Environmental Studies Degree Options

Degree Options

The Department of Environmental Studies offers a variety of majors, minors, graduate degrees,  and even a GIS Certificate. Students regularly conduct research with faculty and present at conferences as part of their undergraduate and graduate experience.

Undergraduate Major

• Geography/Social Studies, BA

• Environmental Studies, BA

  With your Environmental Studies, BA, choose a concentration: 

  • Geography 
  • Geographic Information Science (GIS) 
  • Education & Eco-Social Justice 
  • Policy, Politics, and Governance
  • General Environmental Studies 

Undergraduate Combined Major

• Environmental Studies — Elementary, BAE
• Business and Sustainability, BA (see Management Department)
• Economics/Environmental Studies, BA (see Economics Department)
• Environmental Studies/Journalism, BA (see Journalism Department)

Undergraduate Minors

• Climate Change Minor
• Disaster Risk Reduction Minor
• Environmental Education Minor
• Environmental Justice Minor
• Environmental Policy Minor
• Environmental Studies Minor
• Geographic Information Science Minor
• Geography Minor

Graduate Degree 

• Environmental Studies, MA

Undergraduate Extension - Western on the Peninsulas

• Environmental Studies (Extension) — Environmental Policy Emphasis, BA
• Environmental Studies (Extension) — Geographic Information Science Emphasis, BA
• Environmental Studies (Extension), BA

Certification

• Geographic Information Science Certificate
• Geographic Information Science Certificate (graduate)
• Salmon Enhancement: Community Education Certificate
• Climate Leadership Certificate

Still have questions? Get in touch with one of the College of the Environment undergraduate advisors or graduate advisors.