Environmental Studies takes an interdisciplinary and holistic approach to understanding human-environment systems and environmental challenges. The Environmental Studies major includes core classes in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to prepare our students to integrate knowledge from multiple fields of study. Our students learn to analyze and interpret complex environmental data and communicate environmental information for diverse stakeholders. The Environmental Studies major equips students to succeed as environmental professionals through experiential learning and advanced coursework in each student's choice of an emphasis.
Why Consider an Environmental Studies Major with a Justice & Community Resilience Emphasis?
Do you wonder why disasters are on the rise and how we can reduce their impacts? Do you want to be an effective advocate for environmental justice? Do you wonder what you can do to support frontline communities facing climate change, environmental pollution, sea level rise, and oppression? Do you want to gain interdisciplinary knowledge and skills to promote a more just and resilient society? Then the justice and community resilience emphasis of the Environmental Studies major is for you.
An Environmental Studies – Justice and Community Resilience Emphasis supports students in bridging interests in the environment and social justice. You will analyze how our social, political and economic structures create and maintain environmental injustice. You will explore how our social policies and practices can result in disproportionate impacts from technological and natural hazards and the disasters they often create. You will also learn how to use policy, planning, advocacy, and engagement strategies to address environmental injustice and increase community resilience.
With a Justice and Community Resilience Emphasis, you can make a difference working at non-profits, as a consultant, or in the government. Graduates with this emphasis often go on to work in emergency management or as environmental justice advocates. Other graduates bring the skills and knowledge gained in this emphasis to other environmental positions. Some go on to graduate studies in social science, disaster studies, public administration, or international development.