Quantitative Environmental Science

This is the perfect major for you if you’ve ever envisioned an environmentally-oriented career, where competence requires quantitative understanding. You’ll gain a working knowledge of at least three specific environmental disciplines, understand what constitutes a quantitative versus qualitative approach to environmental issues, and develop the skills necessary to evaluate and manage environmental risks. By the end of your degree, you will have the required foundation to apply to, and be successful at, any graduate environmental program.

The educational goals for this major are as follows:

• You will develop a strong background in quantitative sciences.
• You will gain a working knowledge of at least 3 environmental disciplines.
• You will be able to communicate your ideas and support your opinions with appropriate vocabulary and quantitative reasoning.
• You will be proficient in using quantitative and computational techniques and methods to address environmental problems. 

With our emphasis on interdisciplinary education and research, as well as our contextualized and active learning approach, we’ve created a program that is meant to combine and transcend established disciplines in the most treasured liberal arts tradition, while relying heavily on a plurality of national and cultural life experiences among students. 

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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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.