Environmental Studies

The Environmental Studies Program at Roanoke College engages you in:

• investigating pressing local, regional, national and global environmental problems
• gaining insight into your relationship with nature
• shaping your role in creating an equitably sustainable world 

The Major [B.S. degree]: 

MAJOR CHECKSHEET: Environmental Studies 

CORE:

• Intro to Environmental Science (with lab)
• Intro to Environment and Culture
• Intro to Environment and Society
• Geographic Information Systems
• Environmental Practicum

TRACKS:

• Environment, Society and Science: Environmental Social Sciences grounded with scientific literacy
• Conservation and the Earth's Critical Zone: Scientific exploration of environment, emphasizing Ecology and Earth Science

The Minor:

MINOR CHECKSHEET: Environmental Studies Minor

Three Introductory Environmental courses and three Environmental Studies upper-level courses

RESEARCH AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

• Urban agriculture
• Appalachian Trail Conservancy internships
• Environmental justice
• Food systems and farming: scientific, sociological and political science research
• Critical Zone Science; land use impacts at the Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory, Sumter National Forest, South Carolina
• GIS-applications to environmental problems
• Community ecology and invasive species in Roanoke Valley
• Societal impacts of mountaintop removal
• Native Americans, indigenous cultures, Asian religions and environmental thought

NEW COURSES

• Environmental Justice
• Conservation Science (with lab)
• Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
• Critical Zone Science (with lab)
• Sustainable Cities
• Sustainability and spirituality in the Pacific Northwest

The Environment Center

Learn more about the Environment Center here.

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