Environmental Humanities majors expect their ideas to be challenged. Environmental Humanities students agree with Socrates that the unexamined life is not worth living. They ask big questions about nature, morality, the range of human differences, patterns of history, truth, and beauty. They are not afraid of the answers.

Environmental Humanities majors are convinced that small-minded thinking has resulted in many of today’s environmental problems. In response, they commit themselves to living thoughtfully and seeing the bigger picture so that they can play a responsible role in shaping the future of their planet.

Is this you?
Do you like to challenge everything you ever believed? Do you enjoy the company of great thinkers, even if they lived thousands of years ago? Do you like free-form discussion and debate, deep reading and thoughtful writing? Do you care enough about finding sustainable solutions to our environmental problems that you are willing to dig deep within yourself and others and work through complex thoughts and facts? Are you’re dissatisfied with easy answers?


What you’ll study
In addition to a firm grounding in the environmental sciences and experiential outdoors classes, you’ll be taking a flexible set of courses, which may include the following:

What you’ll do
Classes are small and very nontraditional in their arrangement. Students take the lead in many courses, from helping to design syllabi to selecting readings and leading discussions.

Your projects may include:

Who will teach you

Where your major can take you
Environmental Humanities graduates typically go on to become:
  Environmental Advocates
  Environmental Educators
  Environmental and Ethical Consultants
  Public Relations Managers
  Environmental Researchers
  Graduate students in the Humanities, Literature and Law

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