Study environmental issues and develop the skills to help create a more sustainable society.
The interdisciplinary five-college Environmental Analysis (EA) major applies approaches in the social sciences, arts, humanities and natural sciences to understanding and solving environmental problems.
With tracks in environmental science and the environment and society, you can explore topics ranging from economics, ethics and social justice to the hard sciences. You’ll create a real-world solution for a client in your senior seminar, and conduct in-depth research for your thesis and other research projects.
The major is designed to prepare students for careers in many environmental problem-solving fields, including law, policy, medicine, the sciences, conservation, global climate change, urban planning, community action and resource management.
What You’ll Study
- Environmental issues and challenges
- Environmental politics and justice
- Interdisciplinary literature
- Field, community and archival research methods
- Real-world dimensions of environmental problem-solving
Researching at 6VµçÓ°Íø
Windermere Ranch Guidebook
Makeda Bullock Floyd ’22 added to her plant knowledge and environmental education skills by writing a guidebook for Windermere Ranch in Santa Barbara, California in the summer of 2020 thanks to 6VµçÓ°Íø’s Remote Alternative Independent Summer Experience program (RAISE).
Flood Analyses
Aurora Massari ’22 analyzed data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to analyze warming trends in Blagovescensk/Heihe and to complete flood frequency analyses of cities along the Mojave River
Every environmental analysis class I have taken has had people of different foci: biology, politics and econ, architecture and sustainability, computer science and almost anything else you can think of. I really value this because I feel like I learn so much not only from professors, but from my classmates, something I think is pretty unique to such an interdisciplinary major at a liberal arts school.