Environmental Studies. Collection of the Environmental Studies Program, 1971-Ongoing.GACA Collection 344

Environmental Studies.  Collection of the Environmental Studies Program, 1971-Ongoing.  GACA Collection 344.  1 folder.


ABSTRACT:
The Environmental Studies collection contains reports, correspondence, and financial materials related to the Kellogg Foundation Grant, College Resources for Environmental Studies (CRES).  This grant helped fund the purchase of resources for the Environmental Studies major that was first offered during the 1969-70 academic year.


HISTORICAL NOTE:
“The Environmental Studies (ES) Program combines rigorous empiricism with analysis of ethical, aesthetic, and historical issues in examining the relationship between humans and the nonhuman world. A rich array of faculty expertise, courses, facilities, internships, and study abroad options provides the foundation for an interdisciplinary study of the environment.”*

The Environmental Studies Program offers a distributive major which was originally considered part of the Division of Area Studies.  There are no listings in the college catalog for an environmental studies major or for a track of classes from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.

As of 2013, Environmental Studies majors take classes in the departments of Art, Biology, Chemistry, English, Geology, Geography, History, Political Science, Economics, and Sociology/Anthropology.

*Taken from the Environmental Studies website (https://gustavus.edu/env-studies/) 21 June 2013.


RESTRICTIONS:
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the College Archives, the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library, and Gustavus Adolphus College.


COLLECTION CITATION:
Environmental Studies.  Collection of the Environmental Studies Program, 1971-Ongoing.  GACA Collection 344.  Gustavus Adolphus College Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.


PROCESSED BY:
Adrianna Darden processed this collection and developed the finding aid during June 2013.


SUBJECT HEADINGS:
Gustavus Adolphus College -- Environmental Studies.