The Environmental Fellows Program is designed to compliment your academic pursuit of any major that DePauw University has to offer.
The Environmental Fellows Program is a four-year honors program for students who are interested in addressing the complex, interdisciplinary environmental challenges facing humanity today.
During the first year, environmental fellows will participate in an environmentally focused first-year seminar. Fellows will also attend luncheon discussions with faculty members, professionals, and upperclassman colleagues.
Sophomores will begin the process of fulfilling the summer-long or full semester practicum component of the program. This experiential learning opportunity could take the form of research with faculty, internships, or off campus study.
As juniors, environmental fellows are expected to continue developing and exercising collaborative leadership skills. This will involve assuming responsibility for planning environmentally themed co-curricular events and activities to take place during the year.
Finally, seniors will take part in a capstone seminar that will call on them to integrate all the aspects of their environmental education. Upon graduation, seniors will have completed six environmentally focused courses- three in the social sciences, humanities, and arts and three in the natural sciences.
Each semester, environmental fellows attend special lectures, luncheons, and seminars sponsored by the Environmental Fellows Program and other organizations on campus.
Please see our Speakers & Events page for more information.
Environmental fellows choose between six environmentally focused courses - three in the social sciences, humanities, and arts and three in the natural sciences - to be completed before graduation. Courses change each semester.
Environmental Anthropology
Environmental Justice
Sculpture and Sustainability
Landscape Photography
Reading Literature: Science, Nature and Technology
Nature Writing
Documentary Filmmaking
Environmental Ethics
Paradise Revisited
Introduction to Urban Studies
Gender and Climate Justice
Evolution, Organisms, and Ecology
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Earth and the Environment
Weather, Climate, and Climate Change
Introduction to Environmental Science
Campus Sustainability 101
Mexico City
Philosophy and Climate Change
Bob Marley Through Different Mirrors: Music, Popular Religion, and Expressive Cultures
Building a Better World: Social Justice Praxis in America
Airs, Waters, Places: Classics and the Environment
Applied Hydrogeology
Economics, Environment, and Corporate Social Responsibility
Environmental Communication
Environmental Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Environmental Crisis Narrative
Environmental Geophysics
Environmental Science Seminar
Introduction to Environmental Policy
Inventing Nature: Landscapes, Art, and Colonialism
Junk Art and Activism
Looking Through Water's Lens: Water's Impact on Life and Society
Mythbusting Tropical Nature
Native American Literature
The Office of Sustainability connects our campus, the community, and the environment. Learn more about the Ullem Campus Farm and Center for Sustainability, the Sustainability Leadership Program, and other sustainability efforts taking place at DePauw!
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