Geography & Earth & Environmental Sciences

Professors

Edward H. Davis, Chair 
Laura Hainsworth

This department serves students interested in careers or graduate education in geography, earth science or environmental studies.

The Geography program provides a broad-based background for students planning a career in public service, teaching or advanced study in geography.
Objectives: to produce geographically informed citizens who understand the world in spatial terms, to support the education of geography teachers, and to graduate majors who can succeed in geography graduate school and apply geographical thinking in a wide range of activities and careers.

The program in Environmental Studies prepares students for employment or graduate study through interdisciplinary education in both scientific and policy-related aspects of the earth’s ecosystems. The capstone course for all students in the major is the senior seminar, in which students from both tracks meet and study current research relevant to key debates on the environment. Each track contains appropriate contextual and support courses; a minor or contextual and support area is not needed for this program.
Objectives: To provide a basis for sound decision-making through knowledge of environmental science and policy; to create respect for the multi-faceted and interdisciplinary nature of environmental problems; to provide an awareness of the global dimensions of environmental issues, and of the links between local and global scales; to develop skills for analysis and communication proper to the field of environmental studies; to furnish students with service experience through internships in environmental organizations; and to forge stronger connections between the college and its region through service on local environmental issues.

Earth science courses are offered at Emory & Henry as an adjunct to and support for teacher licensure and for majors in environmental studies, geography, and land use analysis and planning. A full major is not offered in this area. Students seeking teacher licensure in earth science must complete a major in geography, biology, chemistry, or physics, and 24 semester hours in earth science, including geology, oceanography, astronomy, and meteorology. Approved courses from environmental studies may be used as elective credit in the earth science licensure program.

EARTH SCIENCE LICENSURE

Students planning to teach may obtain licensure for geography and earth science by completing a geography major and 24 semester hours in earth science, including geology, oceanography, astronomy, and meteorology. Approved courses from environmental studies may be used as elective credit in the earth science licensure program. Students pursuing licensure to teach must notify the Neff Center and be assigned an individual advisor from the Education Department