Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary program that looks at the environment in many different ways. The environment can be studied as the set of natural systems that determines the health of the planet, or as the variety of ways humans have influenced the environment around them. The program values the perspectives of many different disciplines from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Its majors learn a variety of ways to address environmental issues and the value of using an interdisciplinary approach to these topics. However, students are encouraged to build a set of disciplinary skills in addition to the broader exposure required by the major.


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Program Contact:

Liz Birnbaum '08
847-735-6282

Environmental Studies Student Academic Advisory Committee

ES on Twitter

follow Environmental Studies on TwitterSome of our faculty are also blogging about their academic work on Twitter, and you can check them out on select department pages.