Undergraduate Admissions Requirements
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Completed application
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Official transcripts
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Letter of recommendation
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Official SAT and/or ACT test scores (Marywood is test optional)
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Essay (optional)
Facilities & Technology
Center for Natural and Health Sciences
The Center for Natural and Health Sciences contains various science laboratories, including a Microbiology and Molecular/Cellular Biology lab, an Organic Chemistry lab, an Anatomy and Physiology lab, a Physics lab, a Biotechnology research lab, and an Environmental wet laboratory, along with a greenhouse, computer labs, and various classrooms.
Classrooms for our Math and Computer Science, Science, and Public Administration programs are in this building. The 100-seat Comerford Theatre, one of two large lecture halls on campus, is located here.
Science Center Classrooms
The Center for Natural and Health Sciences contains various science laboratories, including a Microbiology and Molecular/Cellular Biology lab, an Organic Chemistry lab, an Anatomy and Physiology lab, a Physics lab, a Biotechnology research lab, and an Environmental wet laboratory, along with a greenhouse, computer labs, and various classrooms.
Scholarships
Morris K. Udall Scholarship
The Udall Foundation seeks future leaders across a wide spectrum of environmental fields, including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, and economics. The Foundation also seeks future Native American and Alaska Native leaders in public and community health care, tribal government, and public policy affecting Native American communities, including land and resource management, economic development, and education.
Faculty
Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Arts
Program (42-45 credits)
Students at Marywood University can earn an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies following the course outline below.
All EVST majors must take each of the following (3 courses, 9 credits)
Requirements List
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EVST 101
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Introduction to Environmental Studies
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3
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EVST 200
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Climate Change
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3
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EVST 499
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Capstone
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3
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All EVST Students must also take one course in each of the following categories: (5 courses, 15 credits)
Scientific Knowledge
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BIOL 110
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Principles of Biology
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3
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CHEM 112A
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ST: Chemistry in Our World
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3
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ENVS 109
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Technology, Environment and Society
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3
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ENVS 210
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Water: The Essential Ingredient
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3
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ENVS 215
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Resource Conservation I
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3
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ENVS 399A
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ST: Science of the Lackawanna River
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3
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ENVS 420
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Ecology
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3
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Moral Issues and Ethical Frameworks
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PHIL 328
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Environmental Ethics
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3
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PHIL 415
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Climate Justice
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3
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PHIL 450T
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ST: Intergenerational Justice
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3
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PHIL 340
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Animal Ethics
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3
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PHIL 450AA
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ST: Food, Envrn, Glbl Clmt Chnge
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3
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Public Policy and Government
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ENVS 340
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Environmental Law
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3
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ENVS 345
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Environmental Management and Policy
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3
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HIST 401
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Labor/Industrialization in America
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3
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SOC 470B
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Environmental Crime & Justice
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3
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Students must also take Animals in Modern History and African Environmental History (course numbers to be determined).
Connection to the Natural World
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ART 490B
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Green Piece: Art and Nature in America
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3
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ENGL 331
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Environmental Literature
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3
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ENGL 349
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Nature Studies
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3
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ENGL 356
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Rural Literature
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3
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RST 240
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Sprt/Ntre: Rlgs Dmnsns of Envr
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3
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Effective Communication and Advocacy
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ART 416
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Social Impact Design
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3
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ENGL 425
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Rhetoric and Persuasion
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3
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ENGL 440
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Creating Digital Content
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3
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ENGL 483
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Social Justice and Rhetoric
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3
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ENGL 484
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Political Writing and Rhetoric
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3
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ENGL 486
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Environmental Writing
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3
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Environmental Sciences Track
The Environmental Sciences track will consist of a foundational course, which provides an introduction to the evidence-based scope of current environmental issues, methods of measurement of environmental problems, data analysis and interpretation and information literacy in the field. An additional required course will address field ecology (including a lab). This track will teach students how to identify and measure the health of the environment, as well as to understand the scientific relationships that affect this health, and the workings of the natural world. For the capstone, students will do fieldwork and produce research papers on a relevant topic of environmental interest, such as studying water pollution issues in the Lackawanna River related to mining or acid runoff from farm production. Additional required courses will address field ecology (including a lab); science electives will include Resource Conservation, Earth Science, Chemical Analysis, Environmental Chemistry, and Special Topics in local environmental issues; as well as additional electives in Art, Literature, Philosophy, or Religious Studies.
Note: If a student takes any of the required courses as EVST foundations or the core, they must take additional EVST electives from humanities or social sciences in their place.
We encourage students to take core requirements connected to the environment, but the student may only double-count six credits of the core towards the major requirements; after that, they must take additional EVST electives. For example, if a student takes RST 240 Spirit and Nature for the upper-level Religious Studies core pathway course, it can also count as the course fulfilling the category of “Connection to the Natural World.”
Required Courses
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ENVS 420 |
Ecology |
3 |
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ENVS 420L |
Ecology Lab |
1 |
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BIOL 150 |
General Biology I |
3 |
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BIOL 150L |
General Biology I Laboratory |
1 |
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BIOL 151 |
General Biology II |
3 |
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BIOL 151L |
General Biology II Laboratory |
1 |
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CHEM 112A |
ST: Chemistry in Our World |
3 |
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MATH 155 |
Statistics for Behavioral/Social Science |
3 |
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And |
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ENVS 261 |
Earth Science I - Geology |
3 |
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Or |
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ENVS 262 |
Earth Science II - Oceanography Meteorology |
3 |
Program Learning Outcomes
The Environmental Sciences track will consist of a foundational course, which provides an introduction to the evidence-based scope of current environmental issues, methods of measurement of environmental problems, data analysis and interpretation and information literacy in the field. An additional required course will address field ecology (including a lab). This track will teach students how to identify and measure the health of the environment, as well as to understand the scientific relationships that affect this health, and the workings of the natural world. For the capstone, students will do fieldwork and produce research papers on a relevant topic of environmental interest, such as studying water pollution issues in the Lackawanna River related to mining or acid runoff from farm production. Additional required courses will address field ecology (including a lab); science electives will include Resource Conservation, Earth Science, Chemical Analysis, Environmental Chemistry, and Special Topics in local environmental issues; as well as additional electives in Art, Literature, Philosophy, or Religious Studies.
Note: If a student takes any of the required courses as EVST foundations or the core, they must take additional EVST electives from humanities or social sciences in their place.
We encourage students to take core requirements connected to the environment, but the student may only double-count six credits of the core towards the major requirements; after that, they must take additional EVST electives. For example, if a student takes RST 240 Spirit and Nature for the upper-level Religious Studies core pathway course, it can also count as the course fulfilling the category of “Connection to the Natural World.”
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