Good Health and Well-being
JOUR JOUR Covering DC as a Mobile Journ (384-0-20) Peace & Justice
KGSM KELLG_FE Topics in Financial Economics (316-0-20) Decent Work & Economic Growth
KGSM KELLG_MA Topics in Managerial Analytics (326-0-20) Decent Work & Economic Growth
MEAS COMP_SCI Fund of Computer Prog 1.5 (150-0-1) Innovation & Infrastructure
MEAS COMP_SCI Fund of Computer Prog 1.5 (150-0-2) Innovation & Infrastructure
MEAS DSGN Human-Centered Service Design (305-0-1) Innovation & Infrastructure
MEAS DSGN Inter. Product Dsgn Projects I (384-1-21) Innovation & Infrastructure
MEAS DSGN Inter. Product Dsgn Projects 2 (384-2-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
MEAS DSGN Special Topics (395-0-2) Innovation & Infrastructure
MEAS DSGN Special Topics (395-0-64) Innovation & Infrastructure
MEAS DSGN Special Topics (395-0-65) Innovation & Infrastructure
MEAS ELEC_ENG Deep Learning Foundations (335-0-1) Innovation & Infrastructure
MEAS ENTREP Sales and Marketing (331-0-1) Innovation & Infrastructure
MEAS ENTREP NUvention: Energy (474-0-1) Innovation & Infrastructure
MEAS IEMS Statistical Learning for Data (304-0-1) Innovation & Infrastructure
MEAS PRDV Emotional Intelligence 101 (325-0-1) Good Health and Well-being
MEAS PRDV Engineering Improv I (335-1-1) Good Health and Well-being
MEAS PRDV Engineering Improv II: The Art (335-2-1) Good Health and Well-being
MEAS PRDV Whole-Body Thinking (345-0-1) Good Health and Well-being
SESP LOC Culture and Cognition (214-0-20) Reduced Inequality
SESP LOC Culture and Cognition (214-0-20) Quality Education
SESP LRN_SCI Culture and Cognition (214-0-20) Quality Education
SESP SESP Adulthood/Aging (203-0-20) Good Health and Well-being
SESP SESP Special Topics (251-0-20) Reduced Inequality
SESP SESP Special Topics (251-0-20) Quality Education
SESP SESP Special Topics (251-0-21) Reduced Inequality
SESP SESP Special Topics (251-0-21) Quality Education
SESP SESP Special Topics (251-0-22) Quality Education
SESP SESP Special Topics (251-0-22) Reduced Inequality
SESP SESP Theory and Practice (295-0-20) Reduced Inequality
SESP SESP Theory and Practice (295-0-20) Sustainable Cities & Commnities
SESP SESP Race and Education (320-0-20) Reduced Inequality
SESP SESP Race and Education (320-0-20) Quality Education
SPCH COMM_ST Intro to Health Communication (246-0-20) Good Health and Well-being
SPCH COMM_ST Intro to Health Communication (246-0-20) No Poverty
SPCH COMM_ST Topics in Communication Studie (295-0-20) Quality Education
SPCH COMM_ST Topics in Communication Studie (295-0-20) Good Health and Well-being
SPCH COMM_ST Topics in Communication Studie (295-0-20) Gender Equality
SPCH COMM_ST Communication & Misinformation (303-0-20) Climate Action
SPCH COMM_ST Health Comm and Precision Med (339-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
SPCH COMM_ST Health Comm and Precision Med (339-0-20) Good Health and Well-being
SPCH COMM_ST Technology & Human Interaction (351-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
SPCH COMM_ST Contemporary Television (376-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
SPCH COMM_ST Contemporary Television (376-0-20) Quality Education
SPCH COMM_ST Comm_St Rsrch Seminar (394-0-20) Reduced Inequality
SPCH COMM_ST Comm_St Rsrch Seminar (394-0-20) Quality Education
SPCH COMM_ST Comm_St Rsrch Seminar (394-0-21) Reduced Inequality
SPCH COMM_ST Comm_St Rsrch Seminar (394-0-21) Quality Education
SPCH COMM_ST Topics in Comm Studies (395-0-20) Clean Water and Sanitation
SPCH COMM_ST Topics in Comm Studies (395-0-20) Decent Work & Economic Growth
SPCH COMM_ST Topics in Comm Studies (395-0-20) Climate Action
SPCH COMM_ST Topics in Comm Studies (395-0-20) Peace & Justice
SPCH COMM_ST Topics in Comm Studies (395-0-20) Responsible Consumption
SPCH CSD Lang Devel Usage (392-0-1) Reduced Inequality
SPCH CSD Lang Devel Usage (392-0-1) Quality Education
SPCH RTVF Topics in Non-fiction Media (377-0-20) Peace & Justice
SPCH RTVF Symposium: Issues in RTVF (398-0-24) Reduced Inequality
SPCH RTVF Symposium: Issues in RTVF (398-0-25) Peace & Justice
SPCH THEATRE Theatre for Young Audiences (231-0-20) Quality Education
SPCH THEATRE Special Topics in Thtr Studies (240-0-21) Reduced Inequality
SPCH THEATRE Special Topics in Thtr Studies (240-0-21) Quality Education
SPCH THEATRE Special Topics in Thtr Studies (240-0-21) Peace & Justice
SPCH THEATRE Special Topics in Adv Thtr Stu (340-0-20) Reduced Inequality
SPCH THEATRE Special Topics in Adv Thtr Stu (340-0-20) Gender Equality
SPCH THEATRE Theatre and Social Change (341-0-20) Gender Equality
SPCH THEATRE Theatre and Social Change (341-0-20) Peace & Justice
SPCH THEATRE Theatre and Social Change (341-0-21) Reduced Inequality
SPCH THEATRE Theatre and Social Change (341-0-21) Quality Education
SPCH THEATRE Theatre and Social Change (341-0-21) Peace & Justice
WCAS ANTHRO Culture & Society (211-0-1) Peace & Justice
WCAS ANTHRO Culture & Society (211-0-1) Decent Work & Economic Growth
WCAS CLASSICS Archaeology of Anc Mediterran (310-0-1) Gender Equality
WCAS CLASSICS Ancient Economy (330-0-1) No Poverty
WCAS CLASSICS Ancient Economy (330-0-1) Innovation & Infrastructure
WCAS CLASSICS Ancient Economy (330-0-1) Affordable and Clean Energy
WCAS CLASSICS Ancient Economy (330-0-1) Decent Work & Economic Growth
WCAS EARTH Climate Catastrophes (105-0-1) Climate Action
WCAS EARTH Earth and Planetary Materials (300-0-1) Responsible Consumption
WCAS EARTH Earth and Planetary Materials (300-0-1) Innovation & Infrastructure
WCAS EARTH Advanced Topics (450-0-1) Climate Action
WCAS ECON Introduction to Macroeconomics (201-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ECON Introduction to Macroeconomics (201-0-20) Decent Work & Economic Growth
WCAS ECON Introduction to Macroeconomics (201-0-40) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ECON Introduction to Macroeconomics (201-0-40) Decent Work & Economic Growth
WCAS ECON Introduction to Microeconomics (202-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ECON Introduction to Microeconomics (202-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS ECON Introduction to Microeconomics (202-0-40) Gender Equality
WCAS ECON Introduction to Microeconomics (202-0-40) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ECON Economics of Medical Care (307-0-20) Good Health and Well-being
WCAS ECON Microeconomics (310-1-20) Quality Education
WCAS ECON Microeconomics (310-1-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ECON Macroeconomics (311-0-20) Decent Work & Economic Growth
WCAS ECON Macroeconomics (311-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
WCAS ECON US Econ History to 1865 (323-1-20) Decent Work & Economic Growth
WCAS ECON US Econ History to 1865 (323-1-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
WCAS ECON Economic Development in Africa (327-0-20) Good Health and Well-being
WCAS ECON Economic Development in Africa (327-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ECON Economic Development in Africa (327-0-20) Clean Water and Sanitation
WCAS ECON Economic Development in Africa (327-0-20) Sustainable Cities & Commnities
WCAS ECON Economic Development in Africa (327-0-20) Quality Education
WCAS ECON Economic Development in Africa (327-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS ECON Economic Development in Africa (327-0-20) Responsible Consumption
WCAS ECON Economic Development in Africa (327-0-20) Decent Work & Economic Growth
WCAS ECON Labor Economics (339-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ECON Labor Economics (339-0-20) Decent Work & Economic Growth
WCAS ECON Economics of Education (341-0-20) Decent Work & Economic Growth
WCAS ECON Economics of Education (341-0-20) Quality Education
WCAS ECON Urban & Regional Economics (354-0-20) Sustainable Cities & Commnities
WCAS ECON Environmental Economics (372-0-20) Responsible Consumption
WCAS ECON Environmental Economics (372-0-20) Climate Action
WCAS ECON Natural Resource Economics (373-0-20) Clean Water and Sanitation
WCAS ECON Natural Resource Economics (373-0-20) Responsible Consumption
WCAS ECON Natural Resource Economics (373-0-20) Zero Hunger
WCAS ENGLISH American Literary Traditions (270-2-1) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ENGLISH American Literary Traditions (270-2-1) Gender Equality
WCAS ENGLISH Studies in Fiction (313-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS ENGLISH Studies in Fiction (313-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ENGLISH 18th-Century Fiction (344-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS ENGLISH 18th-Century Fiction (344-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ENGLISH 18th-Century Fiction (344-0-21) Gender Equality
WCAS ENGLISH 18th-Century Fiction (344-0-21) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ENGLISH 19th-Century British Fiction (357-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS ENGLISH 19th-Century British Fiction (357-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ENGLISH Topics in Nat Am & Indig Lits (374-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ENGLISH Topics in Nat Am & Indig Lits (374-0-20) Peace & Justice
WCAS ENGLISH Topics in Nat Am & Indig Lits (374-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS ENGLISH Topics in Asian Amer Lit (375-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ENGLISH Studies in American Literature (378-0-20) Peace & Justice
WCAS ENGLISH Studies in American Literature (378-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ENGLISH Studies in American Literature (378-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS ENGLISH Literature & Medicine (381-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS ENGLISH Literature & Medicine (381-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ENGLISH Research Seminar (397-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ENGLISH Research Seminar (397-0-21) Reduced Inequality
WCAS ENVR_POL Global Environ & World History (340-0-20) Affordable and Clean Energy
WCAS ENVR_POL Global Environ & World History (340-0-20) Sustainable Cities & Commnities
WCAS ENVR_POL Global Environ & World History (340-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
WCAS HISTORY Jews in Poland, Ukraine, Russi (348-1-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS HISTORY Jews in Poland, Ukraine, Russi (348-1-20) Peace & Justice
WCAS HISTORY Global Environ & World History (376-0-20) Sustainable Cities & Commnities
WCAS HISTORY Global Environ & World History (376-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
WCAS HISTORY Global Environ & World History (376-0-20) Affordable and Clean Energy
WCAS HISTORY Modern Southeast Asia til 1945 (386-2-20) Peace & Justice
WCAS LING Language and Society (220-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS LING Language and Society (220-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS LING Language, Politics, & Identity (222-0-20) Peace & Justice
WCAS LING Language, Politics, & Identity (222-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS LING Language, Politics, & Identity (222-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS LING Language & Gender (223-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS LING Language & Gender (223-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS PHIL Intro to Critical Theory (220-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS PHIL Intro to Critical Theory (220-0-20) Peace & Justice
WCAS PHIL Intro to Political Phil (261-0-20) Peace & Justice
WCAS PHIL Intro to Political Phil (261-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS PHIL Bioethics (269-0-20) Good Health and Well-being
WCAS PHIL Bioethics (269-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS PHIL Bioethics (269-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
WCAS PHIL Bioethics (269-0-20) No Poverty
WCAS PHIL Bioethics (269-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS PHIL Bioethics (269-0-20) Peace & Justice
WCAS PHIL Studies in French Philosophy (315-0-20) Peace & Justice
WCAS PHIL Studies in French Philosophy (315-0-20) No Poverty
WCAS PHIL Studies in French Philosophy (315-0-21) Peace & Justice
WCAS PHIL Studies in French Philosophy (315-0-21) No Poverty
WCAS PHIL Philosophy of Medicine (326-0-20) Good Health and Well-being
WCAS PHIL Philosophy of Medicine (326-0-20) Peace & Justice
WCAS PHIL Philosophy of Medicine (326-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS PHIL Philosophy of Medicine (326-0-20) No Poverty
WCAS PHIL Philosophy of Medicine (326-0-21) Good Health and Well-being
WCAS PHIL Philosophy of Medicine (326-0-21) Peace & Justice
WCAS PHIL Philosophy of Medicine (326-0-21) Reduced Inequality
WCAS PHIL Philosophy of Medicine (326-0-21) No Poverty
WCAS PSYCH Research Methods in Psychology (205-0-20) Innovation & Infrastructure
WCAS PSYCH Research Methods in Psychology (205-0-21) Innovation & Infrastructure
WCAS PSYCH Research Methods in Psychology (205-0-22) Innovation & Infrastructure
WCAS PSYCH Research Methods in Psychology (205-0-23) Innovation & Infrastructure
WCAS PSYCH Social Psychology (213-0-20) No Poverty
WCAS PSYCH Social Psychology (213-0-20) Gender Equality
WCAS PSYCH Social Psychology (213-0-20) Reduced Inequality
WCAS PSYCH Psychology of Personality (215-0-1) Reduced Inequality
WCAS PSYCH Buddhist Psychology (249-0-1) Good Health and Well-being
WCAS PSYCH Holocaust: Psychological Theme (317-0-1) Peace & Justice
WCAS PSYCH Holocaust: Psychological Theme (317-0-1) Reduced Inequality
WCAS PSYCH Special Topics in Psychology (350-0-1) Good Health and Well-being
WCAS PSYCH Child Psychopathology (367-0-1) Good Health and Well-being