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Director: Sheldon Kamieniecki, Ph.D.*

Associate Director: Donal Manahan, Ph.D.*

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

The Environmental Studies Program offers students a range of options for studies related to the environment. Available degree programs in Environmental Studies include a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science, and a social sciences minor and a natural sciences minor. A Master of Arts degree in environmental studies is also awarded. The Bachelor of Arts program emphasizes studies in the societal aspects of environmental issues, along with a core set of courses in the basic sciences. This option emphasizes studies in the general social sciences, and includes areas of emphasis in business, geography, and public policy and management. The Bachelor of Science program contains areas of emphasis in biology, chemistry or geology, together with a core set of courses in the social sciences. Students can also pursue a general social sciences track. The two minor degree programs provide students with primary interests in other majors an opportunity to incorporate an environmental theme into their undergraduate studies. All programs are highly interdisciplinary with faculty and courses drawn from many departments in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the Marshall School of Business, the School of Public Administration and the School of Engineering. A special effort is made to provide students with experience in dealing with actual environmental problems and policies through senior seminars, directed research projects with faculty and internships with government agencies and private corporations.

The Master of Arts degree program in environmental studies is also interdisciplinary and focuses on public policy and its related facets. Those who graduate with an M.A. in environmental studies are well prepared to pursue careers in policy, planning or management in the public, private or nonprofit sector in either this country or abroad. In addition, the curriculum provides students with a foundation for acquiring a Ph.D. in environmental studies or a related field, or a law degree. Individuals who are already employed in the pollution control and remediation field will find the M.A. degree attractive as well. Upon completion of the graduate program, students will possess extensive knowledge of environmental science, environmental statistics and economics, law and regulation, policy and planning, development and economic growth, and global issues and problems.

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