<p>Which Claremont college (Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona, or Scripps) is the best for environmental science?</p>
<p>They all share the “environmental analysis” (EA) program, with many of the program’s profs residing in Pomona. The program can be tailored toward social sciences or the natural sciences, and as a hirer in environmental consulting, I like the curriculum and the students (across all schools) that the program produces. </p>
<p>Also, the “EEP” program at CMC (Environment, Economics, and Politics) is very strong, and is analytically rigorous. It is connected to CMC’s Robert’s Environmental Center, which among other things conducts some great research on practical aspects of sustainability & climate change. As a hirer, I usually cannot get employment offers out fast enough to hire EEP majors. </p>
<p>Finally, although Harvey Mudd doesn’t have an environmental engineering major, they do have classes oriented toward the environment & I have found the students for HMC make great employees in my environmnetal consulting field.</p>
<p>So, bottom line, there is really quite a bit of flexibility across the 5Cs for someone interested in an environmental major. Here are some links for you to peruse:</p>
<p>the EA program: [Environmental</a> Analysis ? EA at the Claremont Colleges: a 5C academic program](<a href=“5C Environmental Analysis Program”>http://ea.pomona.edu/)
Roberts @ CMC:<a href=“http://www.roberts.cmc.edu/[/url]”>http://www.roberts.cmc.edu/</a></p>
<p>ps…regarding the natural sciences, CMC, Pitzer & Scripps share the joint sciences department; HMC of course is very strong in sciences, and Pomona probably offers the widest variety, which includes a major in geology. The leader of CMC Roberts is an ecologist, and the leaders of the 5C EA program are an environmental historian & a geologist (both at Pomona). Again, there is flexibility to take classes across schools; indeed that is an intent of the EA program. The only thing I’d be concerned about is the fact that engineering in a Harvey Mudd thing and Pomona has deeper departments in some environmentally-related sciences such as geology.</p>