Environmental Science major versus Environmental Studies plus Bio/Chem?

rrobb
Tue, 19 May 2015 16:17:13 +0000

DD wants to attend an LAC and major in Environmental Science. That major seems to be available in only about 20-30% of LACs. I’ve been encouraging her to also consider schools where she could do a double major in Environmental Studies and Biology or Chemistry. It’s my feeling that in the end the courses she will have taken will not be terribly different, and her prospects for graduate study in Environmental Science not diminished. She remains, however, very reluctant to consider schools without an Environmental Science major. It’s hard enough to get her to consider schools that don’t have a stand-alone Environmental Sciences DEPARTMENT. Is she being too selective, or appropriately so? Thanks.