Environment & Sustainability (BA)

About this programme

The Environment Sustainability (E S) major is available in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences. The E S major spans perspectives needed to build a world with more socially just and sustainable conditions for biodiversity and human prosperity. E S provides students with a basis for understanding the structure and functioning of the earth's environment, and critically analyzing the sustainability of social-ecological systems. How do we as humans value, use, benefit from, and protect the environment? What is sustainability and how should it be measured? Students take courses in environmental natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and examine how sustainability challenges are multidisciplinary and require integrative solutions.