In all, students from 11 science classes will use the W.M. Keck Environmental Laboratory this academic year. In this lab, biology and geology students in the interdisciplinary capstone course will work side by side and teach each other using samples from the field. It's a discovery process. There isn't a set cookbook. Friese and Pair say that the University of Dayton is among a handful of universities in the country that offers bachelor of science degrees in environmental geology and environmental biology.
None has an integrated environmental geology and biology curriculum.
The programs have attracted approximately 50 majors since they were introduced in 1995 and the attention of national scientific associations.