环境研究

Why environmental studies?

Environmental studies equips students with practical skills that help them to make positive, enduring changes for a more sustainable, 有弹性的世界.

  • One of the fastest growing majors at Augustana, environmental studies is relevant and impactful for nearly every career path.
  • At Augustana, environmental studies students personify the core value of community. Students have previously had the opportunity to help clean up the water in the Big Sioux River, experience urban beekeeping, learn sustainable agriculture and practice prairie restoration.
  • Every environmental studies major will complete a capstone project of lasting benefit to Sioux Falls and its surrounding communities.

 

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Beyond the Books: 环境研究 and Anthropology Major Recognizes Importance of Volunteering With Outdoor 校园 实习

萨米·克劳斯，25岁, is an environmental studies and anthropology double major from Rapid City, 南达科塔州. This summer, Kross is interning at The Outdoor 校园 with 南达科塔州 Game, Fish & Parks (GFP) in 苏福尔斯, where she wears many hats. She handles a variety of duties, including managing volunteers, 拍摄活动, designing social media content and assisting with outdoor classes. 

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Recent Augustana Alumna Selected as 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student to Conduct Research in Norway

Julia Radtke ‘24, who graduated from Augustana University in May, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award from the U.S. Department of State and Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to conduct research in Norway for the 2024-25 academic year.

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职业生涯

Graduates secure careers as environmental engineers, 政策分析人士, hazardous substance specialists, sustainability and conservation officers and nature writers.

实践学习  

Environmental studies takes students out of the classroom and into the community.

实习 机会 包括:

  • Agriculture and wildlife man年龄ment
  • Clean water and ocean studies
  • 环境工程
  • 建筑与设计
  • Nonprofit environmental advocacy and international development
  • Public works and government sustainability, planning and education

Environmental studies students 研究了 in:

  • Central America or the Galapagos Islands — focusing on field ecology
  • Alaska — focusing on nature writing with AU faculty
  • Iceland — focusing on environmental photography with AU faculty
  • Spain and Morocco — focusing on 宗教, culture and environment with AU faculty

课程 & 组织

Students study society, history, and culture, as well as law, ethics, justice and policy. They also learn about ecology and the mapping of data.
 
As an environmental studies major, students 参与 in elective courses offered all over campus and the country. Some of the most popular courses 包括:

  • Nature Writing in backcountry Alaska 
  • Environmental Policy in Washington, D.C.
  • 环境摄影
  • 宗教与环境

Students choose any department of study, with the most popular choices being philosophy, 化学, 宗教 and interdisciplinary tracks.

Environmental studies students often 参与 in:

  • 奥吉绿色
  • 校园的花园
  • 生物学俱乐部
  • 可持续发展委员会
  • 自行车俱乐部
  • 政府俱乐部
  • 可持续发展俱乐部