Environmental Studies
The Environmental Studies Program at Roanoke College engages you in:
- investigating pressing environmental problems from the local to the global level
- gaining insight into your relationship with nature
- shaping your role in creating an equitably sustainable world

THE MAJOR & MINOR
We're proud to offer both a major (B.S. degree) and a minor in environmental studies:
CORE CURRICULUM
- 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
Real-World Learning
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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
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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
The Environment Center
Roanoke College's Environment Center is an outdoor classroom and research laboratory. By connecting with it, our students expand their world. Learn more.





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All are invited to RC Sustain, a group of staff, faculty, and students seeking to make the campus more environmentally sustainable.
- Date:
- October 12, 2023
- Time:
- 12 - 1 p.m.
- Location:
Pickle Lounge (Colket Center)
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All are invited to RC Sustain, a group of staff, faculty, and students seeking to make the campus more environmentally sustainable.
- Date:
- November 9, 2023
- Time:
- 12 - 1 p.m.
- Location:
Lucas 125