The environmental science program is an interdisciplinary program with the mission of preparing students with the knowledge and skills to identify, analyze and resolve environmental issues. Acid rain, ozone depletion, global climate change, waste management, species extinction—these are just a few of the better-known issues encompassed by environmental science, a field that addresses the totality of relationships between humans and the natural environment. Through a combination of small lecture, lab and field-oriented courses, students are given hands-on experience with environmental questions and problem solving. Extended field experiences, including alpine ecology at our field station at Mount Evans, are integrated into courses. Students also have the opportunity to participate in the field quarter, spending 10 weeks traveling throughout the western United States, Baja Mexico and other international destinations to study environmental problems and issues.

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