Prof. Nick Balster and I hosted a booth yesterday at the annual UW-Madison Majors Fair. The event was really well done, and was held in the spectacular new Varsity Hall in Union South. I’m so impressed with the event staff, and especially with the turnout of students! Thanks for coming by our booth to chat.

We learned two things yesterday. There is some confusion as to the main differences between the offerings of Environmental Studies ( nelson.wisc.edu ) and Environmental Sciences. I’ve created a page to help describe some of the differences. I hope this is helpful to some of you.

The other thing we learned is that many students are interested in knowing what kind of jobs exist for graduates of this program. And while we don’t have any data from our own program – it only began 2 months ago – we have learned from other universities with similar programs that the options are varied, and plentiful. A careers page has been added to list a few of the positions we expect graduates of this program would be ready to perform. This is not an exhaustive list, and it will get more descriptive as we go along. Suffice it to say that you’ll be a scientist primarily, and with the flexibility offered in the core and elective areas of the major, you can choose to add a focus to your strong physical sciences base that should help direct you to the job you have in mind.

In other news, members of both colleges are working hard to get this major ready to declare. We appreciate your patience as we work through the last details. It is our goal to have this available to you (in DARS especially) as soon as possible.

Thanks!

Bonner Karger

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