Overview

The goals of the Environment and Sustainability Studies program of the Wake Forest University are to endow students with the necessary knowledge, wisdom, and experience to understand the complex, interrelated systems that determine how humans interact with their environments and to research and develop more sustainable relationships between humans and the non-human natural world. As such, the major emphasizes scientific, humanistic, and social science literacies across disciplines in order to foster critical thinking, global awareness, personal efficacy, and complex systems analysis in the service of pragmatic solutions to global environmental issues. Core courses in the major establish a foundation in the biological and earth sciences and introduce students to the cultural, social, economic, and political dimensions of human-environment interactions.

Many Career Paths

The intersection of earth systems and human systems presents the leading challenges and opportunities for the 21st century and beyond for all species on the planet. Given the breadth of the disciplines required to answer even narrow questions at this crossroads, both the study and application of environment and sustainability are exercises in the engaged liberal arts. At this intersection lies central questions of environmental management and environmental justice, of global function, global changes, and global interactions. Engagement on these questions presents an opportunity for learning, for expanding the frontiers of basic knowledge, for building positive collaborations across society, and for inspiring positive change.

The occupational outlook for this field is strong and will become ever more so as deepening environmental crises intersect with unsustainable population growth, resource degradation, water scarcity, land use changes, and global losses in species biodiversity. The Environment and Sustainbility majors prepare students for careers in environmental and ecological science, environmental policy and public engagement, environmental law, environmental communications, civic and municipal sustainability, and social and environmental activism.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Environmental Issues

Leadership for Sustainability

Earth Science

Biology

Physics and Chemistry of the Environment

Field Biology and Natural History

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Winston-Salem, United States

Disciplines

Sustainable Development Environmental Sciences View 1438 other Bachelors in Environmental Sciences in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

$85 application fee

Official high school transcript

SAT/ACT scores (only if you want those scores considered in your admissions application)

Secondary School Report

Teacher Recommendation Form

Mid-Year School Report (for reporting mid-year senior grades)

Confidential Financial Information for International Applicants

TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

70332 USD / year

≈ 70332 USD / year
Out-of-State

70332 USD / year

≈ 70332 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

70332 USD / year

≈ 70332 USD / year

Living costs

Winston-Salem

United States

864 - 1409 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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