local schools

The Boston metropolitan area is a rich area in which to pursue environmental studies, in part because there are so many colleges and universities undertaking activities related to the environment. Wellesley students can take advantage of the college's cross-enrollment program with several institutions: MIT, Olin College, and Brandeis University.  For the purposes of the ES major, courses taken at these schools are counted as Wellesley College courses. Be sure to consult with your advisor or the ES director before enrollment to determine how courses at these schools will fit in with an ES major. Wellesley operates a regular shuttle to MIT and Olin. Students must provide their own transportation to Brandeis.

MIT: Students have taken a wide-range of courses at MIT, such as green architecture, environmental politics, atmospheric physics and chemistry. Relevant programs at MIT include Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Architecture, Biology, and Political Science.
 
Olin College: The Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering was founded in 2002. Located nearby in Needham, Wellesley and Olin students have begun cross-registering for courses with greater frequency. Olin's strong offerings in science, technology, and engineering include courses such as Design Nature, which complement Wellesley's curriculum. 

Brandeis College: Brandeis College has a strong environmental studies program offering courses of interest to Wellesley students including a new Environmental Field Semester. Courses taken at Brandeis must be approved prior to enrollment by the environmental studies program in order to receive Wellesley credit. Students are responsible for their own transportation to Brandeis.

Marine Studies Consortium: The Marine Studies Consortium offers courses focusing on a variety of marine topics. Some of these courses may be counted towards an Environmental Studies major. These courses are taught at neighboring institutions and are open to a limited number of Wellesley students by permission of the consortium representative, Marianne Moore, Biological Sciences Department.
[mmoorewellesley.edu].