Breadcrumb
Social Science – Environment & Community, M.A.
Our program focuses on the diverse relationships between environment and community using interdisciplinary perspectives.
We find just and sustainable solutions to complex social and environmental challenges, grounded in the knowledge that racial justice, settler colonialism, and environmental problems are deeply intertwined.
We seek to foreground intersectional and decolonizing understandings of power/privilege and identity in environment and community interrelationships.
Why This Program
We embrace critical interdisciplinarity in the context of environment and community relations.
We advance just sustainability and environmental justice using frameworks that acknowledge the power-laden connections between race, other axes of social difference, and environment.
We learn with and from our students, teaching advocacy, supporting their interests, and mentoring them to be effective leaders.
Did You Know
E&C graduate students have a broad array of interdisciplinary interests, connected by a common commitment to work towards sustainable and just environment and community relationships.
Graduates have a strong foundation in social science theory and research, the skills for a career or higher degree in a number of fields, and work for nonprofit, government, and educational organizations.
We offer a Dual Degree Pathway. You can earn both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in five years.
Careers
Many graduates work for nongovernmental organizations, while others work for government agencies, in education, and in the private sector. Some pursue law or Ph.D. degrees. All our graduates have a strong foundation in social science theory and research, and the skills for a career or higher degree in a number of fields.
- Conservation Agent
- Environment Program Director
- Environmental Specialist
- Outreach Coordinator
- Paralegal
- Senior Planner
- Transportation Planner
- Water Conservation Specialist
- Development Director
- Development Writer
- Director of Programs
