Where your classroom is the Big Sky
Mission:
The Environmental Science & Studies Program at Rocky Mountain College provides students with the intellectual training necessary for understanding the complexity of ecological processes as they fuse with social issues, while simultaneously cultivating skills in critical thinking and effective communication.
Program Description:
The two-track Environmental Science & Studies Program focuses on the interrelationships between human beings and the natural world. The region around Billings "Montana largest city" offers students and faculty an outstanding laboratory in which to study an impressive range of environmentally-related issues. In addition to the ranching, tourism, and energy industries that serve as the economic basis for communities in the Yellowstone watershed, our region boasts a diverse array of natural and cultural resources, including Yellowstone National Park, the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, and the Crow Reservation.
Environmental Science & Studies Program majors pursue a liberal arts education by taking relevant courses in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Students in the program first enroll in a core of introductory courses designed to familiarize them with the diversity and complexity of environmental issues. Each student then selects between one of two baccalaureate degree tracks the B.A. in Environmental Studies or the B.S. in Environmental Science. Upon graduation, students in both tracks are prepared for a wide and rapidly evolving range of careers in the private as well as in the public sector, careers which are concerned with the interface between human beings and their environment. Similarly, for those students whose career choice requires graduate or professional stud y, the Environmental Science and Studies Program provides the training and discipline necessary for the pursuit of an advanced degree.
In addition, the Environmental Science & Studies Program sponsors an annual series of public lectures by guest speakers and faculty on a wide variety of topics relevant to the study of human interaction with the natural world.
