Introduction to the Program
The Mission of the Hiram College Environmental Studies (EVST) Program is to offer opportunitiesfor students to become informed and responsible citizens of the world by gaining enough breadth and expertise to critically evaluate issues that concern local and global human impacts on our natural environment, and subsequently on ourselves. More specifically, the Program encourages students to develop individualized interdisciplinary perspectives and emphasizes problem solving approaches to understanding the dynamic and complex balance between human activities and the integrity of our environment.
The course of study is strongly interdisciplinary in its nature and requires students to assimilate sometimes opposing perspectives and information from widely different domains of human endeavor, and to integrate these into an attitude of constructive environmental advocacy and problem solving collaboration. Past graduates have entered a wide range of careers which include pollution control, agricultural economics, public health, resource recovery, environmental assessment and planning, community development, environmental education, public lands management, parks and recreation, environmental education, wildlife management, natural resource management, public policy, and others. The Environmental Studies
Program also provides excellent preparation for graduate work in these areas. The Program allows students to choose from either a Major or
Minor in Environmental Studies which are further described in Graduation Requirements.
The Hiram College Environmental Studies
Program provides students with an array of exciting features and learning opportunities that are as distinctive as they are unique. The program emphasizes the importance of exploring personal interest through interesting courses, hands on learning, real world work experience, and interactions with exceptional faculty.