Help forge a global movement to protect our planet. Volunteers lead grassroots
efforts in their communities to protect the environment and strengthen understanding
of environmental issues. They teach environmental awareness in elementary and secondary
schools and to youth groups and community organizations, empowering communities
to make their own decisions about how to protect and conserve the local environment.
Volunteers also address environmental degradation by promoting sustainable use of
natural resources.
If you choose Environment, you should choose one of the following majors:
- Major in Environmental Studies;
- Major or Minor in Biology;
- OR take three of these courses:
- ANTH 330 Human Impact on Ancient Environments
- ANTH 335 Geographic Information Systems
- BIOL 100 Concepts: Marine Miology
- BIOL 101 Concepts: Plants and People
- BIOL 102 Natural History
- BIOL 104 Environmental Biology
- BIOL 108 Tropical Field Biology
- BIOL 110 Evolution for Everyone
- BIOL 112 Nat Hist of the New World
- BIOL 165 Comp Animal Behav Tropics
- BIOL 190 Botany
- BIOL 220 General Zoology
- BIOL 221 Biological Communication
- BIOL 222 Biometry
- BIOL 300 Compar Animal Behavior
- BIOL 310 Developmental Biology
- BIOL 320 Animal Physiology
- BIOL 330 Plant Systematics
- BIOL 335 Marine Biology
- BIOL 365 Ecology and Evolution
- BIOL 370 Plant Physiology
- BIOL 460 Evolution
- BIOL 480 Field Ecology
- BIOL 490 Biology: Advanced Topics (environmental-related)
- CHEM 101 Chemistry of the Environment
- ECON 340 Environmental Economics
- ENGF 275 Film and the Environment
- EVST 110 Intro to Environmental Studies
- EVST 275 American Lit & the Environment
- EVST 280 Environmental Analysis
- HIST 212 American Environmental History
- HIST 308 Ecology in American Indian History
- PHIL 270 Environmental Philosophy
- PHYS 170 Introductory Earth Science
- PHYS 171 Introductory Earth Science
- POLI 365 Top: Environmental Policy
- POLI 365 Top: Public Lands and Sustainability
- RELI 270 Ecotheology: Reli, Animals & Earth
- SOCI 300 The Urban Community
- SOCI 306 Exploring Nature Writing
- SOCI 340 Food, Culture, and Nature
- SOCI 375 Environmental Sociology
And build 50 hours of related off-campus field experience through an activity
such as:
- Roosevelt Policy Development Seminar (environmental-related)
- An official Hendrix internship (environmental-related)
- Undergraduate Research (off-campus only; environmental-related)
- Educating the public on environmental or conservation issues, or working
on environmental campaigns
- Conducting biological surveys of plants or animals
- Gardening, farming, nursery management, organic or low-input vegetable production,
or landscaping
- Providing technical assistance and training in natural resource management