Local Academic Programs (Page under construction)

University of Washington
Many environmentally related majors, minors and concentrations are available across the UW campus. The following is a sample of some of the core environmental academic programs. This page will help you find more environmentally related degree programs and research opportunities.

A new College of the Environment at the UW is currently in the planning phase. This college will encompass all the departments listed below and more, including programs at UWB and UWT, providing more opportunities for research and scholarship funding and interdepartmental collaboration. Read more about it here: http://www.washington.edu/provost/coenv/

The UW also offers many interdisciplinary certificate programs for undergrads. The UW Restoration Ecology Network is a tri-campus program that offers a certificate and senior capstone course in Restoration Ecology to students from all majors and campuses in the UW system.

College of Forest Resources
http://www.cfr.washington.edu/Acad/undergrad.html

• BS in Forest Resources, Environmental Science and Resource Management, or Paper Science and Engineering
• Minors in Environmental Science and Resource Management or Streamside Studies

Program on the Environment
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/

• BA and minor in Environmental Studies

Department of Biology
http://www.biology.washington.edu/

• BS in Environmental and Conservation Biology or Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

College of Ocean and Fishery Science
http://cofs.washington.edu/

• BS and minor in Aquatic and Fishery Science
• BS or BA in Oceanography: concentrations in Biological, Physical or Chemical Oceanography, or Marine Geology/Geophysics

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
http://www.ce.washington.edu/

• BS in Civil Engineering: concentrations in Environmental Engineering, Water Resources, Hydraulics and Hydrology, Geotechnical Engineering and others

Department of Geography
http://depts.washington.edu/geog/index.html

• BA in Geography: concentrations in Geographic Information Systems, Economic Geography, Urban, Social and Political Processes, Regional Geography and International Development, or Society and Environment
• Minor in Geography

College of Architecture and Urban Planning
http://www.caup.washington.edu/

• BA in Community, Environment and Planning
• Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, minor in Landscape Studies

University of Washington, Bothell
http://www.uwb.edu/

• BA in Interdisciplinary Studies, concentration in Science, Technology and Environment

University of Washington, Tacoma
http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/

• BS in Environmental Science
• BA and minor in Environmental Studies
• Minors in Non-Profit Management, Urban Studies, Health and Society, Human Rights, and others

Western Washington University
Huxley College of the Environment
One of the oldest environmental programs in the nation.
http://www.wwu.edu/depts/huxley/

• BS in Environmental Science: concentrations in Freshwater Ecology, Marine Ecology, Terrestrial Ecology, Environmental Toxicology or Environmental Chemistry
• BA in Environmental Studies: concentrations in Planning and Policy or Environmental Education
• BA in Geography
• Dual degrees in Journalism, Economics and Education
• Minors in environmental education, environmental studies, environmental science, geography, and geographic information systems

Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
http://www.wwu.edu/depts/fairhaven/index.html "Fairhaven, begun in 1967 as an experimental college within Western Washington University, exists today as an undergraduate learning community defined by five attributes: (1) interdisciplinary study, (2) student designed studies and evaluation of learning, (3) examination of issues arising from a diverse society, (4) development of leadership and a sense of social responsibility, and (5) curricular, instructional and evaluative innovation."

• BA in Liberal Arts
• Integrates classes from throughout WWU
• Majors are essentially self-designed around Fairhaven core courses
• No letter grades; self and instructor evaluations
• Fairhaven is older than Evergreen!

Evergreen State College
http://www.evergreen.edu/
"Evergreen has been a leader in environmental education from the beginning. In recent years, we have stepped up our commitment to sustainability to reach beyond the classroom and even the campus."

• BA and BS in Liberal Arts with self-designed academic pathways
• Classes are organized into interdisciplinary programs rather than single courses
• No letter grades; self and instructor evaluations