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Applied Sustainability (Minor)
- Ursinus College (PA)
Interdisciplinary minor comprised of integrative learning experiences across areas of study designed to introduce students to the sustainability field. The minor program provides students with curricular opportunities for developing knowledge …
- Posted Oct. 9, 2025
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Biodiversity & Wildlife Conservation (Minor)
- Ursinus College (PA)
Biodiversity & Wildlife Conservation (BDWC) is an interdisciplinary minor designed for students interested in protecting and enhancing natural systems and the diverse flora and fauna these systems support. The minor …
- Posted Oct. 9, 2025
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The Climate Change (Minor)
- Ursinus College (PA)
An interdisciplinary minor designed for students interested in learning more of the science involving the global climate system, the natural and anthropogenic changes that have, are, and are likely to …
- Posted Oct. 9, 2025
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The Earth & Environmental Science (Minor)
- Ursinus College (PA)
An interdisciplinary minor focuses on developing knowledge and skills important for understanding Earth, including the natural and anthropogenic processes that occur at or near Earth’s surface. It allows students to …
- Posted Oct. 9, 2025
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Environmental Justice (Minor)
- Ursinus College (PA)
Interdisciplinary minor that focuses on the differential exposures to environmental burdens and differential access to environmental benefits experienced by diverse human and non-human groups. The minor allows students to explore …
- Posted Oct. 9, 2025
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The Food Studies (Minor)
- Ursinus College (PA)
This program provides both classroom and hands-on learning opportunities, allowing students to explore how food systems impact health, community wellness, and well-being. Students can choose to study food systems from …
- Posted Oct. 9, 2025
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Marine Science (Minor)
- Ursinus College (PA)
A minor designed for students interested in oceanography and related fields. Incorporating aspects of biology, environmental/geological science, and environmental studies, this minor program provides students with the opportunity to develop …
- Posted Oct. 9, 2025
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Environmental Studies (Bachelors)
- Ursinus College (PA)
ENVS students are active on and off campus, with numerous opportunities to work on campus with members of the faculty, staff, and administration and with members of the local community …
- Posted Oct. 9, 2025
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Confronting anxiety and despair in environmental studies and sciences: an analysis and guide for students and faculty
- Ursinus College (PA)
- Yale University (CT)
- Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative (WY)
In the field of environmental studies and sciences (ESS), teachers and students face a daily barrage of dire news and information from all manner of sources and all corners of …
- Posted May 18, 2020
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College and University Environmental Programs as a Policy Problem (Part 2): Strategies for Improvement
- Bucknell University (PA)
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- Ursinus College (PA)
- Yale University (CT)
- University of Alberta (AB)
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
Environmental studies and environmental sciences programs in American and Canadian colleges and universities seek to ameliorate environmental problems through empirical enquiry and analytic judgment. In a companion article (Part 1) …
- Posted Aug. 19, 2016
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College and University Environmental Programs as a Policy Problem (Part 1): Integrating Knowledge, Education, and Action for a Better World?
- Bucknell University (PA)
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- Ursinus College (PA)
- Yale University (CT)
- University of Alberta (AB)
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
The environmental sciences/studies movement, with more than 1000 programs at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, is unified by a common interest - ameliorating environmental problems through …
- Posted Aug. 19, 2016
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Campus Agriculture Networking Meeting: Identifying the Future of Campus Grown Food
- University of Michigan (MI)
- Ursinus College (PA)
Campus agriculture initiatives are rapidly becoming a ubiquitous part of campus life around the country. In the last fifteen years agricultural education, in the form of campus gardens and farms, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Campus Farm Movement: A Survey of Campus Agriculture in N. American
- Ursinus College (PA)
David Orr wrote in 1991, "It might have been different had agriculture evolved instead within the liberal arts colleges.” Orr was lamenting the specialization of agricultural education within land grant …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Can UCompost?: Research and development of a residential composting program for college campuses
- Ursinus College (PA)
Food waste can be a significant component of the waste stream at colleges and universities and could entirely avoid disposal in landfills with proper composting systems in place. Several colleges/universities …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Move Out: Creation of a campus-wide infrastructure designed to curb waste through reuse and responsible processing
- Ursinus College (PA)
Effective waste reduction and management are primary challenges towards achieving sustainability. Colleges and universities across the country grapple with such issues at the end of each academic year, as large …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Service-Learning in the Classroom
- Ursinus College (PA)
One pedagogical method of integrating sustainability into the classroom is through service-learning. A service-learning partnership was created between an upper-level environmental studies climate change class at Ursinus College (UC) and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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