Climate, Environment, and Society, BA
Honors
If you qualify, you can apply to join Gamma Theta Upsilon, the international geography honor society, which also serves Climate, Environment, and Society majors. Each year, the Graduate School of Geography, of which the global environmental studies major is a part, recognizes three seniors and one junior with paid awards: the Ellen Churchill Semple Award, the IDRISI GIS Excellence Award, the NCGE Excellence in Scholarship Award, and the Strabo Award.
Students in the honor society work closely with a professor to create a thesis on a topic of their choice. Examples of recent honors thesis topics include:
- Reconciliation: Changing Pressures on Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Cuba
- Characterizing the Role of the Built Environment in Determining Juvenile-Tree Survivorship in Worcester, Massachusetts
- Characterizing Mangrove Distribution and Change in Antsohihy, Madagascar
- A Multi-Scale Assessment of Urban Forest Biodiversity: Tree Replanting as a Driver of Street Tree Composition
- Risks and Reasons of Lawn Chemicals: The Role of the Individual in Lawn Management
- Honors Program Guide
The Honors Experience
In addition to departmental honors, Clark offers an Honors Experience co-designed by students and faculty that includes unique multi-disciplinary courses and student-led projects that take place outside the classroom.
