Because the program is available only as a second major, it enables students to achieve considerable depth of knowledge in the particular field of their primary major while also acquiring an interdisciplinary perspective in the second major. Studies in the Environment encompasses all the traditional disciplines that touch on the environment, and students may satisfy most of the distributional requirements of Yale College with courses in this major. Students interested in a major in Studies in the Environment should consult the director of undergraduate studies early in their academic careers, preferably at the beginning of their freshman year, to work out a program of study and choose a primary major that coordinates well with an integrated approach to environmental study and research. Each major must be completed independently of the other with no more than two term courses overlapping. Students must apply to the program in their sophomore year and to the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing for permission to complete two majors no later than the first term of the senior year.
Forms are available from the residential college deans.
Students should bring the form and a current transcript to the program office, where help in completing the form is available. The signatures of the directors of undergraduate studies of both majors are required. Requirements of the major. In addition to completing the requirements of the primary major, the student must choose courses in each of the following areas. Some courses, including the junior seminar and the senior research project and colloquium, are required.