ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Vincent T. Breslin
COORDINATOR

The Department of Science Education and Environmental Studies offers undergraduate minors in environmental studies and marine studies. The interdisciplinary environmental studies program includes areas related, but not limited to, land use planning, pollution prevention and controls, societal, political and economic pressures in the environment. The department has close associations with a number of environmental programs and centers throughout Connecticut. Students are encouraged to become involved in research projects, internships and independent studies in their areas of interest.
This department also coordinates secondary science certification courses and certification advisement.

MINOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Many students have expressed a desire to relate their major program of study to their concern for the environment. In response to this interest, the University offers an interdisciplinary minor in environmental studies, which students may pursue in consultation with the Environmental Studies Coordinator and their major adviser. Students also may elect a freestanding minor in environmental studies in conjunction with any major, or they may concentrate in environmental studies as part of a major in biology, chemistry, earth science, or geography.

The minor consists of 18 credits of course work including these four core courses:
ENV 300 — Environmental Studies I
ENV 301 — Environmental Studies II
ENV 400 — Social Sciences Perspectives on Environment
ENV 491 — Seminar in Environmental and Marine Studies