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Sustainability & Environmental Studies

Academic programs

Undergraduate program

Sustainability & Environmental Studies

Undergrad minor

Sustainability and environmental studies is an interdisciplinary field that aims to understand human-environment relationships and address complex issues and problems related to this relationship. It draws upon diverse disciplines including natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, allowing students to analyze human-environment relationships with the breadth and depth that other fields alone do not have. 

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In the Sustainability and Environmental Studies Minor, you will complete both core ENV courses, and electives from across the university. See below for more detail. 

Interested in declaring an Sustainability and Environmental Studies minor?  Please use this link.

Mission: 

The UW-La Crosse Environmental Studies Program educates and transforms students through interdisciplinary and experiential learning. We foster student engagement with the principles of sustainability, stewardship, justice, and citizenship, from local to global levels.

Values:
• innovative approaches that enhance the integration of the natural sciences,
social sciences, arts, and humanities
• shared experiences, service learning, and field trips, which create a sense of
individual identity and group cohesion
• personal connections to local environments and cultivating a sense of place
• knowledge of and commitment to environmental stewardship, through
community partnership and shared expertise