St. John International University (SJIU) is a new American free-standing university in Vinovo-Torino (Turin), Italy. SJIU offers study abroad, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the areas of art history, business administration, environmental architecture, environmental studies and film studies. As an American liberal arts college, SJIU provides students from across the globe the skills and tools necessary to be successful and competitive in today's job market. SJIU is dedicated to promoting humanism, fostering respect for the fundamental rights of the individual, emphasizing research, and instilling awareness of our physical and cultural surroundings. Through its high quality academic curriculum, SJIU prepares graduates to share the responsibility that each of us has towards our natural and social worlds.
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This program aims at giving students a deeper understanding of the interconnection between the physical, social and cultural environments in which all human activity takes place. Students will learn about and appreciate the wide range of approaches used to combat regional and global environmental problems.

Today, the relationship between sustainability, health and environmental crises has created an unprecedented need to come to terms with our impact on the environment. These courses, in fact, are designed for those wishing to become more active in fields such as environmental stewardship and management.

Students will learn how to promote a more sustainable, healthy and sensible lifestyle by becoming familiar with the social, cultural, political and ethical factors which arise from human interaction with the surrounding world. Through familiarity with these factors, students will be able to integrate coursework from disciplines such as geography, philosophy, sociology, biology and economics.

Students will also be able to understand and critically evaluate the impacts of various environmental problems and will learn how technology helps to shape our values and our relationship with nature through a better understanding of the natural world of animals and ecosystems.

Students must satisfy these requirements:

A. The General Education Requirements
Humanities and Fine Art (five courses)
- English Composition III
- One course in English Literature
- Two courses in Italian, Spanish, French or German Literature and Culture
- One course in Fine Art (Art History or Studio Art)

Social/Behavioral Sciences/Business (three courses)
HHM-ANT/2060 Environmental Anthropology
HHM-PHI/2100 Environmental Ethics
EPE-ECO/2250 Environmental Economics

Mathematics, Natural Science and Computer Science (three courses)

Environmental Studies (two courses)
EPE-ENV/1010 Introduction to Environmental Science
EPE-ENV/2230 Psychology of Sustainability

Global Perspectives/Diversity (one course)

Writing Intensive (one course)

B. Core Curriculum
EPE-ENV/1020 - Introduction to Ecology
MSC-SCI/1200 - Introduction to Biology
MSC-MAT/2000 - Introduction to Statistics
EPE-ENV/2540 - World Regional Geography
EPE-ENV/2700 - Natural Resources
MSC-COM/3000 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
EPE-ENV/3030 - Environmental Policy
EPE-ENV/3120 - General Ecology
EPE-ENV/3200 - Environment and Health
EPE-ENV/4100 - Management of Environmental Pollutants
EPE-ENV/4200 - Ecological Restoration and Management
EPE-ENV/4990-4991 - Senior Project Environmental Studies

 

C. Major Electives:Eight courses, to be chosen with the advisor from the following list:

   3 courses chosen from:
EPE-ECO/3200 - The Global Economy
EPE-ECO/4100 - Natural Resource Economics
EPE-ECO/4200 - History of Economic Thought
EPE-ECO/4300 - Evaluating the Environment

3 from chosen from:
EPE-POL/2800 - Environmental Justice
EPE-POL/3500 - Law, Energy, and the Environment
EPE-POL/4100 - Urban Government
EPE-POL/4200 - Nuclear Energy and Society

EPE-POL/4300 - Water Politics

   2 from chosen from:
HHM-ANT/3050 - Urban Anthropology
HHM-SOC/2050 - Culture, Consumption, and the Cit
HHM-SOC/3100 - Technology, Values, and Society

 

D. General Electivessufficient to obtain a total of 120 credits.

The following is a typical 4-year course schedule of B.A. in Environmental Studies: