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About the Program

The Environmental Fellows Program is designed to compliment your academic pursuit of any major that DePauw University has to offer.

A FOUR-YEAR PLAN


The Environmental Fellows Program is a four-year honors program for students who are interested in addressing the complex, interdisciplinary environmental challenges facing humanity today.

First year tree representation with a single sprouting pedalDuring the first year, environmental fellows will participate in an environmentally focused first-year seminar.  Fellows will also attend luncheon discussions with faculty members, professionals, and upperclassman colleagues.  

 

Sophopore tree representation with a three sprouting pedals

Sophomores will begin the process of fulfilling the summer-long or full semester practicum component of the program. This experiential learning opportunity could take the form of research with faculty, internships, or off campus study.

 

Junior tree representation with multiple sprouting pedals

As juniors, environmental fellows are expected to continue developing and exercising collaborative leadership skills by serving on a student advisory board. This will involve assuming responsibility for planning environmentally themed co-curricular events and activities to take place during the year.

 

Senior tree representation with full branches with full size pedals

Finally, seniors will take part in a capstone seminar that will call on them to integrate all the aspects of their environmental education.  Upon graduation, seniors will have completed six environmentally focused courses- three in the social sciences, humanities, and arts and three in the natural sciences.

 

Additional Components

Each semester, environmental fellows attend special lectures, luncheons, and seminars sponsored by the Environmental Fellows Program and other organizations on campus. 

Please see our Speakers & Events page for more information. 

Environmental fellows choose between six environmentally focused courses - three in the social sciences, humanities, and arts and three in the natural sciences - to be completed before graduation. Courses change each semester.

Fall 2023

Social Sciences/Humanities/Arts

Environmental Anthropology
Landscape Photography: Legacy of Environmental Activism
Reading Literature: Science, Nature and Technology
Native American Literature
Environmental Ethics
Google, Guerrillas, Greenpeace: Non-State Actors in World Politics 
Gender and Climate Justice

Sciences

Evolution, Organisms, and Ecology
Ecology
Earth and the Environment
Introduction to Environmental Science
Environmental Geology
Environmental Geophysics

Seminars

Biology Writing
Humanity's Geology Legacy
Mexico City
Philosophy and Climate Change
Leadership in an Age of Disruption

Prindle Reading Course

Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer

Examples of Previous Courses

Airs, Waters, Places: Classics and the Environment
Applied Hydrogeology
Campus Sustainability 101
Economics, Environment, and Corporate Social Responsibility
Environmental Communication
Environmental Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Environmental Crisis Narrative
Environmental Science Seminar
Introduction to Environmental Policy
Inventing Nature: Landscapes, Art, and Colonialism
Looking Through Water's Lens: Water's Impact on Life and Society
Junk Art and Activism
Mythbusting Tropical Nature
Sculpture and Sustainability
Weather, Climate, and Climate Change


Other Environmental Opportunities on Campus

Office of Sustainability

Office of Sustainability

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