• Bachelor of Science with a major in Environmental Science
• Friends of Earth Club

• Environmental Courses:
• Environmental Biology

• Environmental Studies Minor:

  The minor in environmental studies is designed to provide a strong foundation in the science of environmental issues and awareness of their social and political context.

• Kalmia Gardens of Coker College: 

  The 30-acre garden’s unique natural setting offers an unusual facility of special interest to tree, shrub, and flower enthusiasts, naturalists, students and photographers, as well as those who simply enjoy the quiet beauty of nature.   The garden includes walking trails, a blackwater swamp, laurel thickets, pine-oak-holly uplands and a beech bluff.   Contact:         George Sawyer   (843) 383-8145   gsawyer@coker.edu

• SC Economic Developer's School: 

  The South Carolina Economic Developer's School (SCEDS) is a unique partnership of the South Carolina Department of Commerce, the South Carolina Economic Developers' Association and the College of Charleston. The purpose of SCEDS is to educate those who support the economic development professionals in their communities by focusing on the knowledge and tools that will help South Carolina competein today's tough economic development environment.

• Grice Marine Laboratory:

  The Grice Marine Laboratory is the marine lab of the College of Charleston and houses academic programs in Marine Biology. The Laboratory encourages collaborative interdisciplinary marine research among academic departments as well as with other institutions and marine research facilities, particularly those in the Fort Johnson community.   Contact:         Louis E. Burnett   (843) 953-9170   burnettl@cofc.edu

• Master of Environmental Science (MES) Program:

  The MES Program at the College of Charleston has been designed to provide students with an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of environmental problems through graduate level studies of both Policy and Science. This interdisciplinary focus addresses a wide variety of the resource, development, and planning pressures that currently face society.  Through core and elective course curriculum, faculty expertise, and specialization development (the clustering of courses in areas such as coastal and wetlands management, environmental planning, and environmental hazards), the MES Program provides training that addresses each of these challenges.      Contact:         Mark McConnel   (843) 953-2000   mcconnelm@cofc.edu

• Environmental Studies Minor:

  The Environmental Studies minor is offered for undergraduate students who are interested in learning more about the natural environment and the ecology of the planet, as well as gaining an understanding of the relationship of political, social, cultural and economic activities to the environment. The minor is intended to serve as a bridge between scientific knowledge and the other disciplines relevant to the study of environmental issues. Students minoring in Environmental Studies should gain greater insight into the inter-relatedness of events and an appreciation for local, national, and international environmental problems. The minor is designed to provide an interdisciplinary understanding of environmental factors; it is not intended to be a vocational track to equip students for careers in environmental areas.     Contact:         B. Lee Linder   (843) 953-8288   lindnerb@cofc.edu

• Recycling at College of Charleston:

  In November 2001, President Lee Higdon announced the formation of the "Committee on Recycling and Environmental Responsibility" upon the unanimous recommendation of the Faculty Senate. The purpose of the committee is to: advocate for and encourage an effective and responsible recycling program foster awareness of campus environmental issues educate the campus community regarding environmental issues which directly impact our community create a network wherein the campus community is kept abreast of campus policies on recycling research current environmental programs and trends from which our campus may benefit, especially with regards to recycling assess plans, policies, and programs with regard to campus environmental and recycling issues and to make recommendations to appropriate college offices and officer.   Contact:     Burton Callicott   (843) 953-0016   callicottb@cofc.edu

• SUI Environmental Fellow:

Environmental Courses Offered:

• Watershed Ecology
• Earth Science
• Environmental Geology
• Environmental Assessment
• Southeastern Coastal Geology
• The Weather Machine
• Physical Geology
• Extraordinary Chemistry
• Ecology

• WOMEN INVOLVED FOR A SAFER ENVIRONMENT (WISE)

  The students of WISE are committed to promoting environmental awareness throughout the student body and surrounding community. WISE encourages a fuller understanding of the environmental issues in our area and the rest of the world. Past activities have included the orchestration of Environmental Awareness Week and participation in nature walks and other field trips. Membership is open to anyone interested in preserving the environment and environmental recreation.

• Biology Courses: 

Biology 441: Ecology

• Chemistry Courses:  

Environmental Chemistry

Hazardous Wastes

• Environmental Studies Minor

  The mission of the environmental studies minor is to prepare students for careers and/or advanced study in environmental science. Completion of the minor will provide an introduction to the broad based nature of environmental studies which includes the areas of biology, chemistry, economics, politics and sociology and provide practical experience in the area of environmental studies through an internship or research program. Contact:     Dr. Jerry Howe, Director   (864) 596-9134   jerry.howe@converse.edu

• Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with an emphasis in Ecology, Environmental Science, and Wildlife Biology
• Environmental Courses:

  • Environmental Biology 
  • Ecology
  • Carolina Ecosystems  
  • Ecosystem Studies
  • Field Botony
  • Methods in Environmental & Field Biology

• Ecology Club

• Environmental Program in Biology

  Environmental Science Option The Environmental Science Option at Francis Marion University offers students the choice of specialization in environmental science at the undergraduate level.  It is offered in three existing majors: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

  • Biology Major/Environmental Science Emphasis

• Recycling Program

  Contact:	Frank A. Braddock
  	(843) 661-1108
  	fbraddock@fmarion.edu

• Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (P.U.R.E.) The Department of Biology gives you the opportunity to work closely with your favorite professors, who are experts in their field of research and who are engaged in diverse research projects, such as: field studies and conservation biology of animals and plants, the immune responses of crayfish,· genetics and biotechnology, pollen germination, animal reproductive biology, microbial ecology, and more!

• SUI Environmental Fellow:

  Contact:	Lisa Pike
  	Phone: (843) 661-1411
  	lpike@fmarion.edu
  	http://alpha1.fmarion.edu/~sui/

• Associated Colleges of the South Environmental Fellow

• Earth and Environmental Sciences Program

• The River Basins Research Initiative, begun in 1997, has become a national model for interdisciplinary watershed studies. Faculty and students from the departments of biology, chemistry, and earth and environmental sciences work year round on studies of the inorganic fluvial geochemistry and biological diversity of aquatic macrofauna and microfauna in the Enoree (1878 km2) and Saluda River (6325 km2) basins.

• Furman Environmental Action Group

• Furman Recyling Program

• Furman's Sustainability Initiative
• Furman's Biodiesel Project - Furman is making biodiesel from waste oil from the dining hall
• Three-year study of Upstate water - The study, which began this summer and will take three years to complete, involves seven faculty members and at least 20 students who will contrast water quality with land-use patterns in portions of five Upstate counties. The results of the comprehensive project will be turned over to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.  
• The "Greening" of Hipp Hall - The "greening" of Hipp Hall will likely produce the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building in South Carolina. 
• "Eco-cottage" at Furman University - A residence facility at the University that is dedicated to environmental sustainability.  The students in this residence will monitor their resource use and waste production and compare these measures with those of another complex. They will create a "personal impact assessment", a quantitative measure of the energetic impact of each housing unit. Ultimately, they will report their findings to Facilities Services and to the entire Furman Community, presenting a list of the most energetically effective measures identified by their study. After residence use is adequately described, they may expand their analysis to classroom buildings. 

• Environmental Science Program: This new major is designed to train graduates for careers in environmental monitoring, compliance, and regulation. The basic sciences are emphasized by the program so that graduates are prepared for laboratory and field positions in industry, consulting, and regulatory agencies.  The environmental science major will give students a firm foundation in the basic sciences related to environmental studies and issues and will also provide them with the liberal arts education that will enable them to relate their profession to their role in society.
   
• Procurement Services' Recycling Program for Inkjet and Laser Toner Cartridges

• Environmental Science Student Organization (ESSO)

• Environmental Courses:
• Environmental Science
• Ecology
• Environmental Economics

• Environmental Courses:
  • Environmental Health & Safety
  • General Ecology

• Environmental Science Minor 
 
• The College offers a cooperative program with Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, in the areas of forestry and environmental management. Students may earn the bachelor’s and master’s degree in five years, spending three years at Newberry College and two years at Duke University School of the Environment and Earth Sciences.

• Summerland Honors Program - In the fall of 1996, Newberry College began the Summerland Honors Program.  The program requires each student to complete a yearly service learning component.  The students work alongside with the SC Energy Office, an energy conservation company, and their supervising professors, Dr. Victor Terrana and Dr. Charles Horn.  In 1997 they proposed a campus-wide energy conservation plan which would save the college over $31,184.

  Contact:	Charles Horn
  	Director, Summerland Honors Program
  	Phone: (803) 321-5157
  	charles.horn@newberry.edu

• Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station:
The main goals of the Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station are to provide hands-on, field-oriented experiences for regional HBCU and MI undergraduate activities, to increase recruitment and retention of minority students and women in science, engineering, natural resources management and environmental science and to increase science literacy and public education on complex environmental issues.
 
• Graduate Certificate Program in Environmental Monitoring and Restoration

• Environment Science Tract for Biology and Chemistry Majors

• Civil and Environmental Engineering Degree

The mission of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is:
 

1.	To provide a high quality program of studies through a four year rigorous curriculum that integrates the important concepts of design with a solid theoretical foundation for the pursuit of a professional career in civil engineering;
2.	To prepare students to pursue life-long learning, post-graduate studies, and;
3.	To provide an educational background broad enough to meet the requirements of good citizenship enable the graduate to serve in a wide variety of other fields requiring leadership, teamwork, decision making, and problem solving abilities.

• Recycling at The Citadel

• The RPSEC Facility - The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center building contains the Dupont Planetarium, the Crawford Greenewalt Solarium, the Herb Eleuterio Teacher Resource Room, The Westinghouse Physical Science Class/Lab, the NCNB Life Science Class/Lab, and the Apple Computer Learning Center.  Many science, mathematics and engineering applications are architecturally integrated into the building itself to enhance learning. These special features, listed below, were integrated under the direction of Dr. Henry Gurr, a physics professor at USCA, and demonstrate science principles and everyday applications of science.

Architecturally Integrated Features:

1. Hyperbolic "Butterfly" Sidewalk  - Functions as a giant sundial scale
2. Egyptian Obelisk Sundial  - Produces shadows for giant sundials
3. Roman Sundial Wedge - Produces shadows around geodetic monument
4. Color-Coded Building Parts - Trace building system and building skeleton
5. Exposed Elevator Shaft and Motor - Demonstrate hydraulic principles
6. Exposed Heating/Cooling Ducts - Demonstrate heat distribution systems in building
7. "Corner Reflector" Mirrors - Show how bicycle pedal reflectors work
8. Parabola Water Fountain Niche - Illustrates conic sections mathematics
9. Acoustical Bathrooms - Demonstrate low sound absorption chamber
10. Airlock Planetarium Entrance - Demonstrates high sound absorption chamber
11. Hollow Support "Listening Posts" - Creates echo chamber for studying resonance
12. Living Periodic Table - Displays physical samples of the elements in pure or compound form
13. Sodium Vapor, Incandescent and Mercury Vapor Lights - Produce light of different colors (spectral response)
14. Solarium - Utilizes natural lighting and solar heating as energy savers
15. Musical Handrails - Produce musical and tonal sounds based on lengths of bars
16. Circular Planetarium Window - Creates a camera obscura and entrance path for a heliostat
17. DuPont Planetarium - Houses a state-of-the-art computer controlled Digistar II - starfield and graphic effects projector
18. United States Geological Survey Marker - Serves as a reference point for satelite maps

The center provides other learning opportunities in the forms of alternating and permanent exhibits, many of which are prepared by local volunteers, and a natural woodlands environment, which stands on the grounds at the rear of the building and along the Savannah River Site. The Savannah River Site study areas include a Carolina Bay, an old-growth forest, and a beaver pond.

Contact:	Gary J. Senn, PhD
	Ruth Patrick Science Center
	171 University Pkwy
	Aiken, SC 29801
	(803) 641-3558
	SennG@sc.edu

• Science and Technology Enrichment Program:  The STEP program, formally known as the Natural Resources, Science, Mathematics & Engineering Education Program (NRSMEEP), will be offering standards based programs for students in grades 2-12, focusing on scientific investigations while utilizing classroom and outdoor laboratories. FREE workshops for teachers are offered as well.
   
• The CSRA Mathematics and Science Regional Center, formerly known as the CSRA Hub, is one of eight regional centers across the state of South Carolina charged with supporting curricular and instructional reform in mathematics and science.  It is housed at the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center (RPSEC) located on the campus of the University of South Carolina Aiken. 

• USCA Recycling Information 

• Environmental Courses:
  • Introduction to Environmental Biology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecology of Coral Reefs
  • Environment of the Earth
  • Coastal Environments of the Southeastern US
  • Oceans and Man
  • Environmental Ethic

• The Philip A. Rhodes Barrier Research Facility on Pritchards Island connects educators and students with the ecology of the region and supports their efforts to study and preserve natural land and sea scapes as well as hundreds of loggerhead turtles each year.

• Environmental Courses: 
  • Principals of Environmental Science
  • Environmental Biology
  • Ecology and Evolution

 
• Environmental Courses:
• Introduction to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Environmental Science
• Evolutionary Biology
• Environmental Earth Science
• Principles of Ecology
• Earth Resources
• Environmental Geology of South Carolina
• Environmental Policy
• Senior Seminar: Human Nature and Society
   
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Clubs: 
  • The Science Club
  • The Chemistry Club
     
• USCS Herbarium
The USCS Herbarium is open to the public; it houses 14,000 labeled and mounted specimens of plant native to the upstate. Please call ahead as Dr. Newberry may be in class or in the field. 

•  Watershed Ecology Center

The Watershed Ecology Center focuses on upstate watershed ecology, watershed conservation, and water quality by providing education and research assistance to individuals, communities, and governmental organizations.

 
• Environmental Studies Minor Program

• Environmental Chemistry Major
• Environmental Science Major
• Environmental Studies Major
• SUI Environmental Fellow:

• W·E·C·A·R·E (Winthrop Enthusiastically Cares About Recycling for the Environment) Program 
Winthrop University currently recycles aluminum cans, office paper, newspaper, cardboard and magazines.  In 1999, Winthrop University garnered the Best Collegiate Recycling Program in the state.  The award was sponsored by the Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling at South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and Keep America Beautiful of South Carolina.

• Environmental Courses:
  • Environmental Management
• Environmental Training Programs:
• OSHA
• HAZWOPER
• First Aid/CPR

• Environmental Engineering Technology Major

• Natural Resources Management - Associate Degree
     
• South Carolina Environmental Training Center

The South Carolina Environmental Training Center is a unique program offered to individuals looking to improve their skills in highly specialized environmental programs such as Hazardous Materials and Wastewater Treatment to name a few.

• Certificates:

• Health & Safety Regulations Certificate
• Hazardous Materials & Waste Management Certificate

• Here is a listing of Environmental Classess offered by The Buck Mickel Center:

Asbestos
Critical Incident Management
Hazardous Material
Indoor Air Quality
Lead
Management
Safety
Water

 
• FORESTRY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY 

ASSOCIATE DEGREE:  AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY

The Forestry Management Technology program trains students for the position of forest technician. A forest technician is a middle-management person trained to work with a professional forester. A forest technician must be able to work alone, to make decisions independently, and to supervise small crews in the field.  The Forestry Management Technology program is recognized by the Society of American Foresters and is approved for Cooperative Work Experience.

Although the Forestry Management Technology program is designed as a career program, a transfer agreement has been established with Clemson University's College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources.
 

• GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT 

 ASSOCIATE DEGREE:  AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY 
 GROUNDS MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE 

 
• Environmental Courses offered:

ECOLOGY
GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ZOOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN REAL ESTATE

• Continuing Education courses in Environmental Technology & Safety
• MTC Green  
• SUI Environmental Fellow: