Pomona College
AC-3: Undergraduate Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Reporter |
Wesley
Quevedo SIO Staff Sustainability |
Majors, degrees and certificate programs
Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate degree program:
A brief description of the undergraduate degree program:
The Environmental Analysis Program is preparing its students to meet the greatest challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century — the need to develop a sustainable civilization in a world under increasing strain from climate disruption, economic expansion, population growth, and environmental injustice. The major is deeply interdisciplinary, drawing on the insights of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences so that our students may contribute significantly to such environmental problem-solving fields as law, policy, medicine, and conservation, global climate change, urban planning, and resource management. It also offers a solid background for careers in community action, environmental education, and urban agriculture.
A student who majors in Environmental Analysis will:
engage, assess, and critique an interdisciplinary scholarly literature;
apply relevant theoretical techniques and methodological insights to environmental issues across the disciplines;
conduct original archival, empirical and/or applied research, individually and collaboratively;
speak and write clearly and persuasively;
understand the real-world dimensions of environmental problem-solving.
To build on its robust academic offerings, the Environmental Analysis Program strongly encourages its students to spend a semester abroad. We believe that this vital experience will provide our majors with a richer, cross-cultural appreciation for the profound global dimensions of our environmental situation. Specially focused environmental Study Abroad semesters vary from campus to campus, but include programs in Australia, Costa Rica, Botswana, New Zealand, Ecuador, and South Africa.
Website URL for the undergraduate degree program:
Additional degree programs (optional)
Website URL for the undergraduate degree program (2nd program):
Name of the sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program (3rd program):
Website URL for the undergraduate degree program (3rd program):
https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/environmental-analysis
Minors and concentrations
Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration:
A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration:
The Environmental Analysis Program at the Claremont Colleges is preparing its students to meet the greatest challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century — the need to develop a sustainable civilization in a world under increasing strain from climate disruption, economic expansion, population growth, and environmental injustice. The major is deeply interdisciplinary, drawing on the insights of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences so that our students may contribute significantly to such environmental problem-solving fields as law, policy, medicine, and conservation, global climate change, urban planning, and resource management. It also offers a solid background for careers in community action, environmental education, and urban agriculture.
A student who majors in Environmental Analysis will:
engage, assess, and critique an interdisciplinary scholarly literature;
apply relevant theoretical techniques and methodological insights to environmental issues across the disciplines;
conduct original archival, empirical and/or applied research, individually and collaboratively;
speak and write clearly and persuasively;
understand the real-world dimensions of environmental problem-solving.
To build on its robust academic offerings, the Environmental Analysis Program strongly encourages its students to spend a semester abroad. We believe that this vital experience will provide our majors with a richer, cross-cultural appreciation for the profound global dimensions of our environmental situation. Specially focused environmental Study Abroad semesters vary from campus to campus, but include programs in Australia, Costa Rica, Botswana, New Zealand, Ecuador, and South Africa.
Website URL for the undergraduate minor or concentration:
Additional minors and concentrations (optional)
A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration (2nd program):
Website URL for the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration (3rd program):
A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration (3rd program):
Website URL for the undergraduate minor or concentration (3rd program):
The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused undergraduate minors and concentrations:
https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/environmental-analysis
Optional Fields
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Environmental Analysis at Pomona College is a major that is deeply interdisciplinary. It draws on the insights of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences and is designed to prepare our students for careers in many environmental problem-solving fields, including law, policy, medicine, the sciences, conservation, global climate change, urban planning, and resource management. It also offers a solid background for careers in community action, environmental education, and urban agriculture.
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