What:
Environmental Sustainability: Science, Politics
& Public Policy 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 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. The
program will include a weekend field experience
and short trips throughout the semester
that offer opportunities to integrate
theory and practice. Students also carry
out an independent or group study project
on a topic of personal choice, which includes
hands-on field research.
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When:
Late August to mid-December
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Cost:
Varies. Students from member schools pay
either $9,500 or the equivalent of regular
semester tuition; separate rate for University
of Minnesota (contact HECUA) and non-member
students pay $10,300. Tuition, internship
placement and supervision and all course-related
field visits are included. 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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TWIN
CITIES: INNOVATION & 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. Even though Minnesota’s
environmental policies are among the most
progressive in the nation, significant challenges
remain – 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 promote environmental
justice in urban centers. 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 basic environmental
science and contemporary politics of environmental
change.
The program focuses on the social, ecological
and economic underpinnings of conflict over
natural resources and environmental quality.
Through lectures, discussions and group field
experiences, you will explore the relationship
between patterns of environmental resource
use and current social inequities, analyze
the effects of future environmental trends,
and assess strategies for sustainability.
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