Although there are clear overlaps, these new degrees are novel in their interdisciplinary focus. The programs emphasize climate solutions and developments in the real world, countering the idea of the university as an ivory tower and rethinking the role of undergraduate higher education.
"We want as wide a spectrum as we can get, to really approach the question of how society responds to crisis," says Peter McDonough, director of the climate change studies program at the University of Montana.
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