Programs in Environmental Communication

This page lists post-secondary programs in environmental communication.

Undergraduate Programs
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Undergraduate Programs

Ball State University: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management: Offers an environmental communication/interpretation option within its major.
California State University Channel Islands: Communication Program: Offers an Environmental Communication emphasis within its Communication B.A. degree.
Colorado State University: Department of Natural Resource and Tourism: Offers a concentration in environmental communication.
Kansas State University: Department of Communications: Offers an agricultural communications and journalism major.
Michigan Technical University: Department of Humanities: Offers a program in Scientific and Technical Communication (B.A. and B.Sc.).
Northern Arizona University: School of Communicaton: Offers an Environmental Communcation option in the Journalism program. The School of Communication offers the following related courses: Environmental Perspectives on Communication Arts, Environmental Research & Reporting, Environmental Communication, and Advanced Organizational Communication. Contact: Lea Parker, School of Communication, Box 5619, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ 86011, (520) 523-4661, e-mail: Lea.Parker@nau.edu. Or, Brant Short, School of Communication, Box 5619, Northern AZ 86011, (520) 523-4701, e-mail: brant.short@nau.edu.
Ohio State University: Program in Human Dimensions in Natural Resources: Offers an ecological communications and education option.
Rutgers University: Department of Human Ecology: The Department has a new option "Environmental and health communication" within the existing B.S. major. Core faculty include Andrew Pleasant, Caron Chess, and William Hallman.
Southern New Hampshire University: School of Liberal Arts: Offers an environmental communication minor.
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry: Department of Environmental Studies: Offers an undergraduate (B.S.) option in Environmental Communication and Culture. Courses include Environmental Discourse, Literature of Nature, Environmental Journalism, Environmental Visualization, Mass Media and Environmental Affairs, and the Environmental Communication Workshop. Faculty include Susan Senecah, Mark Meisner, Patrick Lawler, Benette Whitmore, Janine DeBaise, and John Felleman, among others. Contact Coordinator Mark Meisner, Department of Environmental Studies, SUNY-ESF, 107 Marshall Hall, 1 Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210-2784, (315) 470-6908, mmeisner@esf.edu.
University of Idaho: Department of Conservation Social Sciences: Offers an undergrad minor in environmental communication.
University of Minnesota: Department of Rhetoric: Offers a B.S. in Scientific and Technical Communication and a minor in "Land, Nature, and Environmental Values." Courses include The Land in American Experience and In Search of Nature.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Offers an enviromental communication minor.
University of Utah: Department of Communication: The Department of Communication has several professors whose primary research interest is Environmental Communication. In addition, several other faculty members have a secondary research interest in the environment. Key faculty include Connie Bullis, Julia Corbett, and Nickieann Fleener.
University of Wisconsin - Madison: Department of Life Sciences Communication: Natural resources degree program available for those interested in environmental communication.
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point: College of Natural Resources: Offers a minor in Environmental Communication.

Graduate Programs

Cornell University: Department of Communication: Offers both Master's and Doctoral degrees with focus areas in science, media, and technology. Courses include Communication and the Environment, Public Communication of Science and Technology, and Risk Communication. Faculty include Cliff Scherer, James Shanahan, and Bruce Lewenstein. For more info, contact James Shanahan at jes30@cornell.edu.
Marquette University: J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication: Offers graduate programs which specialize in science, health, and environmental communication.
Michigan Technical University: Department of Humanities: Offers a program in Rhetoric and Technical Communication (M.A., Ph.D.).
North Carolina State University: Department of English: Offers an M.S. in technical communication. "The Technical Communication program strives to prepare professional communicators for a variety of careers that involve the relationships between people and technical systems. Such careers include those in web design and development, software and hardware documentation, industrial training and development, medical communication, environmental and agricultural communication, technology transfer, organizational information management, and human-computer interface design."
Ohio State University: School of Environment and Natural Resources: Offers M.S. and Ph.D. programs in natural resources, with an education and communications research area.
Royal Roads University: School of Environment and Sustainability: Offers a Master of Arts in Environmental Education and Communication as well as a Certificate and a Diploma. "This is a leadership program focused on developing the competency and skill of educators and communicators who have an interest in, or a responsibility for, presenting environmental information to audiences."
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry: Department of Environmental Studies: Offers an graduate (M.S. M.P.S. and Ph.D) area of study in Environmental Communication and Participatory Processes. Faculty include Susan Senecah, Mark Meisner, Patrick Lawler, Benette Whitmore, Janine DeBaise, and John Felleman, among others. Contact Coordinator Susan Senecah, Department of Environmental Studies, SUNY-ESF, 107 Marshall Hall, 1 Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210-2784, (315) 470-6908, email: ssenecah@mailbox.syr.edu.
University of Cincinnati: Department of Communication: Offers an M.A. program with an optional focus on Environmental Communication. Contact: Stephen Depoe, Communication Department, University of Cincinnati, Center for Health and Communication Research, Cincinnati OH 45221-0001, (513) 556-4459, e-mail: depoe@uc.edu.
University of Minnesota, Department of Rhetoric: Offers an M.A. and Ph.D in Rhetoric; and an M.A., M.S. and Ph.D. in Scientific and Technical Communication. Ph.D. includes specialty area in Environmental Rhetoric. Courses include Environmental Rhetoric; Rhetoric, Ethics, and the Environment; and Worldviews and Ecology.
University of Utah: Department of Communication: The Department of Communication has four professors whose primary research interest is Environmental Communication. In addition, several other faculty members have a secondary research interest in the environment. Key faculty include Connie Bullis, Julia Corbett, Nickieann Fleener and Tarla Rai Peterson.
University of Wisconsin-Madison: School of Journalism and Mass Communication: Offers professional track M.A., concepts M.A. and Ph.D. programs, with a research area in science, health and environmental communication. Contact Sharon Dunwoody, (608) 263-4080, email: dunwoody@wisc.edu.