How We Make a Difference
Training for Tomorrow
Students in our bachelor’s and master’s degree programs learn to view environment and sustainability challenges with fresh eyes, harnessing an interdisciplinary perspective to develop novel, world-changing solutions to big problems.
“The classes I took in the Environmental Studies Program were some of my most inspiring at USC. They really solidified my passion and equipped me for working in this area.”
World-Class Sustainability Research
Our affiliated faculty are leading the way in illuminating the state of our planet, developing workable solutions to big sustainability and climate challenges, and transforming the way society thinks and acts on the environment.
“We need more data to help us understand where [pollinators] are and how they are responding to human-made pressures. We need to figure out which species are resilient, what makes them resilient, and where our protection is most helpful.”
Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island
Our one-of-a-kind satellite campus and living lab on Catalina Island offers environment and sustainability researchers and students the unique opportunity to investigate a pristine natural environment just 22 miles off the coast of the nation’s second-largest city.
