AASHE Campus Sustainability Hub

Environmental Analysis is an interdisciplinary major focusing on the interaction between human and non-human components of the biosphere. The major applies approaches in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and natural sciences to understanding and solving environmental problems. Environmental Analysis offers an integrated, unifying perspective on life, as well as a program for creating positive change. The major prepares students for graduate work and careers in teaching, public policy and administration, law, environmental sciences, international affairs, environmental design, and the non-profit sector. Developing sustainable ways of living is one of the greatest challenges of our time.

Understand and describe the complex social, scientific and humanistic aspects of environmental issues Understand and apply both disciplinary and interdisciplinary analysis to environmental issues Critically analyze, evaluate, and interpret scholarly arguments and popular discourse and be able to communicate this analysis to a variety of communities Develop well-reasoned solutions to environmental predicaments, testing them against relevant criteria and standards Be able to craft well-researched, informative and effective scholarly presentations Contribute knowledge and action regarding environmental issues to the public through service learning, internships, community-based-research, and other activities

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