Transition to Department
In the Fall of 2012, the Environmental Studies Program has
been approved to become the Department of Environmental Studies.
Existing faculty members Mike Lewis and Jim Hatley will move
fully into the new department as Professors of Environmental
Studies. Jill Caviglia-Harris will become a Professor of
Economics and Environmental Studies, with a split position
between the two departments. Two additional faculty hires have
been approved, for split positions between Environmental Studies
and (respectively) Political Science and Economics, to begin in
August 2012. Faculty that are already fully in the
Environmental Studies Program, including Bill Nelson, Tom
Horton, and Jay Martin, will maintain their current status. A
new hire for a split position between Environmental Studies and
Biology will occur in either the fall of 2012 or the fall of
2013, and departmental liaisons with the Departments of
Geography and Biology will be appointed by their departments in
the fall of 2012.
The Environmental Studies steering committee is also submitting a revised curriculum to the University Curriculum
Committee, to be implemented in the fall of 2012. This revised
curriculum will apply to new majors after this date; existing
majors will be allowed to choose how they prefer to finish their
degree program, in consultation with their faculty advisors. The
new curriculum will include a revised set of core courses,
including new interdisciplinary courses specifically designed
for their major.
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