Overview

With Occidental College’s distinctive approach, you will develop the range of skills required to analyze and solve the environmental problems pressing upon our world today. You’ll build a broad interdisciplinary foundation through a core set of courses in biology, geology and economics, and specialize by completing a major in biology or geology. Additionally, you can explore the policy aspects of Environmental Science through the UEP major.

Key Features

Research is central to the understanding of complex environmental issues, and you’ll be able to take full advantage of Oxy’s unique location at the nexus of three distinctive ecosystems—the Pacific Ocean, the San Gabriel Mountains, and the Mojave Desert. The ability to carry out fieldwork in diverse ecosystems and geological formations within a few hours’ drive of campus means that instead of working solely through other people’s data, you’ll generate your own, working closely with faculty mentors as you do. Recent students have conducted senior research projects on sea-level rise in Hawaii, gas emissions and plant growth at Mammoth Mountain, climatic influences on outburst floods in Iceland, heat tolerance in tropical and Mediterranean trees, and the biogeochemical effects of Martian soil on plant growth.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Plant Form and Function

Evolutionary Biology

Structural Geology

Geomorphology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-10 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Glendale, United States

Disciplines

Environmental Sciences View 1433 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

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete the Common App

Official transcript

Standardized test scores are optional.

Midyear report after your first term of senior year.

Two letters of recommendation from teachers (in core academic subjects). Ideally, we’d like letters from 10th- to 12th-grade classes.

If applying Early Decision, you'll also need to complete a binding Early Decision Agreement (available on the Common App).

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

68108 USD / year

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Out-of-State

68108 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

68108 USD / year

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Living costs

Glendale

United States

1370 - 2530 USD / month

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