Welcome to Hartwick Environment, Sustainability and Society
WHY STUDY ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY AT HARTWICK?
You’re passionate about keeping the planet safe, clean and beautiful for future generations. You want to guide policy, educate others and launch sustainable businesses that will protect the world around us.
Here’s why our environment, sustainability and society program stands out:
- Craft your own major by collaborating across sciences, arts and humanities.
- Immerse yourself in J Term courses in Portugal and the Bahamas or explore the wilds of our Pine Lake campus.
- Join the Friend of Recreation, Conservation, and Environmental Stewardship (FORCES) club and land a paid internship to work in one of New York State’s breathtaking state parks.
- Take advantage of our 4+1 programs in sustainability with Glasgow Caledonian New York College and, in just one year, earn a master’s degree in business for social impact and sustainability or a master’s in sustainable fashion.
Projected Growth
With a projected growth of six percent over the next 10 years (Bureau of Labor Statistics), there are so many ways to put your environment, sustainability and society studies to work:
- Environmental advocacy
- Sustainability not-for-profits
- Urban planning
- Public policy
- Education
- Renewable energy
HARTWICK GRADUATES ARE WELL-PREPARED FOR CAREER SUCCESS
Connor Hart ’19 is a senior site specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific. He furthered his passion for the outdoors with a minor in outdoor education and learned teamwork as the chair of the basketball and soccer clubs.
Tarrah Skye Smith ’21 is working as a naturalist with the YMCA Camp Campbell in Boulder Creek, California. Every summer, she shares her passion for the environment with the next generation, teaching students about soil health, climate change and forest ecology.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
- Build your foundation in sustainability practice, environmentalism as a human rights issue and sustainable agriculture
- Shape your studies to your interest, whether testing water or recycling for a municipality, studying invasive species or creating the policies that protect our planet.
- Put your skills to the test with real-world work experiences and internships in the field.
- Develop a research project and present your findings at Student Showcase.
4+1 Programs in Sustainability
Our 4+1 programs in sustainability with Glasgow Caledonian New York College allows you to earn a bachelor’s from Hartwick in four years and a Master of Science in Business for Social Impact and Sustainability, or a Master of Science in Sustainable Fashion in one year of intensive study.
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Ready to move faster? Get the full Hartwick environment, sustainability & society, experience in three-quarters the time at three-quarters the cost.
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