Environmental Sciences

Advising: Advising information can be found on the Major’s website under the advising page. Varies for students declaring in CALS and L&S. The major is jointly housed

in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (L&S home) and Soil Science (CALS home). For more information, visit the Major’s website.

• CALS students should contact Kathryn Jones (kjones26@wisc.edu) or schedule an appointment.
• L&S students should contact Eric Schueffner (elschueffner@wisc.edu)

Field of Study: Four distinct characteristics underpin the Environmental Sciences curriculum:

1. A rigorous foundation in the basic physical and biological sciences
2. A common core understanding of the four key domains of Environmental Science
3. Social science coursework intended to connect students to a societal context
4. The ability to bring this broad knowledge to bear in an area of focus

As part of the major, students can choose to have a distributed focus or concentrate on Ecology, Physical Environment, Geospatial Sciences, or Environmental Policy & Social Perspectives.

Possible Careers
Review the possible career paths for Environmental Science majors here.