U.S. News and World Report mentioned UW-Madison's recently introduced environmental studies program in a report listing ""hot college majors"" Monday.
The report ranked environmental studies and sustainability majors as number three on their list of nine degrees in ""fields of the future.""
According to report, ""defining issues of the century"" such as issues of energy, climate, water, food and health have led to an increase in environmental studies programs.
""Economic surveys show that environmental fields are where some of the most rapid job growth will occur between now and 2016,"" Nelson Institute Interim Director Gregg Mitman said at the time of the major's approval in a UW news article.
According to Mitman, the new major helps provide students with the tools to build a green future.
Students enrolled in the program are required to take courses in food and agriculture, health, energy, biodiversity, climate, history and culture, land use and policy.
