Bachelor of Arts in History- Energy and Environment

University of Houston

This is the professional track for you Studying the history of energy and environment will prepare you to work in careers that will create sustainable futures for all. In the current age of extreme climate change few issues are more relevant than the past, present, and future of energy and environmental usages and policies. Students who choose this track will learn skills that can be put to immediate use on the job. Among these are: creating and analyzing ''case studies'' of past and present energy/environment policies and impacts identifying and analyzing cultural differences among diverse societies’ conceptualizations and usage of energy and environmental resources mastering the tools of GIS mapping and digital humanities carrying out archival research pertaining to public policy issues writing and editing historically-oriented prose for legal, corporate, activist, and general public audiences