Education

Climate Change: Science and Practice Minor

The mission of the Climate Change: Science and Practice minor program is to prepare students with the subject matter literacy and analytical competencies necessary to support professional practices that advance climate change mitigation and adaptation in the interest of people, places, and the planet.

The Climate Change: Science and Practice minor offers students the opportunity to study climate change through a multidisciplinary foundation of applied, health, natural, and urban science. Jointly offered by the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, and the School of Science & Engineering, the minor offers students the opportunity to understand how professional practices from public health to engineering and from sustainable design to environmental management converge to support climate action that reduces greenhouse gases and climate-related natural hazards risk, preserves biodiversity, advances public health, and supports adaptations to climate impacts. This minor is designed to be complementary to students’ existing majors insofar as nearly all future professional practices — regardless of vocation — will be shaped by the challenges and opportunities of climate change.

Suggested Plan of Study and Program Regulations (PDF, text)

Minor Declaration Form (PDF)

Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment Minor Homepage (Web)

Newcomb-Tulane College Climate Minor Homepage (Web)