NEW YORK-- The New School has announced that it is launching a groundbreaking new undergraduate degree program in Environmental Studies that is among the first to bring together urban ecosystems and sustainable design: two areas of study that together constitute a new frontier of environmental education.
Using New York City as their laboratory, students in this cutting-edge program will engage with the community to create solutions to today's critical environmental problems, particularly those found in urban ecosystems. This interdisciplinary program includes both a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts. Both programs will enable students to take a variety of courses offered at The New School's acclaimed design school, Parsons The New School for Design, and liberal arts college, Eugene Lang
College The New School for Liberal Arts.
The ambitious program is administered by The New School's Tishman Environment and Design Center, the hub for environmental studies at the university. The center will develop curricula and provide student and faculty support, including research funding, fieldwork opportunities,
internships, and other services.
"The urban ecosystem and sustainability may be the most important areas of environmental study in this century," said Joseph Westphal, university provost and director of the Tishman Environment and Design Center. "We need to prepare the next generation of leaders who will help shape a sustainable
world for future generations."
Through the program, Bachelor of Arts students will be able to choose to concentrate in urban ecosystems or public policy. Bachelor of Science students will have the option of choosing a concentration either in sustainable design or urban ecosystem design. Both degree programs are
cross disciplinary and include fieldwork, internships, and collaborative final projects.
Through these activities, the program will prepare its graduates to enter a range of careers in the green business sector, the largest growth job market of the new millennium. These include but are not limited to government, environmental advocacy, energy conservation, green building, community organizing, neighborhood development, recycling, and education.
The New School
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