Minor in environmental humanities at Oregon
The minor in environmental humanities (EH) complements environmental science and policy with a focus on cultural expression and analysis. Environmental humanities is an interdisciplinary field of study, where students learn environmental history, storytelling, critical thinking, philosophy, and the arts. In EH, we understand that ecological well-being relies on cultural solutions as well as scientific and technical ones.
Environmental humanities students can explore international approaches to sustainable living, including philosophies and cultures of the global south and of Indigenous nations worldwide. EH embraces the arts as a means of storytelling and advocating for environmental health. It embraces philosophy and history as means of better knowing where we are and how we might best live as humans in a changing climate. This is a minor that works well with science and technology majors, to help students cultivate a broad cultural vision, imagination, and vocabulary for change.
Curriculum overview
Environmental humanities encourages big-picture thinking, envisioning, and imagination for change.
This minor links well with the UO's one-of-a-kind Environmental Leadership Program.
The minor complements degrees in planning, public policy, and management, as well as international internships with UO GlobalWorks.
Careers in environmental humanities
The environmental humanities minor pairs with many different fields of study. Graduates go on to careers in environmental advocacy and law, and working with NGOs and the arts.