Mission Statement:
We educate to engage actively and critically the complex relationships between people and the environment, drawing upon integrated and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Learning Objectives:
Students graduating from Environmental Studies will be able to contribute to the wider community by:
- Using an array of theoretical and practical tools to examine the complex relationships between people and the environment.
- Gathering, assessing, and acting on data about local, regional, and global environmental issues.
- Critically and imaginatively interpreting the values, assumptions, and language that structure human communities and their relationships with the earth’s ecosystems.
- Integrating the methods and content of various academic perspectives to develop approaches to complex environmental challenges.
(approved by the Environmental Studies Faculty, 11 September 2008; updated May 2010)