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What:
Environmental Sustainability: Science,
Public Policy & Community Action is
a semester internship and seminar program
based in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA
and includes field experiences along the
Upper Mississippi River Basin.
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Hands-On
Experience:
HECUA works with you to design an internship
that meets your learning goals and connects
with program themes. You will do meaningful
work while learning from extraordinary
mentors on site. The program will include
field experiences that focus on the basics
of ecosystem evaluation. Short trips throughout
the semester offer opportunities to integrate
theory and practice. As part of the field
methods course students also carry out
on-the-ground research as part of a community-based
project.
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When:
Late August to mid-December
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Cost
(2004): Varies. Students from member
schools pay either $10,400 or the equivalent
of regular semester tuition; separate
rate for University of Minnesota (contact
HECUA) and non-member students pay $11,200.
Cost Includes: Tuition, internship
placement and supervision and all course-related
field visits
Additional Costs Include: room and
board, books, transportation and personal
expenses. Click
here for scholarship and financial aid
information.
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Prerequisites:
Completion of first year of college. 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.
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Interested?
Click
here to request more information.
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If
questions arise about how HECUA transfers
credit and how member institutions can integrate
our curricuum into specific majors/minors,
please contact a member of our Student Service
Team:
Mary
Delorie
(651-287-3311; [email protected])
David
Holliday
(651-287-3311; [email protected])
Alysha
Boie
(651-287-3312; [email protected])
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TWIN
CITIES: INNOVATION & ACTIVISM ON THE ENVIRONMENT
In the land of lakes and rivers, Minneapolis
and St. Paul are built within a rich natural
landscape that is home to one of the most
active networks of environmental organizations
in the country. Even though Minnesota’s
environmental policies are among the most
progressive in the nation, significant challenges
remain – how to manage natural and human
systems within a vibrant metropolitan area,
how to maintain viable livelihoods in rural
communities, and how to avert environmental
decline and promote environmental justice
in urban centers. The many examples of public-private-community
partnerships – and the energized public
debate over alternative courses of action
– make the region prime ground for learning
about basic environmental science and contemporary
politics of environmental change.
In this program you will learn about processes
of ecosystem degradation and rehabilitation,
the social and economic underpinnings of conflict
over environmental change, and public policy
and community-based strategies to achieve
sustainability The program takes an integrated
approach to environmental issues, addressing
the linkages between rural and urban concerns,
as well as the way local decisions relate
to regional and global trends. In a 200-hour
internship (20 hours per week) and in-class
fieldwork, you will gain first-hand experience
with community organizers, government planners
and business leaders who are meeting the challenges
of working together to create a more sustainable
world.
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