Essays: Programs that Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability

These essays were contributed by participants at the 2012 workshop on Programs that Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability and describe the philosophy and goals underpinning the design of their institution's program.

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The Environmental Studies and Sciences Department at Ithaca College
Chris Sinton, Ithaca College
Chris Sinton, Environmental Studies and Science, Ithaca College The Department of Environmental Studies and Science (ENVS) at Ithaca College was created as a stand-alone program in September 2009 with the goal of ...

Global Change Minor and Liberal Education at the University of Michigan
Ben van der Pluijm, Henry Ford Community College
Ben van der Pluijm, Earth & Environmental Sciences/Program in the Environment, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and T. Gregory Barrett, University of Arkansas at Little RockA great deal of attention has been ...

Climate Science for Sustainability in the Future Greenhouse/Hothouse
David Feary, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
David Feary, School of Sustainability and School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus My upcoming course—Climate Science for Sustainability—is a 200-level course offered ...

Geology and Geography Program at Georgia Southern
Wei Tu, Georgia Southern University
Wei Tu, Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University 1. The overarching goal of your program (why it exists) The Geology and Geography programs support the Core Curriculum by providing students a deep ...

Geoscience Program Information at Alabama A&M University
Xiongwen Chen, Alabama A & M University
Xiongwen Chen, Biological and Environmental Science, Alabama A & M University Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) University is a historical black college and university. Alabama A&M University ...

Innovation and Integration in Student Centered Environmental Science
Erin Lane, University of British Columbia
Erin Lane, Earth and Ocean Science, The University of British Columbia There is increasing awareness and concern regarding pressing environment issues such as climate change, waste management, food security, and ...

Environmental Science B.S. degree program at UNM
David Gutzler, University of New Mexico-Main Campus
David Gutzler, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico-Main CampusThe B.S. degree in Environmental Science (ENVS) at the University of New Mexico was conceived in the late 1990s by the Department of ...

Global Security = Human Sustainability
Dorothea Ivanova, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
Melanie Wetzel, Dorothea Ivanova, and Phil Jones; Department of Meteorology and Department of Global Studies and Intelligence, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Academic programs at the Prescott, Arizona campus ...

The Proposed Undergraduate Major Program in the Division of Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Malinda Kent-Corson, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Malinda Kent-Corson, Division of Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University The Division of Earth Sciences (DES) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU, Singapore) is the academic arm of the Earth ...

Environmental Sustainability at the University of Illinois
Jonathan Tomkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jonathan Tomkin, School of Earth, Society and Environment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Earth, Society and Environmental Sustainability (ESE) program came into existence in response to student ...