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  Environmental Studies (Bowdoin)
Resources for learning and acting shall be available to the Bowdoin community, including recycling bins, awareness lectures, information centers, and opportunities to become directly involved in environmental protection, such as environmental action committees to advise and monitor activities of the College.
Environmental Studies at Bowdoin reflects the college's recognition that humans must learn to live in harmony with nature and that human activities are dependent upon natural processes.
The Environmental Studies Program offers a 10 week fellowship, the Psi Upsilon Environmental Fellowship, that provides students with the opportunity to gain experience in the environmental field while working for a Maine non-profit or governmental agency.
academic.bowdoin.edu /environmental_studies   (425 words)

  
 Whitman College Environmental Studies
The program introduces students - those majoring in environmental studies and those wishing to add knowledge of the field to their general education - to a wide variety of perspectives that examine the many connections between humans and nature.
Environmental studies majors first develop a common core of knowledge through introductory environmental studies courses and basic departmental course work taken from biology, chemistry, economics, geology, physics, politics, and sociology.
Environmental studies are thus combined with environmental science and environmental management within a liberal arts program and philosophy.
www.whitman.edu /offices_departments/environmental_studies   (471 words)

  
 St. Lawrence University: Environmental Studies
To have environmental studies as a major, a student may choose environmental studies as a single major or as an interdisciplinary major (see below) or use environmental studies as one field in a multi-field major.
Environmental studies, in conjunction with other departments, has created ten interdisciplinary majors for students to integrate substantial efforts in traditional disciplines with environmental studies.
Students enroll in Environmental Studies 101 in their first or second year and 335 in their sixth or seventh semester.
web.stlawu.edu /programs/environmental_studies.html   (931 words)

  
 Environmental Studies Program
Environmental Studies is the body of knowledge related to the interactions between people and the natural world and is an important ingredient of a liberal education.
Dartmouth's interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Program is among the oldest in the country, founded in 1970 in response to a wave of environmental activism.
The principal mission of the Environmental Studies Program is to investigate and teach about natural and social systems and provide students with the opportunity to assess the complexity of environmental problems and understand how to search for solutions to these problems.
www.dartmouth.edu /~envs   (125 words)

  
 SUNY-ESF Faculty of Environmental Studies
Denise was a promising Environmental Studies student who was unable to finish her Ph.D. program due to her untimely death.
This award is in recognition of Denise’s commitment to effective environmental management, to her unrealized potential, and to all those Environmental Studies students past, present, and future who are committed to effective environmental management so that the world we live in will be attractive, healthy, and productive for all peoples.
Environmental Studies programs, both undergraduate and graduate, draw upon teaching faculty from across the College, and emphasize multidisciplinary humanities, social science and natural science approaches to environmental understanding and stewardship.
www.esf.edu /es   (486 words)

  
 Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Two prominent scholars in the fields of religion, ecology and environmental ethics have been granted five-year appointments at the Yale...
Brandon Barton, Ph.D. Candidate, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Climate change is considered one of the biggest...
Candidate, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies In the 300 years since the arrival of European...
environment.yale.edu   (377 words)

  
 Environmental Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Environmental Studies 160 introduces students to concepts and issues in environmental studies, as well as to the faculty who participate in the program.
Seniors in Environmental Studies 400 bring both their interdisciplinary outlook and their disciplinary specializations to bear on specific environmental topics, interacting with faculty from within the College and practitioners in the field from throughout the Northwest.
Environmental studies students are actively involved in Lewis & Clark’s campus design, which includes the construction of LEED silver and gold buildings.
www.lclark.edu /COLLEGE/DEPAR/ENST   (837 words)

  
 Akamai University - Center for Ecological and Environmental Studies
Over the last three decades, the study of environmental issues has grown from a narrow niche in the field of biology, to an overarching and interdisciplinary arena of investigation and application.
The study of how humanity interacts with and impacts the natural environment touches every area of human endeavor, from science and technology, to economics and social structures.
The study of life science is fundamental to the sustainability of the planet and its life giving systems.
www.akamaiuniversity.us /EcologicalandEnvironmentalStudies.html   (900 words)

  
 John Muir College - Environmental Studies
The Environmental Studies Minor addresses the scientific, technical, social and cultural issues raised by the often conflicting needs of pre-industrial, industrial, and post-industrial societies.
It includes the cultural framing of environmental issues and appropriate social action, the analysis of economic incentives and constraints, and a comparison of policy approaches.
A quarterly list of the upcoming quarter's campus-wide course offerings related to environmental studies is available in the Muir Interdisciplinary Studies office (HSS 2113) and on this website by the sixth week of the current quarter.
provost.ucsd.edu /muir/instructional/environmental-studies   (305 words)

  
 Environmental Studies at Colgate
Environmental Studies concentrators learn to think, speak, and write clearly and articulately about environmental issues from a variety of perspectives.
The Environmental Studies Program is located within the Division of University Studies with teaching faculty coming from a number of departments and applying their knowledge and expertise to teaching and research endeavors that cross disciplinary boundaries.
The concentrations in Environmental Biology, Environmental Economics, Environmental Geography, and Environmental Geology all have a required core of ENST courses that ensures a common experience and an interdisciplinary flavor to the curriculum.
departments.colgate.edu /envir_stud   (243 words)

  
 University of North Carolina Department of Environmental Studies
The Environmental Studies program at UNCA combines the disciplines of biology, ecology, chemistry, public policy, physics, economics, psychology, sociology, and management in order to provide a challenging interdisciplinary perspective on the environmental issues facing our world today.
The Environmental Studies degree is enhanced with a required internship that provides real-world experience and potential employment opportunities from many public and private organizations located in the Asheville area, elsewhere in the U.S., and abroad.
raduates of the Environmental Studies Department are well prepared for graduate studies and employment in the public or private sectors related to the environment.
www.unca.edu /envr_studies   (481 words)

  
 Environmental Studies
The Environmental Studies major at Middlebury College was established in 1965, making it the first undergraduate ES major in the nation.
Environmental Studies and Awareness is one of the six peaks of excellence at Middlebury College, based on the College's long tradition of being on the forefront of environmental education in both the classroom and on campus.
The Environmental Council: A standing committee of the College, comprised of staff, faculty, and students, focused on campus environmental affairs with the mission of assisting the College to reduce its overall impact on the environment.
www.middlebury.edu /~es   (280 words)

  
 Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies is offered as a second major in conjunction with any departmental major in the School of Arts and sciences and the School of Engineering–normally excluding interdisciplinary programs.
The core requires students to master basic scientific principles of environmental processes, to examine interactions between technology and the environment, and to explore the societal context for implementing environmental policy.
Since the environmental studies curriculum is designed as a second major, students may double count courses (but no more than fifty percent of the courses counted in the primary major) to fulfill both their first and second majors.
www.tufts.edu /tie/EnvStudies   (862 words)

  
 UC Santa Cruz - Environmental Studies
In all our research areas, our faculty and students span a wide disciplinary range (including physical and biological sciences, geography, political economy, politics) and equally wide methodological orientations and goals (e.g., experimentation and modeling; participatory action research and education in communities; advising land managers at state and federal levels; policy analysis; social/political critique).
We collaborate among ourselves and with other researchers at UCSC and elsewhere to study compelling current environmental problems that appear across these boundaries in agriculture, the management of natural ecosystems and natural resources, global change, and ecological risk.
Daniel Press, professor and chair of environmental studies, has been named the inaugural holder of the Olga T. Griswold Chair in Environmental Studies.
envs.ucsc.edu   (400 words)

  
 Tompkins Cortland Community College- Environmental Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The Environmental Studies degree is a liberal arts program that provides you with a broad background in science, math, economics, and sociology.
A degree in Environmental Studies prepares you for careers in environmental law, resource management, teaching, conservation, park management, environmental risk assessment, hazardous materials management, and for work as environmental specialists, consultants, or policy analysts with government agencies and other organizations.
The Environmental Studies degree provides a foundation for transfer to a bachelor’s degree program through general education, science, and environmental studies courses.
www.sunytccc.edu /academic/environ/main.asp   (1490 words)

  
 Environmental Studies Program- Western State College of Colorado
The Environmental Studies Program focuses on the interactions of humans and the natural environment.
Specifically, the Program studies the structure and functioning of natural systems and the ways that human social, political, and economic activity affects those systems.
Analyzing and applying the diverse language practices and research methodologies of the social sciences and natural sciences in relation to environmental issues and public policy.
www.western.edu /environmentalstudies   (283 words)

  
 Environmental Studies | Victoria University of Wellington
Vic's major in Environmental Studies is a broad umbrella under which you can study almost anything to do with the environment, from a scientific, social, cultural or economic perspective.
Environmental Studies courses can be put towards a major in Environmental Studies for a Bachelor of Arts [BA], or a Bachelor of Science [BSc].
Environmental Studies courses are taught within the School of Earth Sciences, Cotton Building, blocks A and B. Prof Philip Morrison
www.vuw.ac.nz /home/subjects_degrees/subjects/envi.aspx   (414 words)

  
 University of Hawaii Environmental Center Homepage
The Environmental Center of the University of Hawaii at Manoa is dedicated to the advancement of environmental management through education, research and service.
The majority of environmental issues confronting Hawaii are long-standing and derive principally from the increasing pressures of human population concentrated on a limited island land mass.
The education function of the Center includes both formal, academic training in Environmental Studies at UH Manoa and the informal but significant training that students receive as research assistants on programs developed under extramural funding contracts.
www.hawaii.edu /envctr   (797 words)

  
 Environmental Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The curriculum in Environmental Studies begins with ENS 101 Introduction to Environmental Studies, the first course in a required core for the major.
In addition to the opportunities for on-campus environmental study, the marshes and woodlands along the St. Johns and other rivers lead eastward to the dunes of nearby Atlantic beaches and inland waterways.
Environmental Studies graduates have successfully entered careers in government and the private sector and have entered various graduate programs.
www.ju.edu /academics/undergrad_environmentalstudies.asp   (1057 words)

  
 WMU Environmental Studies Program
Environmental Studies at Western Michigan University is a young, dynamic and evolving interdisciplinary program, comprising faculty from a gamut of specialties in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities.
We presently offer a "coordinate" Major in Environmental Studies, a Minor in Environmental Studies, and a Minor in Environmental Studies with a Teaching Emphasis.
We have hosted public lectures by such environmental luminaries as William Cronon, Hughey Johnson, David Orr, and Julia "Butterfly" Hill.
www.wmich.edu /environmental-studies   (282 words)

  
 Environmental Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The Environmental Studies Program at Southern Illinois University allows students to concentrate core and elective courses from a variety of Colleges in a focused, integrated, interdisciplinary study of the environment.
The Environmental Studies Program involves the cooperation and contribution of faculty members from a broad range of disciplines and departments.
Undergraduate students may enroll in the Environmental Studies Program after entering a major program in any participating academic department at SIUC with the approval of their academic advisor and the Environmental Studies Coordinator.
www.environmentalstudies.siu.edu /index.html   (177 words)

  
 College of the Holy Cross | Environmental Studies
The Environmental Studies Program at Holy Cross is a multidisciplinary, student-designed major and concentration run by the Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies.
The aim of Environmental Studies is to allow students to assemble a series of courses that bridges three or more disciplines and that provides a comprehensive understanding of environmental issues.
Students are expected to study the causes, mechanisms and effects of environmental problems by investigating the relevant natural processes and the interplay between the environment and social, political and economic institutions.
www.holycross.edu /departments/CISS/website/environmental_studies   (84 words)

  
 Connecticut College - Environmental Studies
Begun in 1969, the Program in Environmental Studies at Connecticut College is one of the oldest programs of its kind in the nation.
The focus of the program is to provide students an opportunity to examine environmental issues using a multidisciplinary approach through the integration of classroom, laboratory, field and study-away experiences.
Our goal is to provide a broad background in environmental studies that will enable our students to pursue a wide range of career possibilities.
camel2.conncoll.edu /ccacad/envstudies/Environmental_Studies.html   (278 words)

  
 Cultural Environmental Studies
The field is interdisciplinary, drawing from environmental history, social science, ethnic studies, women's studies, cultural geography, and other forms of cultural criticism.
While much emphasis is placed on nature rhetorics and environmental discourses as representational systems, at its best the field weaves those interpretations into an understanding of material processes, political economy, and social institutions.
One key strand of cultural environmental studies that we especially wish to foster is what we call environmental justice cultural criticism, work that attempts to show how environmental problems cannot be solved apart from questions of economic and social justice, especially at the intersections of racism and environmental degradation.
www.wsu.edu /~amerstu/ce/ce.html   (582 words)

  
 Environmental Studies Association of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) is a Learned Society formed in 1993 to further research and teaching activities in areas related to environmental studies in Canada.
ESAC is a non-profit, federally incorporated, bilingual organization open to members from across Canada and elsewhere.
ESAC members are primarily (though not exclusively) interested in social science and humanities approaches to environmental issues and problems.
www.thegreenpages.ca /esac   (177 words)

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