Environmental Studies

2023-2024 Catalog

Humans are rapidly urbanizing the planet, with half the Earth’s population already living in cities. At the same time, our thirst for natural resources is stronger than ever. Managing population expansion, urbanization, and resource demand in a sustainable manner will be humankind’s primary challenge in the decades to come. The Environmental Studies (ENV) program prepare students to confront this challenge with broad understanding and creative problem-solving. The curriculum combines courses in natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities to expose students to diverse theories and methodologies.

As a flourishing global center and the most populous city in the United States, New York provides an optimal classroom to probe issues of sustainable urbanization. In ENV courses, students conduct site-based studies using approaches from both natural and social sciences. This cross-disciplinary approach gives students tools to formulate innovative responses to urban problems like waste management, water treatment, air quality, and rapid growth. At the same time, students use New York City as a case study to probe issues of global sustainability. Students also take advantage of unique internship opportunities in public policy, environmental conservation, and urban resource management. By contextualizing environmental issues in their own backyard, students exercise social responsibility and community engagement.

 

 

Academic Division: Sciences
Division Office: Carson Hall 706
Office Phone: 212-774-0725
Interim Division Chair: Ken Ching
Administrative Assistant: Samantha Prosser
Academic Department: Natural Sciences
Department Chair: Matthew Lundquist

 

Program Faculty:

As interdisciplinary program, Environmental Studies include faculty from assorted departments. The following full-time faculty teach courses in the program:

Ann Aguanno

Diana Epelbaum

Alessandra Leri

Matthew Lundquist

Magdalena Maczynska

Lia Leon Margolin

Erin O’Connor

Benedetta Sampoli Benitez

Kenton Worcester

 

 

Environmental Studies Programs:

 

Major: Environmental Studies, B.A. (1917), 42 Credits

 

Minor: Environmental Studies, 18 Credits