An environmental education requires a solid foundation in the scientific, ethical, economic and policy aspects of environmental issues. This premise lies at the heart of the newly-formed undergraduate program in Environmental Studies. The Environmental Studies Program is a liberal arts program based on the fundamental objective of providing students with a deep as well as broad background in the language and methods of the social and physical sciences as they are applied to the study of the interdependencies between the natural and human environments.
Graduates of the program, who will be able to communicate across disciplines, will be thus equipped to bridge barriers between the worlds of science, business, government, and community. Students may elect to pursue graduate programs in such diverse fields as business administration, journalism, environmental science, law, public health, and public policy. Environmental career opportunities include environmental law, environmental management and accounting, environmental journalism, environmental science, public policy, and community activism.
The Environmental Studies major draws on the resources of two-thirds of the departments at Brooklyn College. The departments whose courses are included in the environmental studies program are:
Advice to Transfer Students
Any student who is coming into Brooklyn College from another academic institution should see the Director or Deputy Director as soon as possible to discuss educational goals and to evaluate the credits earned. Transfer students, as well as first-time students, are urged to take Environmental Studies I, as well as prerequisites to required courses. The staff of the Environmental Studies Program is available to help you develop a course of study, and to advise you as to which courses should be taken in your first semesters at Brooklyn College.