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Social and environmental problems are deeply intertwined. The Society and Environment (SE) major introduces students to the main approaches and theory for environmental social sciences, including how social science tools can be applied to environmental problems, and how social science theories contribute to understanding environmental problems. SE Major Snapshot

Undergraduate Advising

Marjorie Ensor
Academic Advisor
Students with last names A-L
245 Mulford
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114

Maire Lanigan
Academic Advisor
Students with last names M-Z
510-642-4249
245 Mulford
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114

Emilie Dandan
Intake Advisor
510-642-7381
245 Mulford
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114

Sample Classes

  • Americans and the Global Forest
  • Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
  • Political Ecology
  • Environmental Justice
  • Forest Ecology
  • Biology, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Political Science

SE classes

Careers for SE Majors

  • Law or business
  • Teaching and research
  • Economics or Environmental consulting
  • Federal, state, and local agencies
  • Non-profit management

Declaring SE?

You must attend a mandatory workshop on how to declare an ESPM major!