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Nicholas L. Clesceri, Environmental Engineering
Carl N. McDaniel, Environmental Science
John A. Schumacher, Science and Technology Studies
The Programs in Environmental Studies
From local controversies over waste treatment to international
negotiations on global warming, the environment has become one of
the most important issues of our time and into the future. To
face the challenges of environmental problems, students will need more
than the specialized knowledge of a single discipline. Building
on the unusual strength and breadth of Rensselaer's synthesis of
engineering, science, and the humanities and social sciences, the
Environmental Studies Program offers students a unique educational
opportunity to devlop a truly multidisciplinary approach to
environmental studies.
The Environmental Studies Program includes five environmental majors as well
as its own baccalaureate program:
Students can enter Rensselaer by taking any one of the five majors or by
taking the environmental studies baccalaureate program, which is especially
helpful for students who have not yet made up their minds about a major or
who wish to learn more about other environmental disciplines before they
concentrate in their major discipline.
In the environmental studies baccalaureate program students take a broad
range of basic courses in their first two years and then choose one of the
five majors. To complement their majors, students may also earn a wide
variety of environmental minors and other concentrations. All the majors in the program offer their own
environmental minors, and the Schools of Architecture and Management offer environmental
courses as well. Students who graduate from the Environmental
Studies Program will not be narrow specialists; they will receive the kind of
multidisciplinary education that is required to address environmental problems
Departments offering Environmental Minors, Concentrations and/or Courses
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