Student Resources

Finding a Major: Environmental Education and Outreach

Teaching people about the environment is vital in promoting environmental awareness and change. Students interested in teaching in environmental studies can combine any environmentally-related major with coursework in education theory and methods. Subject-specific teaching certification is available for a wide variety of environmentally-related topics that include biology, chemistry, earth sciences, horticulture, physical sciences, and urban studies. Students interested in doing outreach and marketing work related to the environment can major in various communications fields.

College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Science

• Human and Community Development

College of Communication

• Advertising
• Institute for Communications Research
• Journalism   

College of Education

• Curriculum and Instruction

Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences

• Biological Informatics