{"id":854,"date":"2025-02-17T15:54:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T20:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/school-of-climate-environment-and-society\/?page_id=854"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:34:57","slug":"climate-environment-and-society-ba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/academics\/climate-environment-and-society-ba\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate, Environment, and Society, BA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Climate, Environment, and Society, BA<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Navigation 2\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"menu-title\">Navigation<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\" id=\"modal-1\" data-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\" data-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" data-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\" data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\" data-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\" id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container is-responsive wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"\/climate-environment-society\/academics\/climate-environment-and-society-ba\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Overview<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"\/climate-environment-society\/academics\/climate-environment-and-society-ba\/curriculum\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"\/climate-environment-society\/academics\/climate-environment-and-society-ba\/honors\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Honors<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"\/climate-environment-society\/academics\/climate-environment-and-society-ba\/careers\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Careers<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-overview\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\">Climate, Environment, and Society involves the study of Earth\u2019s natural and human systems amidst profound global environmental change. You\u2019ll examine how Earth\u2019s climate and environment are being transformed by socioeconomic and cultural processes, and how socioeconomic and cultural conditions are, in turn, being transformed by the changing climate and environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull split-background-75 has-dark-green-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/climate-environment-society-header.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A group of students work with a faculty member on obtaining bat sensing data in Hadwen Arboretum\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/climate-environment-society-header.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/climate-environment-society-header-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/climate-environment-society-header-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/climate-environment-society-header-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/climate-environment-society-header-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/climate-environment-society-header-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-build-a-sustainable-and-just-future\">Build a sustainable and just future.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This major combines expertise from several of Clark\u2019s areas of strength: Geography, Economics, Sustainability and Social Justice, and Biology. Search for more equitable, sustainable and just pathways for the future through a problem-focused and solution-oriented curriculum that explores the various disciplinary perspectives required to understand and address climate change and other sustainability challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-883\" alt=\"Florencia Sangermano boating to a research station in the Amazon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-climate-environment-and-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/sangermano-brazil.jpg\" style=\"object-position:39% 48%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"39% 48%\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#90786b\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-choose-climate-environment-and-society-at-clark\">Why choose climate, environment, and society at Clark?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmark-list\">\n<li>The Climate, Environment and Society is among Clark\u2019s signature strengths. Clark has a legacy of leadership in geography, development, urban studies, resource governance, economics, earth system science, and environmental humanities, drawing on over a century of pioneering work that is sustained today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn from professors whose research \u2014 often in partnership with organizations like NASA, the National Science Foundation, Oxfam America, and the Wildlife Conservation Society \u2014 who inform international debates on topics such as socioeconomic development, landscape transformation, climate change, and urbanization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose courses from more than a dozen academic disciplines for this interdisciplinary program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Join a vibrant community of undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty who are united by a desire to address environmental challenges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benefit from a program that prepares you for entry into top-ranked graduate programs and employment opportunities where you can make a difference in the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stagger-left no-gap abut-end is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left abut-end has-true-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4bd959fb362ab11b13c323f4eab2cfa8\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:44rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/ambient-bat-night_v1_1.mp4\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-6f90b940 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"caption has-small-font-size\">Video: Department of Sustainability and Social Justice Professor Morgan Ruelle hosts &#8220;Bat Night&#8221; at Coes Reservoir, about a mile away from the Clark campus. Using smartphone-attached bat detectors, Ruelle and his students identify species, listen to their sounds, and learn about the health of our local ecosystem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover abut-end has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-55ebabe9c3f3641a3d96110731d13070\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:36rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-light-green-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-3f8c44ea wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOur work will be radically interdisciplinary and deeply rooted in places and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Lou Leonard<br>D.J.A. Spencer Dean of the School of Climate, Environment, and Society<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-frequently-asked-questions\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-faq is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>What can I do with a major in climate, environment, and society?<\/summary>\n<p>Climate, environment, and society encourages critically informed, practical work with social, ecological, and political intent. Practice opportunities might include environmental law with a major nongovernmental organization, environmental art in a science center, climate justice campaigns, pollution research, or alternative technology design.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-faq is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>What skills will I learn as a climate, environment, and society major?<\/summary>\n<p>Knowledge of how the natural world and human society are mutually constitutive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Theoretical and practical skills to understand processes of physical and social change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ability to apply classroom learning to solve real-world problems<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-faq is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Are climate, environment, and society major majors eligible for an academic achievement award?<\/summary>\n<p><strong>Linda Roth Memorial Activist Scholar Award<\/strong><br>Linda Roth was a graduate of the geography Ph.D. program at Clark University and was an accomplished, award-winning forest ecology scientist and a life-long social justice and environmental activist. This award is given to&nbsp;an outstanding global environmental studies major who embodies the principles of scholarship and activism that Linda Roth&nbsp;demonstrated during her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Global Environmental Studies Outstanding Student Award<\/strong><br>The Global Environmental Studies Outstanding Student Award is given to an outstanding graduating senior who is recognized for academic excellence within the global environmental studies program.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-faq is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Is there an honors program for climate, environment, and society majors?<\/summary>\n<p>During your junior year, you might be accepted into the global environmental studies honors program. Joining the program means you\u2019ll work closely with a professor to create a thesis on a topic of your choice. Examples of recent honors thesis topics are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reconciliation: Changing Pressures on Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Cuba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Characterizing the Role of the Built Environment in Determining Juvenile-Tree Survivorship in Worcester, Massachusetts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Characterizing Mangrove Distribution and Change in Antsohihy, Madagascar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Multi-Scale Assessment of Urban Forest Biodiversity: Tree Replanting as a Driver of Street Tree Composition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Risks and Reasons of Lawn Chemicals: The Role of the Individual in Lawn Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Honors-Program-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Honors Program Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Climate, Environment, and Society involves the study of Earth\u2019s natural and human systems amidst profound global environmental change. 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