Environmental Science major versus Environmental Studies plus Bio/Chem?

rrobb
Fri, 22 May 2015 20:46:48 +0000

Thank you both. At one point I went through the extremely laborious ordeal of constructing a “quiz” for DD. I took the Environmental Studies and Environmental Science major requirements for about 20 schools, stripped from them the name of the school and major, and had her try to identify which were Science and which were Studies. A few were very social science-oriented, and easily picked out by her as Environmental Studies. Very often, she couldn’t tell the difference, though, which is what I had suspected and hoped. It made a bit of an impression on her, but she still is convinced grad schools would give a strong preference to an Environmental Science degree. She can’t prove it, but neither can I disprove it, so we’re at a bit of an impasse.

@zapfino, I’m very interested in your comment that Middlebury is one of the most respected Environmental Science/Studies programs in the country. I’ve had a had time getting a sense of what are the most highly-regarded programs. Any resources I should look into, and/or any more from your personal perspective?