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Environmental Studies Major
The major program in Environmental Studies seeks to introduce students to the ways in which human beings, both individually and in groups, interact with and modify the biosphere.
Students of environmental studies must become:
- adept at identifying the issues that comprise a complex problem
- skillful in gathering the information necessary to understand it
- creative in developing holistic solutions,and productive in interdisciplinary teams.
Environmental Studies Courses
To give students practice in environmental problem-solving, the EVST curriculum has a core of three courses, each designed around a particular environmental issue. These issues come from the community, and students work with real stakeholders in developing the analysis. Environmental professionals must have a depth of expertise in some aspect of environmental studies so that they can contribute this expertise to interdisciplinary teams. These areas of interest include subjects such as environmental policy, conservation biology, environmental economics, geology, ecology, environmental sociology, chemistry, and others.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Michael S. Fenster
Director, Environmental Studies Program
Professor of Geology
Randolph-Macon College
P.O. Box 5005
Ashland, Virginia 23005-5505
(804) 752-3745
mfenster@rmc.edu