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Opportunities to learn about the environment and sustainability are open to all JMU students in and outside of class. The following is a list of academic opportunities:

  • JMU offers multiple academic programs that help prepare students for environmentally-related careers, including five environmental concentrations within majors and five environmental minors. Watch these short and detailed video overviews of environmental academic programs at JMU, which include environmental science, environmental policy, environmental humanities, energy, sustainability, and more.

  • All undergraduate students can enroll in courses about the environment in General Education Cluster 3: The Natural World.

  • The ISNW also maintains a more comprehensive inventory of individual courses in many disciplines that develop students' environmental stewardship knowledge and reasoning skills. 

  • Many study abroad and other international experiences explore the environmental, economic, and social dimenions of sustainability. Search "environment."

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Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World
Engineering/Geosciences Building
MSC 1106
801 Carrier Drive
Room 2137
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807