New School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability

This message is intended for all campus contacts that receive program of study (POS) memo updates via email from the Office of the Registrar.

At the request of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) and with approval from the Office of the Provost and Iowa Board of Regents, the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability (SEES) will be active on July 1, 2025. This new MAUI department will administratively hold the following academic units:

• Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
• Sustainability Program

Please continue reading for more information on impacted programs and update your records accordingly. The linked MAUI program of study page(s) provides more documentation of this change. 

Environmental Sciences

The academic unit of Environmental Sciences will be inactivated on July 1. The following programs of study will be ended, effective fall 2025. Students can finish their program or move to new programs created in Earth and Environmental Sciences (outlined further in this email). No new students should be admitted after the summer 2025 session.

• Environmental Sciences BA
• Environmental Sciences BS
• Environmental Sciences (Environmental Bioscience) BS
• Environmental Sciences (Environmental Geoscience) BS
• Environmental Sciences MINOR
• Environmental Sciences PD 
• Environmental Sciences (Chemical Sciences) PD

Earth and Environmental Sciences

The following new programs of study will be active fall 2025. Students can migrate from one of the ended Environmental Science programs listed above. 

• Earth and Environmental Science BA
• Earth and Environmental Science BS
• Earth and Environmental Sciences (Environmental Bioscience) BS
• Earth and Environmental Sciences (Environmental Geoscience) BS
• Earth and Environmental Sciences (Earth and Planetary Science) BS
• Earth and Environmental Sciences MINOR

The following programs of study will be ended, effective fall 2025. No students should be admitted after the summer 2025 session. 

•  Geoscience BA
•  Geoscience BS
•  Geoscience MINOR
•  Geoscience PD
•  Geoscience PI 

Other related programs of study will follow Earth and Environmental Sciences to SEES. 

Geographical and Sustainability Sciences

The following new programs of study will be active fall 2025. 

• Geographical and Sustainability Sciences BA
• Geographical and Sustainability Sciences (Geographic Information Science) BS
• Geographical and Sustainability Sciences (Sustainability Science) BS

The following programs of study will be ended, effective fall 2025. No students should be admitted after the summer 2025 session. 

•  Environmental Policy and Planning (Planning) BS
•  Environmental Policy and Planning (Policy) BS
•  Geographic Information Science MINOR
•  Geography (Environmental Studies) BA
•  Geography (Environmental Studies) BS
•  Geography (Geographic Information Science) BA
•  Geography (Geographic Information Science) BS
•  Geography (Health and Society) BA
•  Geography (Health and Society) BS
•  Geography MINOR
•  Geography PD
•  Geography PI 
•  Sustainability Science BS

Other related programs of study will follow Geographical and Sustainability Sciences to SEES. 

Sustainability Program

This academic unit is housed in University College and will be moved to SEES on July 1. The Certificate in Sustainability with University College will end and a new certificate in CLAS will be active fall 2025. Current students in this certificate will migrate from the program in University College to the new program in CLAS. 

• Sustainability CER - UC
• Sustainability CER - CLAS

Questions?

Contact the Academic Structure Team at reg-acad-structure@uiowa.edu.