Environmental Studies Program

Bucknell University
provides unusually broad
environmental studies
options for undergraduates.

A bachelor of arts in environmental science and a bachelor of arts in environmental studies majors are offered to present to students the great scientific and human issues in contemporary environmental affairs.

Few environmental studies programs in America offer the breadth of courses that Bucknell's does -- anthropology, engineering, chemistry, philosophy, religion, biology, geology, economics, English, geography, history, classics and philosophy are all represented.

The environmental studies program at Bucknell was established in 1979. BA and BS majors in environmental studies have been awarded since 1990; the BA-environmental science was substituted for the BS in 2011. Presently about 35 students a year graduate with degrees in environmental studies -- typically 5 in BA-environmental science and 30 in BA-environmental studies.

Four faculty members have joint or entire appointments in environmental studies, and two dozen others contribute to the department with courses, advising, committee support, and "capstone" courses.