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HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE
HECUA
works with you to design a 20-hour per week internship
that meets your learning goals and connects with program
themes. You will do meaningful work while learning from
extraordinary mentors on site.
A
sampling of the internships available:
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | Audubon
Upper Mississippi River Campaign | Mississippi River
Project | Alliance for Sustainability | Green Institute
| Water Resources Center | Neighborhood Energy Consortium
THE
SETTING
The
Twin Cities : Innovation and Activism on the Environment
Minneapolis and St. Paul have one of the most active
networks of citizens’ organizations in the country
working on a wide range of environmental issues. Minnesota’s
environmental policies are among the most progressive
in the nation. At the same time, significant challenges
remain, such as how to manage infrastructure for a booming
economy and growing population in the metropolitan area,
how to maintain viable livelihoods in rural communities,
and how to avert environmental decline in the Mississippi
River and Great Lakes ecosystems. The many examples
of public-private-community partnerships – and
the energized public debate over alternative courses
of action – makes the region prime ground for learning
about the contemporary politics of environmental change.
CREDITS
All students take four courses, the equivalent
to 16 semester hours or 27 trimester credits. Program
is full-time and all students take the following:
Adaptive Ecosystem Management
Social Dimensions of Environmental Change
Internship & Integration Seminar (equivalent to
1.5 courses)
Field Methods (equivalent to .5 courses)
NOTES: Program is designed for students majoring
in environmental studies, natural sciences, social sciences,
peace/social justice studies, and others who seek to
better understand the contemporary challenges of the
environment and public policy, and to explore possibilities
for change. There will be components of natural and
social sciences in the curriculum. No prerequisite courses
are required.
COURSES
Program
focuses on the social and economic underpinnings of
conflict over natural resources and environmental quality.
Students will engage with a diverse range of actors
involved in the current debate over watershed protection
in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. In this context,
the program examines the connections between rural and
urban concerns about environmental issues. Through lectures,
discussions and group field experiences, students also
will explore the relationship between patterns of environmental
resource use and current social inequities, analyze
the potential social and economic effects of future
environmental trends, and assess strategies for sustainability.
The program will include two weekend field experiences
and short trips throughout the semester that offer opportunities
to integrate theory and practice.
This program is designed for students who seek a better
understanding of the contemporary challenges of environment
and development and want to contribute to resolving
them.
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