Guide to educational programs in enviroment and sustainable development at columbia university

This guide provides a brief overview of all the educational programs at Columbia that address environmental and sustainable development issues. The overview of each program contains a brief description of the program, information about its admission and/or academic requirements and a list of connected faculty. All of the information about the academic programs was obtained from departmental websites and/or from program view books.

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  Special Concentration in Sustainable Development
  
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  B.A. in Earth Science
  
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  B.A. in Environmental Science
  
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  B.A. in Environmental Biology
  
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  B.S. in Earth and Environmental Engineering
  

Students who already have a Bachelors degree can pursue a:

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  Post-baccalaureate in Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
  

Barnard undergraduates can obtain a:

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  B.A. in Environmental Science
  
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  B.A. in Environmental Biology
  
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  B.A. in Environmental Policy
  

Graduate students interested in continuing their education in environment or sustainable development may choose from eleven master degrees:

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  M.P.A. in Development Practice
  
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  M.P.A. in Environmental Science and Policy
  
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  M.P.H. in Environmental Health Sciences
  
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  M.I.A in Environmental Policy
  
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  M.P.A. in Environmental Policy
  
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  M.A. in Climate and Society
  
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  M.A. in Conservation Biology
  
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  M.A./M.S. in Earth and Environmental Science Journalism
  
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  M.S. in Earth Resources Engineering
  

Those interested in pursuing a doctoral degree in Earth and Environmental Science or sustainable development will find a series of multidisciplinary Ph.D. program options offered by the university.

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  Ph.D. in Sustainable Development
  
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  Ph.D. in Eng.Sc.D in Earth and Environmental Engineering
  
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  Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Science
  
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  Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  
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  Ph.D. in Evolutionary Primatology
  
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  Dr.P.H., Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences
  
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  Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Planetary Science
  

The Earth Institute, through its Office of Academic and Research Programs, works to assist these schools and departments, as well as to stimulate interaction among students and faculty. This is accomplished through the following activities:

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  A campus-wide student advisory council and research assistant program
  
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  An intern program in units of the Earth Institute
  
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  A small research project travel grant program
  
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  A program to support field trips in environmental courses
  
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  Annual meeting of academic program directors and department chairs
  
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  Environmental career fairs
  
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  Open Houses for prospective students
  
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  Co-curricular programming
  
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  Administrative support for start-up programs
  
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  Maintaining the education pages of the Earth Institute website
  
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  A year-long Earth Institute Practicum
  

Columbia University is in the process of building new environmental and sustainable development education programs and adding environmental and sustainable development education to existing programs. Through the Earth Institute, a wide range of conferences, lectures and seminars are presented each year on issues related to environmental science, policy and sustainable development.