Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Sustainability Studies] From Otterbein University

Tomorrow's decision-makers need to understand environmental processes, and have critical thinking skills related to the analysis and interpretation of impacts related to environmental policies. These skills will enable you to evaluate both the short-term and long-term implications of human actions that affect the earth's environment.

Otterbein's Sustainability?Studies program strives to challenge students to look beyond the surface of the issues and explore the complexity of what may seem to be simple solutions. Exploring questions like: when isn't recycling good, or why could ethanol cause social and water resource impacts if it replaces hydrocarbons, help students look not just at technical solutions, but also at the far-reaching impacts of environmentally motivated changes. Employers and communities value an individual's ability to critically assess, understand and communicate these difficult issues.?