Environmental Studies
College or University: University of California, Santa Cruz
Type of degree: B.A.
Brief overview of program: The environmental studies major prepares students for meaningful lifetime engagement with the major environmental challenges facing society. Students pursue an interdisciplinary curriculum that combines course work in ecology and the social sciences. The program emphasizes the integration of ecological knowledge with an understanding of social institutions and policies in ways that support the conservation of biodiversity, the practice of sustainable agriculture, and the careful management of other ecological and environmental systems.
Website: Click here for program website
For the students that enter the workforce, what are the most common occupations that they pursue with this degree or certificate? Environmental consulting
Environmental impact assessment
Sustainable development
Environmental law
Environmental policy/research
Government
Journalism
Environmental/science education
Natural resource ecology/conservation
Parks/natural reserve management
Land use research/ management
Science education
Restoration ecology
Conservation biology research
Agroecology
Integrated pest management
Environmental advocacy
Sustainable agriculture
Student Support: The Environmental Studies Department is proud to offer undergraduates the opportunity to earn awards and scholarships for their achievements. Each year several awards become available and are open to all undergraduate students or environmental studies majors.
During 2005–06, senior Colleen Sutter received the David Gaines Award in environmental studies, which she used to study educational offerings in grades K–12 on the Natural Reserve System. Sarah Abel, also a senior, was awarded the Terence Freitas Award, which she used for a research study in Costa Rica with Professor Karen Holl, to understand how seed-eating birds of the rainforest contribute to rainforest reforestation. Junior Adam Gottlieb used his Earthbound Farms Environmental Stewardship Award to travel to Costa Rica to learn about how villages there use sustainable agriculture.
For further information about scholarships and awards offered through Environmental Studies, contact Marissa Maciel, 401 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, (831) 459-4136, mrmaciel@ucsc.edu.
Email: envs@ucsc.edu Institution address: University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High Street
Santa Cruz,CA 95064
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