Accelerate your path to a rewarding career focused on protecting the environment and promoting sustainability.
Today’s world needs highly trained professionals who can address the full spectrum of climate change- and sustainability-related challenges. Our 4+1 accelerated environmental studies program prepares you to meet a range of professional goals in the field and develop solutions that will guide our planet toward a greener future.
Students in our 4+1 program benefit from challenging themselves with graduate-level courses during their senior year, completing an MS degree in much less time, with great savings on tuition.
Aaren Freeman, PhD
Associate Professor, Biology
At Adelphi University in New York on Long Island, we believe strongly in the power of hands-on learning and the value it adds to our students’ future careers. In the 4+1 accelerated pathway, you’ll have numerous chances to enrich your studies by extending your learning beyond the classroom.
In addition to working with the latest technology in Adelphi’s newly refurbished Geographic Information Systems (GIS) laboratory, you’ll have the chance to do fieldwork virtually anywhere. MS in Environmental Studies students have also held internships at top environmental agencies and organizations around the globe, including:
Adelphi students working in the field in Alaska.
Adelphi’s eighth consecutive winner of an Inspiring Programs in STEM Award provides scholarships, mentoring, internships and career preparation for high-achieving, low-income students from local schools majoring in STEM fields.
These Adelphi students have used their degrees to forge different career paths.
Kelly Andreuzzi, a junior, has always been passionate about environmentalism. So, as a first-year student, it was a no-brainer for Andreuzzi to join the Environmental Action Coalition (EAC), a student organization that promotes education, sustainability and environmental equity for all.
The following bachelor’s programs are offered in combination with the MS degree in Environmental Studies:
If you’re already enrolled in a qualifying undergraduate program and meet the 4+1 accelerated pathway’s GPA requirements, you can apply for this program once you’ve completed particular steps in the major. Speak to your adviser or a 4+1 faculty member to learn more.
Students who are already enrolled in a qualifying undergraduate program and who meet GPA requirements can apply for the accelerated program once they have completed particular steps in the major. Speak to a faculty member in the accelerated Environmental Studies program about the 4+1 option.
All undergraduate students have the opportunity to apply for the following programs to expand their educational landscape:
