ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

The Environmental Studies (ENST) minor encourages students to explore complex ecological concerns, from food, water, and energy to biodiversity and climate change, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Since these issues involve the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, the minor provides a foundational introduction to all three areas, and then allows students to integrate these spheres or focus on a particular aspect of their choice. Members of the ENST learning community will explore possibilities for transformation through grounded research, policymaking, communication, and cultural production, and will engage with environmental issues at scales from the local to the global. Georgetown's mission and values, and our location in Washington, DC, help cultivate a framework for providing students with a rich and meaningful experience engaging with environmental challenges and opportunities for change... As part of a learning community, students in the ENST program will..