The major prepares students for graduate programs in environmental education, public health, public policy, law, urban and regional planning, media arts, and sustainability or entry-level employment with governmental, non-profit, and entrepreneurial organizations.

The Environmental Studies major provides students with a broad foundation in the environmental sciences, social sciences, environmental economics and policy, environmental history and communication. It also provides students with local, regional and global perspectives on current environmental issues and problems.

Graduates are able to think broadly on local, regional and global levels, understand and synthesize information from multiple disciplines and perspectives, communicate effectively and ethically, and to use their knowledge and skills to promote sustainable, equitable and healthy human and non-human communities.

Distinct  qualities of Environmental Studies at CSUMB:

 • Areas of focus: environmental education, environmental science for sustainable communities, and media arts 

• Solid foundation in the natural and life sciences

 • Social justice view of environmental problems and solutions

 • Experimental, science-based learning about human interactions with the environment in local natural, rural, and urban contexts

 • Upper-division course options from multiple disciplines

 • Applied, hands-on capstone with a local community organization