Planning Unit

Environmental Studies

The Environmental Studies (ES) planning unit offers broadly interdisciplinary academic studies within and across three distinctive thematic areas, Human Communities and the Environment, Natural History and Environmental Sciences. Programs emphasize interdisciplinary, experiential study and research primarily in the Pacific Northwest with additional work in other areas of the United States and Canada. Foreign study is possible. Included in the unit is an emphasis on global climate change and sustainability. Learn more...

The Evergreen State College’s Graduate Program on the Environment also offers a Master of Environmental Study (MES) degree. 

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Advanced Research in Environmental Studies Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment Accepts Spring Enrollment	Junior/Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
Andean Roots: Language and Cultural Landscape Revised: 07/16/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	All level	Fall	Winter	Spring
The Biology and Ecology of Fishes	All level			Spring
Climate Solutions	Sophomore to Senior			Spring
Community-Based Research: Knowledge in Place Faculty Signature Required	Sophomore to Senior			Spring
Data and Information: Quantitative Ecology Revised: 06/08/2009	All level	Fall
NEW! Development and Evolution: Form and Function Through Time Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior		Winter	Spring
Earth Matters: Geology and Chemistry	All level		Winter	Spring
Earth Stewards: Sustainable Living in a Threatened World Revised: 05/05/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	All level	Fall	Winter
Ecological Agriculture Revised: 08/24/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
NEW! Ecology and the Built Environment	Unrestricted			Spring
Energy Systems and Climate Change Revised: 07/14/2009	All level	Fall	Winter
NEW! Field Experiments in Ecological Genetics	Junior/Senior	Fall
NEW! Forest Fungi: Biology, Ecology, and Systematics	Junior/Senior	Fall
General Chemistry Revised: 05/27/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	Unrestricted	Fall	Winter
Genes to Ecosystems Revised: 11/17/2009	Junior/Senior	Fall
NEW! Geography and Art: Investigating Place Accepts Winter Enrollment	All level	Fall	Winter
NEW! Individual Study: Legislative Processes, Regulatory Agencies and Environment Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior			Spring
Individual Study: Ornithology, Zoology, Ecology, Evolution Faculty Signature Required Accepts Spring Enrollment	Junior/Senior			Spring
Introduction to Environmental Studies Revised: 05/05/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter
Invertebrate Zoology and Entomology	All level			Spring
Life of Things Revised: 08/24/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	Lower Division	Fall	Winter	Spring
NEW! Native American Knowledge and the Power of History	All level		Winter
NEW! Northwest Developments: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Revised: 05/15/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	All level	Fall	Winter
Ornithology	All level	Fall
NEW! Plant Ecology Afield Faculty Signature Required	Sophomore to Senior			Spring
Practice of Sustainable Agriculture Revised: 06/09/2009 Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment	Junior/Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
NEW! Protected Areas?	Junior/Senior		Winter
Risk Assessment in Environmental Health Faculty Signature Required	Senior			Spring
Sex and Evolution Accepts Winter Enrollment	Unrestricted	Fall	Winter
NEW! Shelter	All level			Spring
Student Originated Studies: Advanced Natural History Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior	Fall
Sustainable Business Leadership Accepts Winter Enrollment	Unrestricted	Fall	Winter
NEW! Sustainable Design: A new building for the Organic Farm Revised: 08/04/2009 Faculty Signature Required	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter
NEW! Sustainable Forestry	Sophomore to Senior		Winter
Technical Writing in the 21st Century Revised: 07/07/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter
Temperate Rainforests Revised: 06/30/2009 Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior	Fall
Tend and Tell: Developing and Interpreting an Ethnobotanical Garden Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment Accepts Spring Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
Tropical Rainforests Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior		Winter
Washington's Rivers and Streams Revised: 04/29/2009 Faculty Signature Required Accepts Spring Enrollment	All level		Winter	Spring
NEW! Washington State Legislative Internships Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior		Winter
NEW! Writing for Change Revised: 05/22/2009	Sophomore to Senior	Fall