About Environmental Studies

Built into our curriculum are problem-based learning modules set in our own Idaho landscape. These core classes support and integrate team-based collaboration and help us to identify environmental issues everywhere. Our degree is rooted in concrete examples of environmental issues drawn from our Idaho communities.  Instead of asking students to primarily learn content, we invite them to solve problems and interpret issues. 

Hands-on and academic considerations of wildland fire, multicultural agriculture, foothills use-planning, urban restoration, and more form the base of our curriculum. It is iterative, engaging, and exploratory. We believe that direct involvement with solving problems blends research and social skills, increases motivation to apply learning, and provides a model for the kinds of environmental thinkers that will save the world.