Opening Fall 2009 - The welfare of the Earth and its inhabitants is a defining theme of the 21st century. Higher education has a powerful role to play in understanding and addressing environmental challenges, and the University of Washington's College of the Environment is uniquely positioned to lead the quest for solutions.
Research & Learning
Research & Learning
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Community, Environment and Planning
Community, Environment, and Planning (CEP) is an award-winning, interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree program offered through the College as one of the University's interdisciplinary undergraduate programs. CEP has gained distinction as a model for a highly personalized, active, and relevant educational experience within a large research institution. Housed in the Department of Urban Design and Planning, CEP students liberally draw upon the entire range of courses, faculty, and programs at the UW.
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Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
As part of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences - toxicology, environmental health, exposure sciences, and occupational medicine - explores the relationship between human health and the environment. Our federally funded research grants and state-funded service activities enhance our graduate and undergraduate educational experiences.
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Environmental Law at the UW
The Environmental Law Program provides students with a rich array of activities in which to participate, including brown bag lectures, GreenLaw (the School’s Environmental Law Society),the Pace Environmental Moot Court Competition, and the Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest. Of course, the School of Law's location in Seattle also provides students with a myriad of outdoor activities, including, kayaking and boating from the campus, exploring the Puget Sound, and hiking, camping and skiing in the many nearby forests, parks, and wilderness areas.
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Mechanical Engineering/UWME Design for Environment Lab
The UWME Design for Environment Lab promotes sustainability and design for environment at the University of Washington, by engaging researchers and educators in the Mechanical Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering Departments, and throughout the UW in efforts to improve technology development, design, and infrastructure through the advancement of Life Cycle Assessment and Industrial Ecology.
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Program on Climate Change
The UW Program on Climate Change is an interdisciplinary program in climate science that strives to integrate education, research and outreach activities on campus. The goals are :
- To create a strong sense of community among faculty and students interested in climate change.
- To develop new courses that focus on the issues of climate change.
- To create an intellectual atmosphere (through seminars, research, and special topic institutes) that establishes the UW as a place where important questions about how climate and our physical and human world interact are formulated and addressed.
- To make the whole of the climate change effort at UW a powerful force in the training of future scientists and policy makers and in the understanding of past, present, and future climate.
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Program on the Environment
The Program on the Environment (PoE) fosters and promotes interdisciplinary environmental education at the UW. As an interdisciplinary program merging multiple fields of study, PoE draws faculty from a wide array of disciplines, providing a unique opportunity for students and faculty to explore complex environmental issues from multiple perspectives.
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UW Bothell Environmental Studies Pathway Program
The Environmental Studies (ES) option within the Interdisciplinary Studies major is designed for students who want to act critically and creatively in response to the environmental challenges facing the world today. The option's two pathways (Sustainability and Society [S&S] and Conservation Science and Management [CSM]) share a commitment to educating future practitioners who can address those challenges in their professional careers and personal lives.
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UW Tacoma Environmental Program
The University of Washington Tacoma offers a Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science and a Bachelors of Arts in Environmental Studies. Click the link to learn more about the benefits of studying within the Environmental Program at UWT.
