In Environmental Studies 400, senior majors study current environmental topics, and interact with practitioners in the field from throughout the Northwest. Seniors also organize a major weeklong symposium featuring regional and national speakers. Comprehensive advising is a key component of this major. Each student develops a plan of study with an adviser who is a member of the environmental studies faculty. Students who want to pursue postgraduate study in environmental science are strongly advised to combine a major in environmental studies with a major in mathematical and natural sciences.
Students also have numerous opportunities to study environmental issues off campus.
An honors option, including a thesis, is also available. Students with at least junior standing, superior grades, and appropriate prerequisites may, with permission, register for independent study and take a course in environmental law at the law school. Faculty Charles R. Ault, Jr., professor of education. 1980 Cornell University. Kellar Autumn, assistant professor of biology.