Climate Change Studies

This cross-disciplinary minor focuses on complex global issues related to minimizing and adapting to climate change beyond technical and scientific considerations.

It is designed to foster an examination of climate change from perspectives in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, science and engineering. It complements the Environmental Science, Policy and Engineering Program as well as several departments across campus that offer climate studies courses.

Unlike most of its peer schools, Union is able to offer a climate studies minor because it has several climate-focused faculty who are social scientists and humanists. The new minor will help the College respond to a growing demand for valuable career pathways related to the environment and sustainability.