Bachelor of Arts - Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies at PLU teaches students how to explore the complex web of connections between people and their environments. By integrating a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, students gain a new understanding of the causes and consequences of environmental problems, ask questions about the ethics and cultural meanings of our relationship with the environment, and graduate with the tools they need to respond to many of the greatest challenges facing humanity. We live in an increasingly endangered and altered world: plants and animals are driven to extinction; ecosystems are threatened; the climate is changing; and human communities live with the realities of overpopulation, pollution and the loss of clean water. The study of the environment is necessary to respond to local and global challenges. Graduates will be well-prepared to educate others about environmental problems and solutions, to pursue graduate studies, to work at non-profit organizations that focus on environmental stewardship, at laboratories, conservation and sustainability institutions, consulting firms, and environmental and regulatory affairs offices in corporations and government.