Program in the Environment

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Approved Winter 2026 PitE Course List is Coming on NOVEMBER 7th! Visit the Current PitE Course Guides page to find the course list when it goes live.

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The Program in the Environment (PitE), a jointly managed program between the College of Literature, Science and the Arts and the School for Environment and Sustainability, offers both a broad liberal arts education in environmental topics and the opportunity for students to pursue various lines of individual interest in considerable depth. Broadly speaking, PitE’s curriculum focuses on the complex interactions of human beings and their environment. To understand these interactions and learn how to create more rational and equitable forms of human habitation on this planet, PitE students develop a multidisciplinary perspective integrating the methods and approaches of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.