Your internship is an off campus component of the Environmental Studies major. To get started visit the Internship pages maintained by the Academic Internship Program. You should plan your internship by working with the Academic Internship Program and the Environmental Studies Internship Coordinator to identify an appropriate internship and faculty member to sponsor that internship. Dr. Sid Olufs is the Internship Coordinator. If he is unavailable, contact the Environmental Studies Chair, Dr. William Teska.
The internship guidelines document contains information to successfully complete your Environmental Studies internship.
For your internship to count as credit toward your degree, you must have a learning agreement signed by your faculty sponsor and your internship supervisor before starting your internship experience.
For all majors, an internship and successful completion of ENVT 495 or equivalent internship course is required, either as part of the Capstone project or as a separate experience.
This interdisciplinary course focuses on the methodology of data collection, analysis and application for Environmental Studies. It integrates and utilizes the techniques and principles of environmental biology, chemistry, and geology as well as application to public issues. Students participate in an ongoing study of a nearby watershed which includes: collecting data at regular intervals, reviewing the appropriate literature, managing applied statistics, mapping data distribution, studying related toxicology, incorporating land use patterns, designing and implementing a project safety plan, and participating in hypothesis testing.
Five faculty teach in the course, representing the disciplines of Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Geoscience, and Political Science.