If you
are interested in the environment, Southampton Graduate Campus provides
the perfect setting for your studies. The surrounding salt
and fresh water wetlands, pine barrens, estuaries and shallow
marine habitats provide a natural laboratory in which to
learn and truly explore nature.
The
B.A. in Environmental Studies is a multidisciplinary
program designed to prepare you for careers in natural resource
management, environmental policy, and sustainable development.
The program's core introduces you to environmental issues,
renewable technologies, government policies, and grassroots
initiatives. Classes cover a diverse range of social sciences;
environmental sociology and politics; geography and planning;
and environmental economics, history and psychology. You'll
critically examine these themes from various perspectives
and learn to define and develop your own environmental proposals.
Faculty advisors can help you to choose your area of specialization.
Our
B.S. in Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary
area of study incorporating biology, chemistry, and environmental
law. You'll learn in our state-of-the-art laboratories,
on frequent field trips and through hands-on cooperative
education placements in government agencies, environmental
conservation organizations, research facilities, consulting
and engineering firms and laboratories.
A Biology
or Chemistry concentration is available. The Biology
concentration offers a core curriculum of Chemistry, Environmental,
Technology and Legal courses in addition to specifically
focused courses in Cell or Plant Biology, Field Biology,
Microbiology, Genetics, Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry.
The
Chemistry concentration offers a core curriculum of Chemistry,
Environmental Technology and Legal courses in addition to
specifically focused courses in Quantitative Chemistry Analysis,
Organic Chemistry, Chemical Oceanography, Biochemistry and
Instrumental Analysis.
Special Programs
SEAmester:
A Complete Semester of College in Nine Weeks at Sea -
For nine weeks you'll live and study aboard the 131-foot
Schooner Harvey Garmage as it sails the eastern coast of
the United States and the Caribbean. During the 3,000-mile
voyage, you'll not only study the ocean environment, you'll
live it.
Students
are expected to help sail and navigate, as well as complete
a full semester's work. Courses offered include Navigation
and Seamanship, Biological Survey of the Atlantic and Caribbean
Coasts, Zooplankton, Coastal Processes, Maritime History
and Literature of the Sea.
You'll
live, work and form lasting friendships with students from
Southampton, as well as other colleges and universities.
Environmental
Studies: Spring in Australia Program -
Study the environment of Australia for a full semester through
field trips and site visits, hands-on experience, independent
research and extended travel. Byron Beach, a small South
Pacific beach town rich in ecological diversity, is program
headquarters. You'll visit local rain forests, wildlife
preserves and national parks and have the unique opportunity
to work in a bio-intensive subtropical garden.
Australearn:
Tropical Marine Ecology-
Travel to the tropical coastal regions of Australia to study
island ecosystems and the relationships of marine organisms
to their environment. This month-long summer course is offered
jointly by Southampton Graduate Campus and Central Queensland University
and is taught by Australian faculty.
Tropical
Marine Biology -
Marine Science majors travel with their professors to Australia's
Great Barrier Reef and other exotic locations in the South
Pacific to SCUBA dive, snorkel, carry out research and attend
lectures. During this month-long learning adventure classes
are held in thatched-roof huts.
