Outcomes
Environmental studies and environmental science majors gain skills that can be applied
to a lot of different areas, without setting you up to follow a specific path. Using
what you’ve learned at Washington, you can pursue whatever aspect of environmental
work most interests you and make a difference.
Environmental Science and Environmental Studies Dual Degree Programs
Through a dual-degree partnership with Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, Washington College environmental science and environmental studies majors are eligible to earn their bachelor’s and master’s degrees in five years. The 3-2 program means students will spend three years at Washington College pursuing their bachelor’s in environmental science or studies before enrolling in the Nicholas School’s two-year master’s programs in either forestry or environmental management.
Career Pathways
- Conservation
- Resources
- Sustainability
- Education
- Engineering
- Environmental policy
- Food production
- Law
- Public health
- Climate change policy analyst
- Ecologist
- Environmental chemist
- Environmental consultant
- Environmental economist
- Environmental geologist
- Environmental journalist
- Environmental lawyer
- Environmental technician
- Geographer
- Marine biologist
- Meteorologist
- Water quality scientist
- Wildlife biologist
Alaina Perdon '22
Fisheries Technician at the New Jersey Fish & Wildlife Bureau of Marine Fisheries • Forked River, New Jersey
MAJOR AND MINORS
- Environmental Studies Major
- Anthropology and Chesapeake Regional Studies Minors
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
- Youth Program Intern with the Friends of the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
- Teaching Assistant for Department of Biology
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
- Center for Environment & Society Fellow, Peer Tutor at Writing Center
- Washington College Food Recovery Network, President; Campus Garden, Outreach Manager
- “The Washington College Center for Environment and Society gave me exposure to tons of professionals in my field and various career paths I could take, access to information and research being done locally and globally, unique experiences like sailing the Chester River on a historic schooner, and the personal connections that I had the privilege of forming with faculty members who became mentors and with peers who became dear friends.”
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Maegan White '23
Community Engagement Coordinator at ShoreRivers • Chestertown, Maryland MAJORS
- Enviromental Science and Political Science
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
- Student Government Association
- Model United Nations
LEARN BY DOING
- ShoreRivers internship funded by Washington College Center for Environment and Society
- ShoreRivers internship funded by Washington College Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience
- “Being able to work on improving the Chesapeake Bay has been really meaningful. It really was thanks to all of these connections and experiences at the College—from having a student leadership role to having an internship funded through the Center for Environment and Society and the Starr Center to then getting that full-time job. I'm very, very appreciative and happy with all the experiences that I had at Washington College that have led me to where I am now.”
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