Undergraduate Academics

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STEM third and fourth-years can now integrate their scientific expertise with real-world policy at Georgetown’s growing Capitol Campus.

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BS in Environment & Sustainability

The BS in Environment & Sustainability from Georgetown’s College of Arts & Sciences and the Earth Commons Institute equips students for a lifetime of environmental changemaking through hands-on learning, interdisciplinary perspectives, immersive experiences, personal development, and a diverse and hopeful community invested in wider transformation

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Minor in Environment & Sustainability

Open to all undergraduate students across Georgetown University, the E&S minor is designed to provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary understanding of today’s most pressing environmental challenges.

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Fellowships & Programs

Summer Institute in Ecology & Policy of the Chesapeake Watershed

The Earth Commons is offering undergraduates a 5-week, 6-credit immersive experience that explores the Washington, D.C., region’s unique ecological and political landscapes.

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Environmental Science & Policy Fellowship

This competitive fellowship offers undergraduate STEM third and fourth-years the unique opportunity to integrate their scientific expertise with real-world policy at Georgetown’s growing Capitol Campus.

Apply by Feb. 28

Study Abroad

The Earth Commons collaborates with the Office of Global Education and GU-Q to offer undergraduate courses as part of a growing series of faculty-led study abroad programs that focus on human and environment interactions on a global scale.

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Additional Majors & Pathways

Department of Biology, Georgetown College. The major in Environmental Biology offers a rigorous program of study in science related to the environment. This major is designed to provide students with a foundation in population, whole organism, evolutionary biology and environmental science as well as in chemistry and mathematics.

School of Foreign Service. The STIA major applies cutting-edge science to the world’s most pressing political, social and ethical issues. Using interdisciplinary methods, students will explore the technological and scientific issues at the heart of today’s international affairs.

The Department of Biology offers research experience towards the Ph.D. degree in Biology. Students training in our department will gain exposure to diverse areas of biology while focusing in depth on their own research problem. In addition to the required core courses, students have the option to pursue a program of study within the major leading to a concentration in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavioral Biology.

Georgetown College. The Core Pathway allows you to fulfill core and elective requirements through an interdisciplinary collection of courses that address a complex global challenge. The focus of the first pathway is climate change. 

Columbia Combined Program. The Earth and Environmental Engineering curriculum provides students the skills to analyze environmental processes, design systems, and solve engineering problems in preparation for future enterprises. The 3-2 Program enables a student to devote three years to the study of liberal arts and sciences at one of these colleges before transferring to Columbia for two years of engineering studies.

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