Carnegie Mellon University
AC-3: Undergraduate Program

The major in Environmental Policy (which is only offered as an additional major, not as a primary major) focuses attention on the interaction of humans with the environment from a multitude of perspectives. Human activities have had and continue to have large-scale and long-term consequences for environmental quality. Environmental quality relates to the quality of our daily lives, to our physical health, and to the future vitality and even survival of human society. The Additional Major in Environmental Policy is designed to provide students with the interdisciplinary background and skills necessary to understand environmental issues. It emphasizes three general areas: (1) humanities and the arts; (2) social sciences; and (3) natural science and technology . The humanities emphasis concerns the ethical, legal, and historical basis of environmental concerns as well as their aesthetic manifestations. The social science area concentrates on the economic and political nature of environmental problems and possible policy options and responses. The natural science and technology focus includes the exploration of ecology as well as the role of technology as both problem creator and problem solver.

Undergraduate level degree programs: Architecture BXA Intercollege Degree Programs Civil and Environmental Engineering Scholars in Humanities and Sciences Program

By creating a single program with clear learning goals and a flexible curriculum, the Minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies improves intellectual cohesiveness and supports a cohort experience for students from all six undergraduate colleges of Carnegie Mellon. With a shared introductory course dedicated to social and scientific approaches for thinking about the environment, students in the minor can meet each other early in their undergraduate careers, and begin important conversations across disciplines during their time at CMU. The required course for the Minor, “Introduction to Environmental Ideas” introduces concepts, themes, and skills intended for sophomore-level students. The course serves to introduce key concepts for Environmental Science, based in Ecology or Geoscience. The course is co-taught with one faculty from Dietrich College (at present: Abigail Owen) and one faculty from the Sciences, either Ecology or Geoscience.

Minor in Science, Technology and Society Minor in Architecture Minor in Building Science and Design Information about all undergraduate minors can be found in the course catalog: https://coursecatalog-new.web.cmu.edu/servicesandoptions/undergraduateoptions/#minorstext