Roosevelt University's major in Environmental Policy aims at preparing students for employment or advanced study in the rapidly growing field of environmental policy. The program provides students with the rigorous interdisciplinary training needed for working with environmental issues. It also requires students to specialize in areas useful in the environmental workforce. Roosevelt University's program in Environmental Policy prepares students for careers in the public and private sectors.
Students learn the technical and regulatory aspects of environmental protection.
Emphasis is on both the theoretical and the practical aspects of environmental problems. Students have the opportunity to gain hands-on training through classroom instruction and internships. Roosevelt students have completed internships with the Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, Cook County Forest Preserve, City of Chicago Recycling Program, and Illinois Department of Natural Resources. In addition to the general education requirements for the Bachelor of of Arts degree, the major requires 13 courses with seven of those courses in core areas such as political science, economics, chemistry, biology, and research methods. The remainder of the courses are taken in four specialty areas chosen by the student.