Environmental Studies Concentration
In this broad concentration, you’ll explore the topics of climate change, energy policy, and environmental law. Further specialize your learning by digging deep into topics you're passionate about.
Focus on a take-action approach to environmental solutions.
Concentrating in Environmental Studies will build your understanding of environmental systems, including primary research literature, research design and formal scientific report writing. With your choice of three courses of interest, you can tailor your studies to suit your career goals. From ecotourism and forest management to writing and assessing environmental policy, this concentration covers a wide range of relevant topics.
Courses in the Environmental Studies Concentration
Choose three of the following:
- ASU 290: Campus & Community as a Living Lab
- ASU 390: Professional Skills in Sustainability Practice
- COM 401: Environmental Communication
- ENP 210: The Environmental Impacts of Consumerism
- ENP 280: Introduction to GIS & Spatial Analysis
- ENP 320: Sustainable Forest Management
- ENP 350: Ecotourism: Who Owns Paradise?
- ENP 400: Environmental Policy Assessment & Development
- SWK 235: Human Behavior: Person-in-Environment
- WRT 280: Reading & Writing/Wilderness
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More Inside Environmental Studies Concentration
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Overview
In this broad concentration, you’ll explore the topics of climate change, energy policy, and environmental law. Further specialize your learning by digging deep into topics you're passionate about.
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Curriculum
Your career in applied sustainability begins now with Champlain’s Upside-Down Curriculum. Discover the difference that doing on day one has on your success.
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Faculty
Our Applied Sustainability faculty go above and beyond to inspire your curiosity, learning, and growth. Small class sizes foster personal connections and mastery.