Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Where Every Day is Earth Day
Do you enjoy exploring the outdoors? Are you concerned about issues of social justice and sustainability? If so, you may be on your way to an environmental studies degree.
At Central, environmental studies majors choose from two tracks: environmental science or environmental sustainability. Both tracks include fundamentals of science, economics and politics, plus hands-on laboratory and fieldwork.
Graduates of Central’s program have gone on to careers in the lab, in the field and in management for federal and state agencies, as well as industry and non-profit agencies.
Central Pura Vida
Bats, prairies and a passion for students drive Central College Professor of Biology Russ Benedict to explore exciting experiences abroad in his Tropical Ecology class. Benedict takes his students beyond the classroom to visit the diverse ecosystems of Costa Rica and Belize.
Meet the Faculty
- Russell Benedict, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Professor of Biology
- Anya Butt, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Biology
- Ashley Garr, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Lee Macomber, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, Chair of the Department of Natural Science
- Tuan Nguyen, B.B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics
- Paul Weihe, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
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