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

Department of Environmental Studies 

• Environmental Studies, BA
• Environmental Studies - Education and Eco-Social Justice Emphasis, BA
• Environmental Studies - Geography Emphasis, BA
• Environmental Studies - Geographic Information Science Emphasis, BA
• Environmental Studies - Justice & Community Resilience Emphasis, BA 
• Environmental Studies - Policy, Politics & Governance Emphasis, BA
• Student/Faculty Designed, BA (College of the Environment)

The Department of Urban and Environment Planning and Policy

• Environmental Policy, BA
• Urban Planning and Sustainable Development, BA
• Urban Sustainability, BA

UPSD Program Website

Combined Majors, BA & BAE

• Business and Sustainability, BA
• Economics/Environmental Studies, BA
• Environmental Studies - Elementary Education, BAE
• Environmental Studies/Journalism, BA
• Geography - Elementary Education, BAE
• Geography/Social Studies, BA

Undergraduate Minors

• Climate Change Minor
• Disaster Risk Reduction Minor application
• 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)
  • Additional SD Minor information
  • SD Minor application form (MS Word)
• Sustainability Studies Minor

Certificates

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• Geographic Information System Certificate (undergraduate)
• Geographic Information System Certificate (graduate)
• Salmon Enhancement: Community Education Certificate (undergraduate)
• River Studies & Leadership Certificate

Graduate Programs, M.Ed. & M.A.

• M.Ed. in Environmental Education-Thesis
• M.A. in Environmental Studies

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