Service Learning in Environmental Studies
Service Learning
Service Learning provides a unique opportunity for students to work on a project that will benefit a specific organization located in Brunswick or the larger Maine community. It provides the opportunity for students to venture beyond the conventional classroom setting and apply what they have learned to practical situations.
The environmental studies program is proud to offer numerous courses that incorporate a service learning component into their curriculum. The interdisciplinary nature of environmental studies allows students to tackle a problem from numerous angles. Various projects for ES courses that have recently collaborated with local partners are highlighted under each course title.
Courses
- ES 103 Marine Environmental Geology
GIS, Merrymeeting Bay, Coastline
- ES 201 Perspectives in Environmental Science
Salt Marsh Restoration
- ES 202 Environmental Policy and Politics
Water Quality Along the Androscoggin River, Paper Industry
- ES 203 Environment, Culture, and the Human Experience
Sustainability, Environmental History, Environmental Justice, Working Landscape
- ES 204 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Mapping
- ES 213 Anthropology of Islands
Education, Archaeology
- ES 221 Environmental Sociology
Architectural Sustainability
- ES 233 Architectural Sustainability
Visual Arts
- ES 241 Principles of Land-Use Planning
Regional Planning, Campus Plans
- ES 283 Environmental Education
Elementary School Curriculum
- ES 391 Troubled Waters: Fishing in the Gulf of Maine
Lobster Industry, Fisheries Management Plans
- Independent Studies
Service Learning Symposium
The culmination of a semesters work is showcased at the Service Learing Symposium where the service learning projects are showcased in a community forum. Attended by community partners, faculty, staff and other students, all service learning courses are represented in one room - some as posters, some through exhibits developed, some as presentations.
The symposium is a great way for students to display what they have been working on all semester. This event allows students to share their work with community and faculty members interested in finding out what how they have impacted the community. It's also a chance for other Bowdoin students to see the unique contributions their classmates are making to address real community issues through their academic work.
The symposium is usually held the day after classes end, all are welcome to attend.
Service Learning Website (Community Service Resource Center) >>
Community Partners
Recent community partners have included the following organizations:
- Sagadahoc Rural Regional Resource Initiative
- Sustainble Bowdoin
- Bayside Neighborhood Association
- Friends of Casco Bay
- Town Offices of Brunswick & Harpswell
- Maine Rivers
- State Planning Office
- Morris Farm
- Longfellow School
- National Park Service
- Maine Green Power Connection
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust
- Bowdoin Outing Club
- The Nature Conservancy