Environmental Studies at Brandeis University prepares students to tackle the critical environmental issues that face our world today -- from global warming and pandemics, to toxic exposure and conflicts over shrinking natural resources -- through a broad interdisciplinary approach that integrates course work across the natural and social sciences and humanities. Several of the courses offer extensive hands-on learning through fieldwork and direct involvement in local and regional environmental issues. Individually tailored internships place students in an extensive network of government, public interest, and industry groups in the Boston area and beyond, working alongside environmental professionals in the field. Environmental Studies students also learn research, report writing, oral communication, mapping, web site development and problem-solving skills that equip them for their later work and studies--whether or not they pursue a career in an environmental field.

Brandeis offers a Major and a Minor in Environmental Studies.

In order to help students integrate their studies many environmental students undertake an approved environmental field study semester abroad programs, and/or the Brandeis Environmental Field Semester (EFS). The EFS is a single, coherent, semester-long program consisting of four integrated courses along with substantial blocks of guided field research. EFS students gain intensive experience in the conservation and stewardship of land, using local communities as a living laboratory. Read more about EFS