Environmental Studies Program

Environmental Studies Program

The Environmental Studies (ES) Program offers a highly interdisciplinary major and minor that explore the interactions between human societies and the environments in which we exist.  Major & MinorCourses

Learn More
Environmental Studies students on a boat in the bay

Experiential Learning

The Environmental Studies Program requires that all majors participate in an experiential learning opportunity before graduating. The most standard ways to satisfy this requirement are to conduct supervised, independent research on an environmental topic with UR faculty (ENVR320, ENVR406, or an approved equivalent course from another department), or participate in an approved environmental internship off-campus and complete ENVR388 during the fall semester.

Learn More
Global Environment Speaker Series

Global Environmental Speaker Series

Each year the Department of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability, the Environmental Studies Program, and Global Studies Program partner to bring noteworthy speakers and scholars to Richmond to present lectures related to our global environment. All events are free and open to the public.

Learn More

Dual Degree Program & Partners

For goal-oriented students who are dedicated to earning at least a master's degree in environmental studies or forestry, the University of Richmond offers dual degree programs with Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. For the Dual Degree program, students complete three years at Richmond and then two years at Duke; at the end of their fourth year, they receive their undergraduate degree from Richmond and at the end of their fifth year, they receive their master's degree from Duke.

We have cooperative agreements with Duke University’s Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, North Carolina, and the Marine Biological Laboratory Semester in Environmental Science (MBL SES) program in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Additional opportunities for off-campus research include the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), which connects students with environmental research projects in the natural and social sciences.

Dual Degree Program

Upcoming Events

Oct 23
Sustainability for the Forgotten
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Nov 19
Do Costa Rican forest fragments in community-managed water protection areas serve as a refuge for endangered mammals?
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Jan 23 2025
"Art as a Vehicle for Change: a Conversation with Cathy Park Hong" with Chad Shomura.
4:30 PM
Mar 06 2025
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: “Earth as a Relationship: Critical Lordean Ecologies.”
4:30 PM
See More Events

Faculty Highlights

Dr. Todd Lookingbill
Lookingbill Published

Todd Lookingbill, professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, published “A Heat Emergency: Urban Heat Exposure and Access to Refuge in Richmond, VA” in GeoHealth.

View Bio
Dr. Todd Lookingbill
Lookingbill and Undergraduate Students Published

Todd Lookingbill, professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, along with undergraduates Jack DuPuy, ’25, Ellery Jacobs, ’25, Matteo Gonzalez, ’24, and Tihomir S. Kostadinov, ’02 published "A 20-Year Ecotone Study of Pacific Northwest Mountain Forest Vulnerability to Changing Snow Conditions" in Land.

View Bio
Dr. Carrie Wu
Wu Named in 25 Most Impactful Women in Plant Biology

Carrie Wu, associate professor of biology, was recognized as one of “25 Inspiring Women in Plant Biology” by the American Society of Plant Biologist’s (ASPB’s) Women in Plant Biology Committee.

View Bio
Dr. Carrie Wu
Wu Published

Carrie Wu, associate professor of biology, published "Effects of Experimental Warming on Floral Scent, Display, and Rewards in Two Subalpine Herbs" in the journal Annals of Botany.    

View Bio
Load More Accomplishments
Submit an Accomplishment

Resources

Library Research Guide

Department of Geography

Spatial Analysis Lab

Office of Sustainability

Departmental Listserv

Contact Us

Mailing address:
Environmental Studies Program
Carole Weinstein International Center, Room 307
211 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173

Phone: (804) 484-1473
Fax: (804) 484-1577

Program Coordinator: Todd Lookingbill
Academic Administrative Specialist: Nancy Propst