Any LAC offering an Environmental Major?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Does anybody know about any LACs offering an Environmental Major?</p>

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<p>Green is big everywhere and I’m sure you’ll find Environmental majors, concentrations, programs at just about any LAC. Here’s Williams’
<a href=“http://www.williams.edu/CES/ces/academics/academicshome.htm[/url]”>http://www.williams.edu/CES/ces/academics/academicshome.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p><a href=“http://ccbes.conncoll.edu/[/url]”>http://ccbes.conncoll.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I believe Oberlin offers a major along these lines.</p>

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<p>Following monydad’s mention of Oberlin, you should check out their [environmental</a> studies center](<a href=“http://www.oberlin.edu/ajlc/ajlcHome.html]environmental”>Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies | Oberlin College and Conservatory) - it’s pretty new and a quite impressive facility.</p>

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<p>I agree, many LACs offer an environmental program. Here’s a short list of just those in the Northeast - <a href=“http://www.williams.edu/CES/ces/academics/otherenvi.htm[/url]”>http://www.williams.edu/CES/ces/academics/otherenvi.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>One plug for Pomona’s Environmental Analysis (EA) program <a href=“http://www.pomonaea.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1[/url]”>http://www.pomonaea.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You can choose one of nine separate “tracks” within the EA program:
Environmental Biology
Environmental Chemistry
Envirnmental Ethics
Environmental Analysis in Geology
Human Behavior and the Environment
Mathematical Issues for Environmental Analysis
Environmental Policy
Race, Class, Gender and the Environment
Society, Development and the Environment</p>

<p>There are over 140 course options in the program including many in the adjacent Claremont Colleges. Study abroad is encouraged, with programs in Australia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, South America, and New Zealand.</p>

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<p>Envronmental and Technology Studies (ENTS) at Carleton:</p>

<p><a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ents/[/url]”>http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ents/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The program has remarkable support: an 800 acre arboretum adjacent to the campus serving as a living laboratory for multiple ongoing research projects, a renowned geology program that turns out more phd’s than any college or university in the nation, and an administration whose commitment to the environment and sustainability led to the the first utility grade wind turbine in the country to be owned by a college - it currently provides close to 50% of the total electrical needs of the campus.</p>

<p><a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/facilities/sustainability/wind_turbine/[/url]”>http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/facilities/sustainability/wind_turbine/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thank you so much for all information. I will read each and every link!</p>

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<p>Bates offers an environmental studies major: <a href=“http://www.bates.edu/ENVR.xml[/url]”>Academic Programs | Bates College.
Good luck with your search!</p>

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<p>Environmental Science and Environmental Studies are two different majors. Environmental Science usually awards a BS and examines the underpinnings of environmental interactions and what effect humans have on them. Environmental Studies normally awards a BA and primarily focuses on human activities and environmental policy. If you plan to make this a career, get a BS if possible. I would also recommend choosing a LAC with a geology department. </p>

<p>Allegheny
Bates
Beloit
Bowdoin
Bryn Mawr
Bucknell
Carleton
Colby
Colgate
College of the Atlantic
Connecticut College
Cornell College
Denison
Dickinson
Earlham
Franklin & Marshall
Hamilton
Juniata
Lynchburg
Middlebury
Mount Holyoke
Oberlin
Pomona
Skidmore
SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
Swarthmore
Union
Vassar
Warren Wilson
Wesleyan
Whitman
Williams</p>

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<p>Middlebury was the first college in the country to establish an environmental studies major, and is consistently rated one of the nation’s top programs.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ump/majors/es/[/url]”>http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ump/majors/es/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Are you familiar with princetonreview.com? If you go to Counselor-o-matic, you can input your criteria (including Environmental Studies major) and they will provide a list of match schools..</p>

<p>Tons of schools offer environmental studies -</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info. I have tried that link before but now I just find out a link from US Ed. dept which is really most update college search engine, better than both collegeboard and princetonreview I think</p>

<p><a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/[/url]”>http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>By the way, I am looking more for an environmental science major . BS, while the environmental study that most posts showed above normally leads to a BA.</p>

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<p>Windstarr-- I am in the environmental business & have been recruiting from some of the mentioned LAC environmental studies programs. First, don’t trouble yourself too much on the BA vs BS. Some schools still give you a BA even if its in a science…employees just want to know that you’ve had the requisite science curriculum. Second, many environmental studies programs have 2 tracks…a policy/social sciences track and a sciences track, the latter where one can concentrate in biology, chemistry or geology, for instance. So don’t throw the environmental “studies” programs out if there exists a science track to your liking that imparts the same science rigor as a “regular” science major. Middlebury’s program is like this…and as Arcadia mentioned, its a great program.</p>

<p>Here are the LACs with environmental programs (science or studies with a science option) that I have researched and like:
Williams
Middlebury
Dickinson
Pomona
Colgate
Bowdoin
Bucknell</p>

<p>this is by no means a complete list, but I can attest as an employer that the above schools offer solid programs for the science side of environmental studies, regardless of whether one receives a BA or BS.</p>

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<p>While not as well known a school as often discussed here, look into Allegheny. They have one of the oldest ES programs in the country. They also have a large arboretum and stong supporting science departments in chemistry, biology and geology.</p>

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<p>I’ll second Denison’s Env. Studies Dept. My son loved it and wanted to pick up a minor but couldn’t fit it in (he already has a double major and a music minor).</p>

<p>They have a nice bio-reserve and sustainable student housing too! (Warning - the sustainable student housing is, ummm, highly sustainable. LOL)</p>

<p>The program:
<a href=“Academics | Denison University”>Academics | Denison University;

<p>The bio reserve:
<a href=“Academics | Denison University”>Academics | Denison University;

<p>The sustainable student housing:
<a href=“http://student-orgs.denison.edu/homestead/[/url]”>http://student-orgs.denison.edu/homestead/&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Homestead_at_Denison_University[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Homestead_at_Denison_University&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.harvestbuild.com/photos/denison-exterior.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.harvestbuild.com/denison.html&h=509&w=800&sz=216&hl=en&start=29&um=1&tbnid=5eFfeZ94Xhx4_M:&tbnh=91&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddenison%2Bhomestead%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN[/url]”>http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.harvestbuild.com/photos/denison-exterior.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.harvestbuild.com/denison.html&h=509&w=800&sz=216&hl=en&start=29&um=1&tbnid=5eFfeZ94Xhx4_M:&tbnh=91&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddenison%2Bhomestead%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>College of the Atlantic, although not a traditional liberal arts college(as it differs in mission and approach), has an extremely environmental approach to its sole degree, Human Ecology. Many of our classes are environmentally based, and the school was ranked 1st by Grist Magazine as Greenest College in America. </p>

<p>However, the college is on an island in Maine and has 300 students, which means it may not fit a lot of people. If you are intrigued however, you can message me, or go to <a href=“http://www.coa.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.coa.edu</a> for more information.</p>