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Environmental StudiesDeputy Director: Klein, YehudaLocation: 3438 Ingersoll Hall Phone: 718-951-5418 Email: environment@brooklyn.cuny.edu Fax: 718-951-4645 
The Brooklyn College Program in Environmental Studies educates students to be fluent in the languages of the social and physical sciences related to the environment. We are a liberal arts interdisciplinary program. We offer a bachelor of arts degree in environmental studies that has two possible concentrations: environmental studies or environmental management. The major draws on courses from fourteen academic departments. A minor in environmental studies is also available. Both majors and minors take approximately half their credits in the social sciences and humanities and half in the physical sciences. Two new interdisciplinary courses serve to introduce the field of environmental studies and then apply the student's accumulated knowledge to a capstone seminar emphasizing specific case studies. We also offer a concentration for education majors in the following programs: early childhood education teacher (birth-grade 2); childhood education teacher (grades 1-6). Employment opportunities for graduates of the environmental studies program are plentiful and varied. Environmental studies can provide a direct path to such government service or business careers as resource management and environmental impact assessment or in such public interest work as legislation, lobbying, and policy development. It is useful preparation for careers in education, journalism, politics, and business. Many of our students go on to graduate or professional school in such fields as environmental science, biology, geography, public policy, law, public health, and other related fields. It is important to note that nationwide most graduate programs in environmental studies are individualized courses of study that are drafted by the graduate student in consultation with faculty advisers and approved by a faculty committee.
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