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Undergraduate Programs

Majors & Minors

  • A student uses a pipette in a lab setting, with another student looking on. Links to Environmental Sciences BS page.
    Environmental Sciences (BS)

    Environmental Science students apply scientific and interdisciplinary approaches to study environmental systems, analyze and evaluate data and information critically, consider social and ethical contexts, and communicate environmental issues effectively to diverse audiences.

  • A professor teaching students in a lab setting. Links to Environmental Studies BS; Minor page.
    Environmental Studies (BS; Minor)

    Environmental Studies students integrate biophysical and social science concepts to analyze environmental problems, evaluate issues and policies, interpret mixed-methods data, and collaborate across diverse perspectives to promote environmental justice.

  • Geospatial Analysis (Minor)

    The interdisciplinary minor in geospatial analysis promotes the use of geospatial data so students can build technical and analytical skills for solving problems where location is important.

  • Two hands holding either end of the green sustainability minor graduation cord. Links to Sustainability minor page.
    Sustainability (Minor)

    Students pursuing a sustainability minor will become better educated about the environment, social equity, and economic issues. 

  • Lettuce growing abundantly. Links to Sustainable Food Systems Minor page.
    Sustainable Food Systems (Minor)

    The Sustainable Food Systems minor provides students with the opportunity to explore the
    intersection of global food systems and sustainability. 

Pathways

  • A group of students enjoying the sunshine outdoors near a large tree. Links to Sustainability Pathway page.
    Sustainability

    The Sustainability Pathway allows students to learn about sustainability from multiple disciplinary perspectives and in interdisciplinary ways, helping them integrate the interconnected ideals of viable ecological integrity, viable economies, and equity and justice.

  • Three youth with shovels gather around a bush in a garden setting. Links to Feeding the World Pathway page.
    Feeding the World

    The Feeding the World Pathway focuses on the complex interrelationships among food production, food consumption, hunger, poverty, and the environment. 

  • The United Nations logo for Global Health, showing a snake wrapped around a staff over the UN symbol. Links to Global Health Pathway page.
    Global Health

    The Global Health Pathway explores human health and the biological, environmental, psychological, and social factors that impact it.

  • An art piece of different images on a gray wall in support of human rights. Links to Human Rights in a Global World Pathway page.
    Human Rights in a Global World

    Human Rights in a Global World Pathway courses reflect the importance of theories of universal human rights and their applications to a multitude of issues involving oppressed and disadvantaged human groups around the globe.