| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.84 |
| Liaison | Troy Goodnough |
| Submission Date | June 2, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Minnesota, Morris
AC-3: Undergraduate Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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3.00 / 3.00 |
Troy
Goodnough Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution offer at least one sustainability-focused major, degree program, or the equivalent for undergraduate students?:
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“Environmental problems are interdisciplinary by nature. It’s not just science. We want our students to have an understanding of the social, political, and economic dimensions of environmental issues, as well as a good grounding in science.”
—Margaret Kuchenreuther, associate professor of biology
A University of Minnesota, Morris environmental studies major begins with a rigorous core curriculum in economics, policy, science, humanities, and statistics. A carefully chosen set of upper–level electives lets you delve deeply into a specific environmental area.
Coursework for your major is combined with an outstanding liberal arts curriculum, which provides a broad foundation of knowledge on which to build a career.
During your sophomore year, you will work closely with your faculty adviser to design an elective plan that’s tailored to your interests and career goals. “We work one–to–one with students to help them map out a specific path of study,” says Peter Wyckoff, associate professor of biology. “It’s very personalized.”
During your four years at Morris, you will also complete an educational internship. And in the spring of your senior year, you will collaborate with other environmental studies students on an interdisciplinary team project. In the senior capstone experience, you and your peers will delve into a broad local or regional environmental topic, working together to answer a complex question.
Environmental Studies at Morris features
A seven–course core curriculum;
One–to–one mentorship to design a personalized elective plan;
An internship or field experience;
A senior capstone project;
A wide range of electives in anthropology, biology, chemistry, economics, geology, the humanities, political science, and sociology. Check out some of our cool new courses, such as Environmental Political Theory, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Global Change Ecology, Environmental and Geographic History of the United States, and The Environmental Imagination.
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