What is the Environmental Studies Program?
The Environmental Studies (ENVS) Program is an interdisciplinary program that offers courses across multiple colleges at UVM. Students sample courses with themes of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences while also focusing on a particular interest area. This flexible structure empowers students to create a unique academic pathway tailored to their individual interests in environmental learning.
The program nurtures a supportive network of faculty, students, and staff including faculty expertise in economics, humanities, ecology, policy, equity, and creative arts. ENVS Program positions itself as a university wide hub, connecting CAS, Rubenstein, CALS, and other colleges with a central mission around environmental justice and sustainability. Undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Science have the opportunity to declare a major in Environmental Studies or simply pursue it as a minor.
What makes the Environmental Studies Program Unique?
The mission of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Vermont is to empower students with the interdisciplinary tools, knowledge, and experience to understand and address complex environmental challenges. Rooted in the liberal arts, our program fosters critical thinking, collaborative problem solving, ethical reflection, systems thinking, and social and environmental justice.
Through a student-centered and experiential curriculum, we prepare graduates to become informed, compassionate, and effective leaders in the creation of a more just and sustainable world. Graduates are prepared to take on environmental challenges in non profits, policy, education, creative media, or to pursue graduate or professional study.
