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 — Elementary, BAE
• Environmental Studies, BA
• Geography/Social Studies, BA
• Student/Faculty Designed, BA (College of the Environment) (In Moratorium)

The Department of Urban and Environment Planning and Policy

• Environmental Policy, BA
• Urban Planning and Sustainable Development, BA
  • UPSD Program Website
• Urban Sustainability, BA

Combined Majors

• 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
  -find additional GIS minor information here
• Geography Minor
• Sustainable Design Minor (WWU Catalog page)
  • Additional SD Minor information
  • Sustainable Design Minor application
• Food Security and Policy Minor

Certificates

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

Extension programs

• Environmental Studies (Extension) — Environmental Policy Emphasis, BA
• 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
• Environmental Education, Thesis, MEd
• Environmental Studies, MA
• Urban Planning and Environmental Sustainability, MA

University Interdisciplinary Programs

• Climate Leadership Certificate
• Sustainability Studies Minor

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