Majors
Environmental Studies
Undergraduate Program
Major Overview
Our curriculum includes courses in oceanography, climate change, natural disasters, and animal behavior, and also incorporates seminars on current environmental issues, including extinction processes, electronic waste, and fresh water resources. You will be able to combine our rich course offerings with electives of your choice, in order to construct an interdisciplinary plan of study for your major. While providing you with the theoretical and practical foundation that you will require for your professional and academic future, our major is tailored to the needs of our global explorer students, as it combines and transcends established disciplines, while relying heavily on the plurality of our students’ national and cultural life experiences.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The educational goals for this major are as follows:
- You will demonstrate a general understanding of the physical processes that drive global ecologies along with in-depth knowledge of specific ecosystems and case studies.
- You will analyze the historical emergence of global environmental issues from the physical, political, economic and social perspective.
- You will analyze the political, social and ethical implications of emerging global environmental issues.
- You will demonstrate effective academic writing and oral presentation skills.
Learning Environment
We are committed to providing non-scientists with the theoretical and practical foundation that will allow them to thrive within this or any other discipline. In your small classes and labs, you will be introduced to key environmental concepts and approaches, be trained in the scientific method, focus on specific cases of environmental emergency, and explore the relationships among environment, economics, and development.
Major Components
Build Your Degree
With every single one of our majors, you’ll find a carefully curated medley of core courses and electives, which will provide you with the tools you need to establish an unshakeable foundation in the principles and concepts fundamental to your growth within your disciplines of choice. Many majors also enable you to specialize further within the broader area of study.
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Core Courses
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Core Courses
We aim to help you develop a range of skills, capacities, and modes of inquiry that will be crucial for your future since employers and graduate schools are looking for the critical thinking and innovative problem-solving skills that are associated with a liberal arts education, including sophisticated writing abilities, willingness to pose difficult questions, and an understanding of the historical and cultural contexts surrounding a topic or decision.
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Electives
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Electives
With your choice of five electives from the electives list, we want you to find a parallel academic direction for your studies that both complements and is relevant to Environmental Studies. Past examples include Environmental Studies and Social Justice and Environmental Studies and Journalism.
Core Courses
The Environmental Studies core courses, which you must take as part of the major requirements, will provide you with the tools you’ll need to ground your present and future studies. Your introduction to the fundamentals of Environmental Studies will help pave the way for your successful completion of other Environmental Studies courses.