administration

BSES Committee Chairman: Todd Royer (SPEA), 855-0563, TROYER@INDIANA.EDU

Distinguished Professors: Gary Hieftje (Chemistry), Ronald Hites (Public and Environmental Affairs, Chemistry)

Rudy Professor: Emilio Moran (Anthropology)

Professors:
Bennet Brabson (Physics), Simon Brassell (Geological Sciences), Rinku Roy Chowdhury (Geography), Keith Clay (Biology), Erika Elswick, (Geological Sciences), Burnell Fischer (SPEA), C. Susan Grimmond (Geography), Henk Haitjema (Public and Environmental Affairs), Eric Knox (Biology), Theodore Miller (Public and Environmental Affairs), Leonie Moyle (Biology), Armin Moczek (Biology), Craig Nelson (Biology), David Parkhurst (Public and Environmental Affairs), Richard Phillips (Biology), Lisa Pratt (Geological Sciences), J.C. Randolph (Public and Environmental Affairs), Gregory Velicer (Biology), Mike Wade (Biology), Maxine Watson (Biology), Jeffery White (Public and Environmental Affairs)

Associate Professors:
Chris Craft (Public and Environmental Affairs), Diane Henshel (Public and Environmental Affairs), Claudia Johnson (Geological Sciences), Greg Olyphant (Geological Sciences), Flynn Picardal (Public and Environmental Affairs), Sara Pryor (Geography), Scott Robeson (Geography), Todd Royer, (SPEA)

Assistant Professors:
James Bever (Biology), Vicky J. Meretsky (Public and Environmental Affairs), Heather Reynolds (Biology), Phillip Stevens (Public and Environmental Affairs)

Senior Lecturer
Bruce Douglas (Geological Sciences)

Emeritus:
George Ewing (Chancellor’s Professor, Chemistry), Donald Whitehead (Emeritus, Biology), Lee Suttner (Robert R. Shrock Professor of Sedimentary Geology, Geological Sciences)

Introduction - The B.S. in Environmental Science (B.S.E.S.) is a joint degree program between the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The B.S.E.S. program is an interdisciplinary degree program that specifically considers the environment as a scientific entity. Students preparing for employment as professionals in environmental science or preparing for graduate study in environmental science or in one of the traditional sciences should consider this degree.
    While it is possible to divide environmental science into numerous sub-disciplines or systems such as the atmosphere, the biosphere, the hydrosphere, and the lithosphere, these sub-systems are interdependent components of a single large system. It follows that the problems encountered in the environmental sciences are inherently interdisciplinary; hence a scientist working in this field is required to possess both a breadth of knowledge and a specific set of skills and expertise. The overall organization of the B.S.E.S. degree program reflects this philosophy with a broad core curriculum, a concentration area, and a senior research project providing advanced hands-on experience.
   The B.S.E.S. degree program is intended to instill an appreciation of the integrated nature of the discipline and supply a level of expertise in one area.

Philosophy  - The problems encountered in the environmental sciences are inherently interdisciplinary; hence a scientist working in this field is required to possess both a breadth of knowledge and a specific set of skills and expertise. The BSES degree program is intended to instill an appreciation of the integrated nature of the discipline and supply a level of expertise in one area. It is only through systematic exposure over extended periods of time that this awareness can become second nature. Once this has been accomplished, the environmental scientist will be able to deal with the subtle connections and extremely sensitive feedback between various components they encounter. The overall organization of the BSES degree program reflects this philosophy with a broad core curriculum, a concentration area, and a senior research project providing advanced, hands-on experience.