My Colby-Sawyer Experience
"I love seeing young minds open up to new ideas, new information and new ways of thinking. I love being challenged by doubters, students with different points of view and dreamers with new visions."
- Hilary Cleveland, Professor, Social Sciences and Education
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community & environmental studies
As environmental problems become more urgent, so too does the need for professionals with adequate training in environmental fields. Environmental issues are complex and global, and a special type of understanding is required to find the best solutions. People who work in environmental fields need to understand how various perspectives, disciplines, and cultures influence decisions that affect the environment.
The Colby-Sawyer CES program provides students the opportunity to understand, integrate, and apply multiple disciplines and different ways of thinking with a high level of concern for the preservation and sustainability of the Earth and its resources. Central to this effort is providing students with an interdisciplinary, liberal arts education. Program graduates are prepared and encouraged to act on their informed environmental concerns in their homes, places of work, and communities.
This pre-professional program is designed to provide students with all the necessary hands-on skills they'll need to step from college directly into the work force. The CES program is also designed to prepare students for graduate school in a number of fields. In addition to the excellence of the CES program, Colby-Sawyer's location in the beautiful mountains and lakes of central New Hampshire provides an educational opportunity students are unlikely to encounter at any other small, liberal arts college.
Students who major in this program receive a Bachelor of Science in Community and Environmental Studies. A minor in CES is also available.
