Ramapo College Environmental Studies Web Site
Contents: Mission |Goals | Curriculum | Faculty
Environmental Institute |Links
August 21, 2000

Welcome to the Home Page
of the Sustainability Web Site.

Mission Statement

The Ramapo College Environmental Studies program has been in operation since 1976, graduating 500 students with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies. The Ramapo College web site provides official information regarding the Environmental Studies program.

The Sustainability Web Site supports the overall mission of Environmental Studies and Ramapo College by supplementing our academic program with Internet-based resources with these characteristics:

• We adopt an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the environment, joining natural science, social studies, and the humanities.
• We offer a global orientation that builds up from the community and the region, fulfilling the mandate to Think globally, act locally.
• As a public institution, Ramapo College has an obligation to participate in community affairs. The Sustainability Web Site provides resources that support the sustainability goal of the State of New Jersey.
• Our approach specifically addresses issue of environmental and social justice, recognizing that authentic sustainability, as opposed to more vigorous environmentalism, must recognize human needs.
• We provide experiential learning opportunities through internships, study abroad, and capstone seminars linked to this project.

Goals & Objectives

This project promotes the following goals:

1. The Sustainability Web Site provides ancillary support for the academic program, enhancing curricular design and collegial process for faculty, students, and community-based friends.
2. The web site orients students, faculty, community-based partners, colleagues, and administrators to the curriculum, the courses, the requirements, the faculty, and job opportunities.
3. We display resources to assist the region and its communities to support the sustainability goals of the State of New Jersey.
4. We partner with the New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability.
5. We offer a variety of web-based resources to enhance the appreciation, exploration, and practice of sustainability.

The Curriculum and Pathways

The Curriculum and Advisement Guide offers students a description and outline of the requirements of the Environmental Studies major at Ramapo College.

The academic program aims at assisting students to pursue Pathways towards careers in Environmental Studies and sustainable development.

The secretary in the office of Theoretical and Applied Science has all syllabi available for inspection. The ES Resources page references on-line syllabi.

The Faculty

The Environmental Studies faculty can be reached for advisement. Several expanded faculty biographies are now available, including an explanation of how their work intersects with sustainability.

The Institute for Environmental Studies

For fourteen years, the mission of the Environmental Studies program at Ramapo College has been supported by the Institute for Environmental Studies. The Institute also provides resources for state and regional organizations and efforts promoting sustainability. The Institute web site and the Environmental Studies Web Site complement each other.

The Environmental Institute oversees the activities of The Alternative Energy and Environmental Center, which is a laboratory of sustainable living practices enlivened by student initiative.

© Professors Trent Schroyer and Wayne Hayes
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