Explore Environmental Studies at MSU! Gain interdisciplinary knowledge and skills for a sustainable future. Scholarships available for international students.
Program Description The Liberal Studies degree offers an interdisciplinary approach to a well-rounded education which emphasizes reading, reasoning, and communication skills in addition to substantive knowledge that will allow graduates to thrive in a broad range of career contexts and to pursue life-long learning. All students are required to choose one of three program options, either the Quaternity option (also available online) which offers the more traditional broad-based liberal arts education, or a cross-disciplinary cluster of thematically related courses (option II), which currently includes the Environmental Studies and the Global and Multicultural Studies options. Courses that are used to satisfy one degree requirement cannot be used to satisfy another. Students must complete a minimum of 45 credits in the program after declaring themselves to be Liberal Studies majors. Environmental Studies Option This option is designed for students interested in developing a broad understanding of environmental issues from scientific and public policy perspectives. In addition to required foundations courses (BIOB 170IN, ERTH 101IN, GPHY 121D, STAT 216Q, and PHL 322 or HSTA 470), students select 21 credits each from approved list of science and public policy courses. Twelve credits of science and of public policy must be upper division courses (300 or 400 level). BIOB 170IN, ERTH 101IN, STAT 216Q, and LS 490R may overlap with Core. Proposed substitutions must be submitted in writing to the program advisor or director.
