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Topics of Conversation: Environmental Studies
“At Hamilton, students in environmental studies gain knowledge, skills, and perspectives to understand the causes and consequences of — and potential solutions to — the world's pressing environmental challenges. Addressing these necessitates an interdisciplinary approach, and the environmental studies curriculum fully embraces this.”
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Some of the courses are so popular that multiple sections are offered; others are waitlisted. Here’s just a sampling:
Architecture & the Environment
Blue Humanities
Biodiversity: Crisis & Solutions
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Bioprospecting & the Ecologies of Medicine
Carbon Footprints & Sustainability
Changing Arctic Ecosystems
Climate Change
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Coastal Ecology & Food Systems
Environmental Data Science
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Environmental Economics
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Justice & Soundscape
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Forever Wild: The Cultural & Natural Histories of the Adirondack Park
Global Wildlife Trade
Putting Down Roots: Environmental Approaches to Classical Antiquity
Renewable Energy Systems
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Resilience & Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on People and the Environment
Seed to Gut: An Introduction to Regenerative Agriculture for Food Justice
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Focus on Sustainability
Explore Your Passions
Hamilton is committed to meeting or exceeding best practices related to sustainability. As part of the College’s goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, it plans to invest in energy upgrades to campus buildings, manage parts of campus to increase carbon sequestration in its lands, and continue to study and implement additional opportunities for emission reductions.