ENVS/UEPP Degree Options
Are you a self-professed policy wonk? Does exploring new geographic information systems (GIS) applications set your heart aflutter? Or perhaps you're planning a career in outdoor education, environmental policy, or urban planning and sustainability. If so, a degree from the College of the Environment's Department of Environmental Studies might be the right path for you.
Degree Options
The Department of Environmental Studies offers a variety of majors, minors, and graduate degrees:
Undergraduate Majors, BA & BAE
Department of Environmental Studies
- Environmental Studies, BA
- Environmental Studies — Education & Eco-Social Justice Emphasis, BA
- Environmental Studies — Elementary Education, BAE
- Environmental Studies — Geographic Information Science Emphasis, BA
- Environmental Studies — Geography Emphasis, BA
- Environmental Studies — Justice & Community Resilience Emphasis, BA (In Moratorium)
- Environmental Studies — Policy, Politics, and Governance Emphasis, BA
- Geography/Social Studies, BA
- Student/Faculty Designed, BA (College of the Environment)
The Department of Urban and Environment Planning and Policy
Combined Majors
- Business and Sustainability, BA
- Economics/Environmental Studies, BA
- Environmental Studies/Journalism, BA
Undergraduate Minors
- Climate Change Minor
- Disaster Risk Reduction Minor
- Environmental Education Minor
- Environmental Justice Minor
- Environmental Policy Minor
- Environmental Studies Minor
- Food Security and Policy Minor
- Geographic Information Science Minor
-find additional GIS minor information here - Geography Minor
- Sustainable Design Minor (WWU Catalog page)
Certificates
- Geographic Information Science Certificate (undergraduate)
- Geographic Information Science Certificate (graduate)
- Salmon Enhancement: Community Education Certificate
- River Studies & Leadership Certificate
Extension programs
- Environmental Studies (Extension) — Geographic Information Science Emphasis, BA
- Environmental Studies (Extension), BA
- Natural Resource Management (Extension), BA
Graduate Programs, M.Ed. & M.A.
- Environmental Education, Non-Thesis, MEd (not accepting students this year)
- Environmental Education, Thesis, MEd (not accepting students this year)
- Environmental Studies, MA
- Urban Planning and Environmental Sustainability, MA
University Interdisciplinary Programs
Still have questions? Get in touch with one of the College of the Environment advisors.