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At Oxy it’s easy to incorporate sustainability themes into your education. Some related academic programs and faculty researchers are highlighted below.
Urban and Environmental Policy
- Major: UEP is an interdisciplinary major that combines politics, planning, environmental policy, public health, urban studies, economics, sociology, and other disciplinary approaches. Topics covered include housing and community development; food and resource issues; air and water quality; race, gender and class relations; public health; globalization; and other topics at the local, state, national and international levels.
- Minor: The UEP minor provides the opportunity for students to understand the interconnection between "urban" and "environmental" and that issues of economic and environmental justice are integrally linked to where and how we live, work, play, eat, and go to school.
Food Studies Minor
From a student-run organic garden to research on flavor and how the human mind processes it, the Food Studies minor at аIJʿª½± seeks to critically examine our relationship with food.
Anderson Center for Environmental Science
The Anderson Center for Environmental Sciences is an interdisciplinary group of research-driven faculty, staff and students whose goals are studying Earth’s environment, solving environmental problems and developing the next generation of environmental scientists.
- Environmental ScienceÌý°ä´Ç²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³Ù°ù²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô Explore earth processes and ecosystems as you develop environmental analysis and problem-solving skills. Undertake an Environmental Science concentration within either the Biology or Geology major.
- Marine BiologyÌý°ä´Ç²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³Ù°ù²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô Biology majors can pursue a marine biology emphasis, researching topics ranging from molecular methods for classification of marine bacteria to the effects of global warming on fisheries.
Environmental Economics Focus
The relationship between the economy and the environment can be pursued through elective courses as a focus within the Economics major.
Other Related Courses
Sustainability is a topic that traverses a wide range of fields, not limited to only the sciences. To learn more, explore Oxy's .