Economics - Environmental Studies

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Explore, examine and analyze the most significant environmental issues of our times — global climate change, toxic waste, and habitat loss — through a perspective that emerges from within the field of economics as you join humanity’s efforts to find innovative, practical, and lasting solutions to environmental degradation.

• As an economics major focused on environmental studies, you will not only build a strong foundation in the field of economics but also choose from a wide selection of challenging courses that focus on the intersection between economics and environmental studies.
• In the process, you also will gain a solid understanding of how economic principles apply to real-world environmental issues. Whitman’s traditional expertise in blending different fields of intellectual inquiry will allow you to gain a broader perspective and build a strong interdisciplinary foundation for a critical examination of the issues that interest you.
• You will interact closely with dynamic faculty scholars and thinkers eager to cross disciplines and make real contributions in their fields.
• You will be part of a college community that takes pride in connecting to the natural world in powerful ways — through its location in the eco-friendly Pacific Northwest; through such nationally recognized academic and extracurricular programs as the Semester in the West and the Whitman Outdoor Program; as well as through its commitment to campus recycling, composting and the use of ecological friendly material.