Environmental+Opportunities

__**1. Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin**__ Between the Environmental Science Department, the Natural Resources Department and the Nature and Culture Department Northland College offers a variety of environmental majors. The Environmental Sciences Department offers majors including environmental chemistry and geosciences. The Natural Resources Department includes emphasis emphasis on ecological restoration, fisheries and wildlife ecology. Lastly, the Nature and Culture Department includes majors in outdoor education, humanity, and nature studies.
 * 10 of the Best College Environmental Programs in the U.S.**

**__ 2. State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry (SUNY-ESF) __** At this college in Syracuse, New York students can choose from a variety of majors including aquatic and fisheries science, construction management, forest ecosystem science, paper engineering, and bioprocess engineering.

**__ 3. Program in Environmental Studies, Middlebury College __** Students can choose from a variety of fields including conservation biology, environmental policy, philosophy and the environment. They are also welcome to work in the school's organic garden, participate in the Middlebury Mountain Club along with events organized by the Environmental Quality organization. Ever since 1965 when the environmental program was established as the country's first it was one of the forerunners of the green movement and still is today.

In the Department of Natural Resources majors include ecology, resource policy and management, and a Ph.D. in Natural Studies. Off-campus extension programs are also offered. These include programs in fish and wildlife biology and management and ecology and management of landscapes.
 * __4. Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University__ **

Students can choose from degrees in concentrations that include environmental studies and policy, earth and ocean sciences, and environmental law. Duke University also maintains a hands on Marine Labortory in Beaufort, NC where courses on biology, science and nature writing, and marine policy take place.
 * __ 5. Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University __**

** __6. College of the Atlantic__ ** Unlike other colleges the College of the Atlantic takes a different approach and does not list a variety of environmental degrees. At this college students share one major--human ecology--and then tailor the course load to his or her own specific interests. Social and environmental issues take center stage as all the students are expected to address them through their self-designed curriculum and senior project.

**__7. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University__** As of 2004 the School of Sustainability has focused on rapid urbanization - studying the growth of cities and the related effects on the surrounding ecosystem--asking questions about water distribution, construction materials, alternative energy, and air pollution. As of 2007 the school has allowed students to join the mission to "develop solutions to some of the most pressing environmental, economic, and social challenges of sustainability, especially as they relate to urban areas."

**__8. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies__** This school offers masters degrees in environmental management, forestry, forest science, and environmental management along with mid-career ones- and five-year masters programs, and joint degrees with programs that include architecture, law, international relations, and divinity. Doctoral students focus their efforts on research; current options include biodiversity conservation, hydrology, pollution management, tropical ecology, and water resource management.

**__9. Green Mountain College__** All students base their education around the Environmental Liberal Arts program, which includes classes on our understanding of nature, the ethics of environmental policies, and an intensive writing seminar. The campus's Farm & Food Project lets students participate in the growing process, from gardening organically to driving oxen, putting them in touch with what the farm manager calls, "the food revolution that is transforming farming."

10. Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems B.S., Montana State University__** Students are offered agroecology, sustainable crop production, and sustainable food systems--in three different departments at the university, and includes courses in both the College of Agriculture and the College of Education, Health, and Human Development. Students work at a 2.5-acre vegetable farm that's part of the school's agricultural research program and participate in internships on the area's small farms.
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