The graduate division of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences offers a Ph.D. degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences, a dual Masters degree program in Earth and Environmental Science Journalism, and a new Masters degree program in Climate and Society. We are also seeking to expand existing cooperative programs with Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs and School of Engineering and Applied Science. We have begun a new relationship with the Earth Institute, an umbrella construct whose chief mission is to facilitate interactions among a large number of centers and departments with common interests in the wise stewardship of the planet.

The undergraduate major in Earth and Environmental Sciences provides an understanding of the natural functioning of our planet and considers the consequences of human interactions with it. The curriculum is designed to prepare students for one of three potential career tracks: a geoscience/earth science path and an environmental science path for students continuing on to graduate school in those areas; and a path, via the concentrations, to a broad range of business, policy, legal, medical, and administrative careers where an understanding of earth and human interactions and the application of the scientific method are pertinent. The course requirements differ for each of these intended career tracks, although all students are exposed to a strong science-centered curriculum.