Majors & Minors

The Environmental Studies (ENVS) degrees are built on specialized natural and social science courses and a set of interdisciplinary courses focusing on sustainability. The social science core courses focus on environmental problems from political, legal, economic and international prospectives.

The Environmental Science and Health (ENSH) degrees combine the interdisciplinary courses on sustainability described above and some of the environmental social science content with traditional biology and chemistry content to provide options for students preparing for one of the health professions with an undergraduate emphasis on environmental sustainability.

The Environmental Systems Science degree provides students with a strong foundation in the natural sciences and their application to today’s most pressing environmental challenges. Through course work in biology, chemistry and geoscience, together with electives in the social sciences, students gain the scientific knowledge and analytical skills needed to understand complex environmental systems.

A minor in Environmental Studies is a great way to augment your studies in other fields and disciplines.

Departmental Honors is a distinction on the academic transcripts. For students meeting the highest academic standards and going above and beyond the requirements for the major. Requires completion of a research project.

Find your fit within environmental research and leadership. Explore the environmental majors, minors, and experimental learning offered across USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.