Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25

ES 4500 - Environmental Studies Capstone Seminar


This is an interdisciplinary seminar that incorporates problem-solving, critical thinking, and leadership skills in the context of a contemporary environmental issue. The course is team taught by faculty in several disciplines and will offer students perspectives from the sciences and humanities.

Requisites: Environmental Studies Certificate and Sr only
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS: Capstone: Capstone or Culminating Experience
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Demonstrate effective oral and written presentation skills and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Demonstrate improvement in ability to communicate about environmental issues.
  • Demonstrate the ability view environmental issues from a variety of perspectives.
  • Describe the steps that it takes to solve a problem including the constraints in solving real-world problems.


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