In 2004, the Rice Environmental Science major was founded as a 67-hour, companion B.A., double major within the Program in Environmental Studies (ENST). In 2016, the Department of Biosciences and the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (EEPS) collectively proposed to convert the Environmental Science companion BA (ENSC) to a B.S. and B.A. pair of majors in Environmental Science (ENVS) to increase student access to these degree programs. Since then, the Environmental science major has been housed in both the Department of Biosciences and the EEPS Department as a B.A. and B.S. pair where students can choose to concentrate in Earth Science or Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB).
Your support of Rice University's Environmental Science Undergraduate Program will help expand our major and the environmental opportunities afforded to students inside and out of the program. Your contribution will help fund our annual “Green Career Forum”, an environmentally-focused job fair with over 30 organizations and 120 attendees that serves to connect Rice students and beyond with environmental careers. Additionally, the Environmental Science department hopes to establish a new major concentration centered on Environmental Health. This new concentration will advance student opportunities in climate-health, and create a model for cross-disciplinary, community-based learning regarding environmental problems.
With 17 current students, 60 alumni, and an involved community of hundreds across Rice campus, Environmental Science is a quickly growing program that has and will be relevant for our lifetimes and beyond.
For more information:
Email: rj33@rice.edu
Mailing Address:
Environmental Science Program: Attention Ari Johnson
MS-126
6100 Main Street
Rice University
Houston, TX 77005