Department Of Science And Environmental Studies

[Berenguer Miramontes]

With26 core faculty and more than 100 participating faculty from 30 campus departments and programs, Environmental Studies sets the standard in interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. Our teaching and research spans across the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, design fields, and education.

Our degree programs are flexible and tailored to meet specific educational and career goals, providing students with the opportunities to work alongside world-class scholars and researchers, develop concrete skills and analytical abilities, and gain experiential learning experience relevant to careers in government agencies, non-government organizations, private industry, and academic fields.

A degree in Environmental Studies or Environmental Science opens the door to hundreds of possible career paths, include public planning, environmental consulting, education, ecological restoration and conservation, resource management, green business, and recycling and waste prevention.

Our alumni have excelled in careers such as campaign representative, bike transportation planner, community organizer, utility forester, science teacher, communications manager, sustainability analyst, field energy specialist, or park ranger.

"Environmental Studies at the UO was far more than an academic experience; it was a jolt into a new way of understanding my place in the world. The diverse community of talented, value-aligned people challenged and inspired me to stretch my horizons. I will always be grateful for the Environmental Studies program for supporting me in entering the next chapter of my career and life."

In the Environmental Studies program, you can learn how to make positive changes for the environment and society, prepare yourself for meaningful work in a growing job sector, take advantage of experiential learning experiences with issues of global importance, customize your course plan to align with your academic and career goals, and gain a deeper and more holistic understanding of the world around you.

We recognize that many social justice issues intersect with environmental issues, and every community must collaborate on environmental solutions. These include working to make land access equitable to all, correcting the legacy of environmental racism, and allying with Indigenous communities in our work against climate change, which disproportionately impacts their lives and livelihoods. Faculty in the Environmental Studies department have organized conferences, symposia and initiatives that emphasize the intersectional nature of social and environmental issues through disciplines like environmental justice, environmental humanities and environmental policy. One example of this work, an intercollegiate and regional partnership called the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute, has been funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Led by instructors Peg Boulay and Katie Lynch, the Environmental Leadership Program is a collaborative, interdisciplinary service-learning program that matches student teams with non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, and businesses to address local environmental needs.

Research in Environmental Studies is highly interdisciplinary and aimed at solving major environmental problems affecting people and ecosystems. Our faculty include leading scholars in the natural sciences, social sciences, environmental humanities, and design who work collaboratively with community partners and researchers all over the world.

Undergraduate students have a range of scholarships available to them through both the College of Arts and Sciences and university-wide programs. Being a Graduate Employee in the Environmental Studies department offers our graduate students income as they gain experience through teaching and assisting with courses and discussion sections. We also offer reimbursement to graduate students for research expenditures on an annual basis, and an annual graduate student teaching award.

The University of Oregon is located on Kalapuya Ilihi, the traditional indigenous homeland of the Kalapuya people. Following treaties between 1851 and 1855, Kalapuya people were dispossessed of their indigenous homeland by the United States government and forcibly removed to the Coast Reservation in Western Oregon. Today, Kalapuya descendants are primarily citizens of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and they continue to make important contributions to their communities, to the UO, to Oregon, and to the world.

In following the Indigenous protocol of acknowledging the original people of the land we occupy, we also extend our respect to the nine federally recognized Indigenous Nations of Oregon: the Burns Paiute Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, the Coquille Indian Tribe, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, and the Klamath Tribes. We express our respect to the many more tribes who have ancestral connections to this territory, as well as to all other displaced Indigenous peoples who call Oregon home. Hayu masi.

The Department of Environmental Studies at CU Boulder is a hub for facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration in environment and sustainability. Environmental Studies courses integrate the academic divisions of natural science, social science, and humanities, providing skill and knowledge applicable to the pursuit of solutions to environmental challenges faced globally, nationally, regionally, and locally. The program nurtures interdisciplinary academic training for undergraduate and graduate students, provides guidance for students with career aspirations in environment and sustainability venues, promotes diverse professional education experiences, fosters fundamental and applied research, forms meaningful connections with communities beyond the university, and integrates innovative, interdisciplinary programs unified by the themes of environmental research.

The Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences offers interdisciplinary programs of study leading to a bachelor of science in environmental science or environmental studies. A minor in environmental studies is also available. These programs provide students with the intellectual foundation they will need in addressing crucial environmental challenges of the 21st century such as human population growth, urban sprawl, deforestation, global climate change, waste disposal, air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity, and the need for renewable energy.

The Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences (ESS) offers interdisciplinary programs of study leading to a bachelor of science in environmental science or environmental studies. A minor in environmental studies is also available. These programs provide students with the intellectual foundation they will need in addressing crucial environmental challenges of the 21st century such as human population growth, urban development, food and agricultural systems, deforestation, global climate change, waste disposal, air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity, and the need for renewable energy.

Chris is a political ecologist and an agroecologist. His research focuses on agriculture, food security, and how food systems relate to climate change, environmental justice, and sustainability transitions.

Environmental Studies students, faculty, and staff work together to understand and to reflect the complexity of human-environment systems. We aim to engage meaningfully, collaboratively, and respectfully with diverse communities in pursuit of a more just and sustainable world. Many of our graduates go on to the environmental careers for which they trained, finding exciting and fulfilling careers in:

Students, faculty, and staff in the Department of Environmental Studies examine interacting social and natural systems. Our curriculum, which creates direct dialogue between the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities, is designed to help students make the intellectual connections and gain the practical skills necessary for building socially just and environmentally sustainable futures.

Through the integration of the natural sciences, social sciences, and allied professions, the Department of Environmental Studies at the College of the Environment endeavors to educate problem solvers who are able to meet the social and environmental challenges of our times.

We acknowledge with respect to the Coast Salish peoples on whose traditional territory the department stands, and to the Lummi and Nooksack peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

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