{"id":85,"date":"2013-10-18T10:03:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T14:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2010-2011\/sshs\/envstudies\/"},"modified":"2015-07-14T09:00:09","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T13:00:09","slug":"envstudies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2010-2011\/sshs\/envstudies\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Studies (B.A.)"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Environmental Studies program at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ prepares students to help create a sustainable world through participation in government, business, and civil society.\u00a0 We have steadfastly maintained this vision for over thirty years.\u00a0 The new Sharp Sustainability Education Center, Ramapo’s signing of the Presidents Climate Commitment, and the emerging Master of Arts in Sustainability Studies program now under final statewide review demonstrate that our sustainability mission has become central to Âé¶¹´«Ã½.<\/p>\n
We prepare our students to be leaders in building an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable society, one that justly balances the needs of people today with those of future generations, while promoting environmental justice and enhancing ecological diversity.\u00a0 Our focus spans the spectrum from global to local, with en emphasis on critical thinking, effective communication, and hands-on participatory implementation.<\/p>\n
The Environmental Studies major builds upon foundational course work in environmental and basic science, placed in historical, social, and policy context, starting with the challenging World Sustainability course.\u00a0 Intermediate level courses stress principles of breadth and timely practice.\u00a0 The choice of courses provides students the opportunity to tailor their education according to their interests, reflecting the diverse pathways that our majors might follow to a career that spans the emerging Green Jobs movement.\u00a0 The Environmental Studies program invites active participation through field work, internships, and Study Abroad opportunities, such as the American West program, the Venice program, and our semester-long South India program.<\/p>\n
Two capstone courses prepare students to document and comprehensively access environmental impacts, to work in groups, to do advanced research, and to communicate clearly.\u00a0 The 400-level courses develop and assess skills in communication, critical thinking, interdisciplinary synthesis, and group cooperation.<\/p>\n
Many graduates go on to earn advanced degrees in a diverse array of fields that speak to the breadth of the Environmental Studies major.\u00a0 Similarly, while most graduates choose to work in environmental careers, the fields within which those careers are situated vary broadly.\u00a0 An increasing number of our graduates have become educators, a trend which may grow as we focus on Earth Science in Teacher Education.\u00a0 Many work in parks and open space preservation.\u00a0 Some work in small businesses concerned with solar construction or green practices.\u00a0 Some raise organic food and run farmers markets.\u00a0 Our graduates go to law school to become environmental attorneys.\u00a0 Some become energy conservation experts for utilities, heads of recycling programs or businesses, and project managers, environmental specialists and impact assessors for engineering firms working on pollution mitigation or infrastructures projects.\u00a0 Our graduates also work for regulatory agencies, non-profit corporations, planning departments, consulting firms, and corporations.\u00a0 Students are instilled with a sense of community responsibility and are provided with the skills for making lifelong contributions as citizens of the planet.<\/p>\n
The program offers the opportunity for close faculty-student relationships through advisement, independent study, small classes, and interactive student organizations.\u00a0 A unique cutting-edge, hands-on learning site, the Sharp Sustainability Education Center is a custom-designed and green-built facility designed to demonstrate the components of a sustainable community, and currently includes solar and geothermal energy sources.\u00a0 The faculty Institute for Environmental Studies, along with student groups such as the Environmental Alliance and 1STEP, provide many rich opportunities for collaboration on projects, conferences, the annual Earth Week\/Month celebration, and the emerging movement to enhance campus sustainability while reducing the carbon footprint and ecological impacts of our collective everyday life at Âé¶¹´«Ã½.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Note: A 2.0 GPA in the major is required for graduation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
General Education Requirements<\/a> Four Year Plan Website: School of School of Social Science and Human Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":83,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page_leftCol.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nGraduation Requirements<\/a>
\nSharp Sustainability Education Center Website<\/a>
\nSchool of Social Science and Human Services Website<\/a>
\nFaculty Profiles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"