{"id":1383,"date":"2013-07-24T07:03:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T11:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2013-2014\/sshs\/envstudies\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T09:53:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:53:06","slug":"envstudies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2021-2022\/sshs\/envstudies\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Studies (B.A.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right;text-align: center\"><a class=\"redButton button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/mygraduationplan\/\">Four Year Plan<\/a><\/div>\n<h4>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/\"> School of Social Science and Human Services<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"facultyTable\"><div class=\"row colSet\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \"><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"convenerListing\">Convener:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/ashwani-vasishth\/\">Ashwani Vasishth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<h4 class=\"facultyListing\">Faculty:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/michael-edelstein\/\">Michael Edelstein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/sanghamitra-padhy\/\">Sanghamitra Padhy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<h4 class=\"facultyListingColTwo\">Faculty:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/ashwani-vasishth\/\">Ashwani Vasishth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Current as of June 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>About the Major <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ramapo\u2019s Environmental Studies Program was founded in 1974, just after the National Environmental Policy Act was signed. A pioneer program in the field, we are located at the gateway to the New Jersey Highlands, with incredible parks and trails at our doorstep yet a short hop from New York City. Over more than 45 years, we have prepared more than 2,500 graduates to be leaders for a sustainable future.\u00a0 They are pathfinders who can address climate change and all of the emergent, interconnected crises of people and the environment. As cross-disciplinary thinkers who are able to draw upon the wisdom of many fields, our graduates uniquely understand the transformation needed to achieve a sustainable world. They work across all sectors of society in myriad ways, flexibly able to follow the opportunities that rapidly emerge in a world so in need of their skills and wisdom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the distinctive pillars of Ramapo\u2019s education mission, we promote an integrative interdisciplinary mode of learning, simultaneously local and global in focus, experiential in form, protecting and promoting social and ecological diversity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Given our distinctive Social Ecological approach, our program was a forerunner in recognizing sustainability as our central focus of study given the inseparability of environment and society (including the economy). \u00a0Transcending siloed and narrow disciplinary thinking, we emphasize the interplay of ecology, society and policy throughout a truly integrative and diverse curriculum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students take a common core program. After our gateway course World Sustainability, they study physical geography, environmental policy, the history of humans\u2019 impact on the earth, field ecology, energy, water and the climate crisis. This is all foundational knowledge to prepare Environmental Studies students for their advanced coursework.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students then individualize their advanced study by selecting their own path through a wide array of upper-level electives. They sample courses from four categories: Nature, Social Dynamics, Environmental Ethics and Basic Skills (either Geographic Information Systems, Environmental Writing or Environmental Law) and complete the Environmental Internship courseor another field placement. These courses are designed to help the student determine their direction within this broad and expansive field. Students are free to take additional electives that build their capacity around a specialized interest. Some of these areas of interest are sustainable communities, environmental education, environmental policy and law, environmental impact assessment ecological restoration and cleanup, natural resource and wildlife conservation and park management, outdoor recreation, recycling and waste management, food and farming, water management, renewable energy including solar and wind, energy conservation, ecological landscape management, ecological economics, sustainable entrepreneurship, climate mitigation and adaptation and much more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Capstone courses are taken in the senior year. These include a\u00a0 topical seminar designed to hone academic research skills, writing and presentation. A second experiential capstone experience combines two courses on Environmental Assessment. This unique sequence has students forming their own consulting firm and responding to a request for proposal from a real-world client to complete an environmental impact assessment or comparable study of a real contemporary regional issue of significance.\u00a0 Students learn to organize, manage and collaborate, to conduct quality field research, to deliver professional presentations technical writing and professional quality work to their clients.\u00a0 This program generates learning that will translate directly to graduates\u2019 future experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the unique features of our program is our constant use of experiential real-world learning across the curriculum. Students have the opportunity to work at the world-class Meadowlands Environmental Education Center, a tidal wetlands facility, or at the upland forest Weiss Ecology Center&#8212;both managed by Ramapo College. They can learn vertical farming at our partner Greens Do Good urban farm or soil-based farming at our own Sustainable Agriculture garden or the partner MEVO farm just down the road. We encourage our students to participate in study abroad programs, offering our own life-changing programs in South India and the Peruvian Amazon. Many of our students complee short-term work in a Macaw Sanctuary in Costa Rica and pursue minors in such fields as public policy, public health, plant science, food systems and sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many of our classes are held in Ramapo\u2019s Sharp Sustainability Center, a model green building.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our faculty and students actively participate in the continuing work on global sustainability focused around the United Nations. Our proximity to the UN and New York allows us to serve as a global crossroads of the best critical thinking in our areas of interest. Global leaders often teach courses in our program. Given the importance of local sustainable communities of place, we use as our local laboratory the beautiful Ramapo Mountain\/Highlands region of New Jersey and New York, its diverse communities and its ecological and historical wealth.\u00a0 We partner with the best local and regional organizations, including our neighbors, the Ramapough-Lenape Tribe, to promote the restoration and preservation of the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Faculty bring a blend of academic accomplishment and real-world professional experience to our program. They engage in research locally but also work across the globe. Our faculty are active environmental stewards, working for sustainable innovation.\u00a0They work on campus sustainability, run statewide sustainability initiatives and environmental non-profits. As a group, through our Environmental Institute and Center for Sustainability, we offer frequent seminars, workshops, lectures, MOOCS and conferences, bringing diverse models of sustainable practice and innovative thinkers from around the world to enrich our learning environment.\u00a0 The result is a dynamic educational context, matching local and global. Few have been doing this longer than we have, and few do it as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our success is reflected in a student body active on campus and in the community, already engaged as change agents and innovators. A growing number of student clubs address issues of sustainability, environmental activism, beekeeping and animal rights and diet. Many of our students are part of Ramapo\u2019s Sustainable housing project. A fledgling Sunrise Movement chapter is underway. Students share a Facebook page where internship, job and event opportunities are shared. Ramapo Green is a web portal maintained for all college activities and programs related to the environment and sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our graduates are prepared to move fluidly into the work world, often forging their own opportunities. Many of our students elect to do advanced study at the Master\u2019s level and some at the doctoral level.\u00a0 Doctoral theses by our graduates include such topics as the impact of wind energy on native peoples, the potential for environmental education to counter nature deficit and the shift to renewable energy. Our graduates have pioneered in such fields as hospital sustainability, solar design, environmental impact assessment, environmental and sustainability education, sustainable building, sustainability education, ecological landscaping, environmental law, local food, climate and energy policy, environmental engineering, sustainable land use planning and design, and local business development. Graduates lead a statewide energy agency, serve as head of recycling at a global beverage corporation, work in government at the federal and state level, teach outdoor education, own green businesses, conduct research and scores of other roles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Outcomes for the Major <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p><strong>Goal 1<\/strong>: Students will be able to recognize and address both global and local issues of sustainability, based on an interdisciplinary understanding of environmental affairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 1<\/strong>:\u00a0 Student work will reflect a clear grasp of the connected nature of global and local issues in community sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 2<\/strong>: Students will demonstrate an integrative interdisciplinary perspective capable of synthesizing across the natural sciences, social sciences and economic perspectives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 1<\/strong>: Student work will clearly reflect an understanding of sustainability as a transdisciplinary concept that integrates the environment, ethics, and economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 3<\/strong>: Students will demonstrate the ability to integrate and synthesize interdisciplinary research while at the same time showing competence in written and spoken presentation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 1<\/strong>: Students will comlete a Capstone experience on Environmental Assessment that incorporates a field research project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 2<\/strong>: As a writing intensive course, students will incorporate a series of iterated writing assignments and multiple opportunities for formal oral presentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 4:<\/strong> Students will develop collaborative skills, through community building, cooperative teamwork, and interaction with stakeholder processes that can lead to strategic involvement in real-world sustainability decision making.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 1<\/strong>: Students will experience a Capstone experience in environmental assessment where they conduct cooperative field research and prepare a collaborative project outcome, while engaging in reflective reading, writing and analysis based on collaborative team work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 2<\/strong>: Students will develop collaborative decision-making skills in strategic involvement in real world issues and interact extensively with stakeholder processes grounded in real world policy setting and decision making.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Requirements of the Major <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<ol>\n<li>Transfer students who have 48 or more credits accepted at the time of transfer are waived from the courses marked with a <strong><strong>(W)<\/strong> <\/strong> below. Waivers do not apply to Major Requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Double counting between General Education, School Core, and Major may be possible. Check with your advisor to see if any apply.<\/li>\n<li>Writing Intensive Requirement (five courses): \u00a0two writing intensive courses in the general education curriculum are required: Critical Reading and Writing II and Studies in The Arts &amp; Humanities the other three courses are taken in the major.<\/li>\n<li>Not all courses are offered each semester. \u00a0Please check the current Schedule of Classes for semester course offerings.<\/li>\n<li>The Career Pathways Program requirements must be completed prior to graduation.\u00a0 Visit the Cahill Career Center.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><strong>ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAJOR<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"courseTable\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"majorTableHeading\">Subject &amp; Course # &#8211; Title &amp; Course Description<\/li>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\">GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS<\/li>\n<li><strong>REQUIRED &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><a id=\"69d9be271aaab\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/CRWT102\" target=\"_blank\">CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT ONE &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><a id=\"69d9be271ad08\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/INTD101\" target=\"_blank\">INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR<\/a> <strong>OR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271af66\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/HNRS101\" target=\"_blank\">HNRS 101 - HONORS FIRST YEAR SEMINAR<\/a> *<\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT ONE &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><a id=\"69d9be271b1b6\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/AIID201\" target=\"_blank\">AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES<\/a>\u00a0<strong>OR<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(W)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271b413\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/HNRS201\" target=\"_blank\">HNRS 201 - HONORS STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES<\/a> *<\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT ONE &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><a id=\"69d9be271b610\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/SOSC110\" target=\"_blank\">SOSC 110 - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY<\/a><strong> OR <\/strong><strong>(W)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271b800\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/HNRS110\" target=\"_blank\">HNRS 110 - HONORS SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY<\/a> *<\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT ONE &#8211; <\/strong> <strong>(W)<\/strong> <a id=\"69d9be271b826\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">  - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES CATEGORY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT ONE &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(W)\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a id=\"69d9be271b843\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">  - GLOBAL AWARENESS CATEGORY<\/a> *\u00a0 (ENST 209 Recommended)<\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT ONE &#8211; <\/strong> <a id=\"69d9be271b85e\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">  - QUANTITATIVE REASONING CATEGORY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT ONE &#8211; <\/strong><a id=\"69d9be271b876\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">  - SCIENTIFIC REASONING CATEGORY<\/a>\u00a0 (ENSC 103 Recommended)<\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT TWO &#8211; DISTRIBUTION CATEGORY (One course must be outside of school)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0<a id=\"69d9be271b893\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">  - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY CATEGORY<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0<a id=\"69d9be271b8ac\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">  - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY &amp;      SOCIETY CATEGORY<\/a> (ENST 210, ENST 240 or GEOG 210 Recommended)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0<a id=\"69d9be271b8d0\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">  - VALUES AND ETHICS CATEGORY<\/a> *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>* Students in the College Honors Program must take the HNRS course options.<\/li>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\">SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMAN SERVICES REQUIREMENTS<\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271bb10\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/SOSC110\" target=\"_blank\">SOSC 110 - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY<\/a>\u00a0<strong>OR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271bd59\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/HNRS110\" target=\"_blank\">HNRS 110 - HONORS SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271bf67\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/SOSC235\" target=\"_blank\">SOSC 235 - HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT<\/a> <strong>SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIETY AND CIVIC MINDEDNESS: SELECT ONE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Students must choose from one of the courses outside of their major.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271c11b\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/EDUC221\" target=\"_blank\">EDUC 221 - SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271c2f4\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST209\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271c498\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/LAWS131\" target=\"_blank\">LAWS 131 - LAW & SOCIETY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271c63d\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PSYC101\" target=\"_blank\">PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271c834\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/SOCI101\" target=\"_blank\">SOCI 101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\">ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAJOR REQUIREMENTS<\/li>\n<li><strong>The CORE COURSES: SEVEN TOTAL COURSES REQUIRED<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271ca18\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST209\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271cc04\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST215\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 215 - ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271cdab\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST234\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 234 - NATURAL HISTORY AND APPLIED FIELD ECOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271cfee\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST317\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 317 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND REGULATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271d261\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/GEOG101\" target=\"_blank\">GEOG 101 - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT TWO<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271d44d\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST223\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 223 - ENERGY AND SOCIETY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271d6a3\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST240\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 240 - CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIETY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271d8b0\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/GEOG210\" target=\"_blank\">GEOG 210 - WATER RESOURCES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>ELECTIVES: FOUR COURSES REQUIRED (SELECT ONE FROM EACH CATEGORY)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS: SELECT ONE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271db17\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/COMM307\" target=\"_blank\">COMM 307 - ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271dd24\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST314\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 314 - GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271df41\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST326\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 326 - ENVIRONMENTAL LAW<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>ETHICS: SELECT ONE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271e100\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST210\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 210 - ECOLOGICAL LITERACY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271e324\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST305\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 305 - ECOLOGY, ECONOMICS AND ETHICS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271e50b\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST335\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 335 - ECOLOGY, SOCIETY, AND THE SACRED<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271e71b\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST336\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 336 - GLOBAL ETHICS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SOCIAL DYNAMICS: SELECT ONE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271e8fa\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST338\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 338 - SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271ead5\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST390\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 390 - TOPICS:<\/a> (Ecology of Place)<\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271ecb9\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST390\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 390 - TOPICS:<\/a> (Environmental Activism)<\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271eea0\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PSYC343\" target=\"_blank\">PSYC 343 - ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271f0ad\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/SOCI206\" target=\"_blank\">SOCI 206 - ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>NATURE: SELECT ONE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271f2cc\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST313\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 313 - APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271f4d8\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST339\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 339 - SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271f6a9\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST350\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 350 - NATIONAL PARKS & OUTDOOR RECREATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271f8ab\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST390\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 390 - TOPICS:<\/a> Edible Plants, Wildlife, Citizen Science (Can be taken more than once. Advisor approval required)<\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271fadc\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/GEOG304\" target=\"_blank\">GEOG 304 - FOREST RESOURCES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>FIELD PLACEMENT REQUIREMENT: \u00a0SELECT ONE\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271fd16\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST331\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 331 - ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNSHIP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be271ff34\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST388\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 388 - CO-OP\/INTERNSHIP ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES<\/a> (4 credits needed)<\/li>\n<li>Approved Study Abroad<\/li>\n<li>Approved Independent Study<\/li>\n<li><strong>CAPSTONE REQUIRED COURSES:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be272015c\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST410\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 410 - ENVIRONMENTAL SEMINAR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be2720362\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST414\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 414 - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be272054a\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST418\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 418 - FIELD RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\"><strong>CAREER PATHWAYS REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\">Visit the\u00a0Cahill Career Center<\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be2720728\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PATHSS1\" target=\"_blank\">PATH SS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be272091b\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PATHSS2\" target=\"_blank\">PATH SS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be2720b01\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PATHSS3\" target=\"_blank\">PATH SS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note: A 2.0 GPA in the major is required for graduation. <\/div><\/div> <div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Requirements of the Minor <\/div><div class=\"c_content\"><\/p>\n<p>At least half of the courses fulfilling a minor must be distinct from the student\u2019s major. That is, three of the five courses required for a minor cannot be used towards fulfillment of major requirements. A school core does not need to be completed for a minor. Minors are open to students regardless of school affiliation.<\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><strong>ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MINOR<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"courseTable\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"majorTableHeading\">Subject &amp; Course # &#8211; Title &amp; Course Description<\/li>\n<li><strong>REQUIRED:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be2720d7b\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST209\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Select one additional 200- or 300-level ENST core course\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Select two 300- or 400-level ENST core courses; and 400-LEVEL CAPSTONE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be2720f64\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST410\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 410 - ENVIRONMENTAL SEMINAR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d9be2721193\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST414\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 414 - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT<\/a> (Note: ENST418 Field Project in Environmental Assessment is a co-requisite)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Related Information <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2021-2022\/general-education\/\">General Education Requirements<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/mygraduationplan\/\">Four Year Plan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2021-2022\/grad-requirements\/\">Graduation Requirements<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/ssec\/\">Sharp Sustainability Education Center Website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/\">School of Social Science and Human Services Website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/\">Faculty Profiles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/ramapo-green\/\">Ramapo Green\u00a0<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Year Plan Website: School of Social Science and Human Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":683,"featured_media":0,"parent":1381,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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