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Making a Difference in the World
环境
Preserve, conserve, restore. Make a difference in the world.
Global climate change affects nearly every aspect of life on our planet. We engage you with the critical environmental issues facing the planet today, and equip you with the knowledge and problem-solving skills that will enable you to deal with real-world environmental challenges in the natural sciences, 人文学科, and social sciences. We need people like you to make a difference to our environmental future.
Bachelor of Science
Our 环境al Science degrees provide you with the knowledge, experiences and problem-solving skills to solve global to local environmental issues facing the planet today. We need you to join us to engage in conservation ecology, 生物多样性, ecological restoration, 海洋生态, environmental monitoring, and environmental education. Our teacher certification degree qualifies you to teach middle-high school to our future generations.
环境al Science w/Field Biology concentration
环境al Science w/Teaching Certification
文学学士
Our 环境al Studies degrees prepare you to use what you will learn in the natural sciences, 人文学科, and social sciences to understand human interactions with the environment. We need you to join us to confront environmental justice, 政策, 道德, 法律, 灵性, creative expression (writing, 电影, 艺术), and to engage communities in environmental education.
环境al Studies w/Humanities concentration
环境al Studies w/Social Sciences concentration
This degree may be eligible for completion in three years through our Degree in Three program. 了解更多 and find out if you're a fit.
未成年人
Minor in 环境al Studies
Our 环境al Studies minor is perfect for any student to gain foundational knowledge and skills in learning about and participating in environmental issues that will enhance your primary undergraduate major.
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See what our faculty and students are accomplishing
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Leigh Adrienne Ingram, Ignatian Scholar
在洛约拉, she served as a biological research assistant, assisting with research and managing the university's aquatic ecology lab; she has also worked as a special projects assistant for the Loyola Center for 环境al Communication, where she co-authored two professional presentations.
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Dr. Rob Verchick, "Connect the Dots"
环境 Program faculty member and Endowed Chair of 环境al 法律 creates podcast, 提供参与, accessible discussions with top experts, helping listeners “connect the dots.”
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Mariana Kendall, Summer 本科 Internship
Interns were involved in hands-on activities related to climate research that allowed them to see the direct impacts of climate variability and change on the West Texas Southern High Plains, the prairie and forest ecosystems and tribal cultures of Oklahoma, 还有河口, delta and coastline of Louisiana.