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Program in Environmental Studies
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Adelphi University, Garden City, New York
 Detailed InformationProgram of StudyThe Master of Science in environmental studies comprises 36 credits of course work, incorporating classroom, laboratory, and field opportunities and an optional thesis or internship. The thesis provides additional flexibility for the student with more specific career or educational goals. Full-time students can anticipate three semesters of 12 credits each. Field classes, internships, and research are also offered during the summer months.
The program is organized into a common course area and two areas of concentration–the global human environment and the global physical environment–and one area of integration, environmental education. In recognition of the context of both areas of concentration in the contemporary world, courses are required from the common area for all students. These offerings are fundamental to both concentrations and provide insights into the social, political, institutional, economic, and physical applications of environmental issues. Within each concentration, opportunities exist for the student to make program selections that reflect areas of faculty and student interest. For example, such selections could focus on the physical, chemical, biological, and biochemical aspects of pollutant detection; the cultural, societal, epidemiological, public health, paleontological, and paleopathological effects of environmental perturbations; or the economic, governmental, and social interactions consequent to environmental concerns. It is also possible for a student to elect sufficient courses from all areas to achieve a broader focus on environmental studies, leading to certification for teaching purposes. In the future, the program expects to add distinct areas of concentration. Additional opportunities are provided for the student in the form of technical field and laboratory experiences as well as special topic courses that might not be available on a regular basis.
The faculty members draw their expertise from a wide spectrum of disciplines. Instructors are committed to involving participants fully in the multidisciplinary nature of environmental problems and the search for solutions. The environmental studies program provides firm, integrated foundations in both the social-political-cultural and the scientific-technical areas. This preparation makes students environmentally aware members of society in many professions, in graduate study in environmental studies/sciences, or in both. Research FacilitiesThe University’s primary research holdings are at Swirbul Library and include 646,720 volumes (including bound periodicals and government publications), 805,545 items in microformats, 32,353 audiovisual items, 1,738 periodical subscriptions, and access to over 27,000 electronic journal titles. Online access is provided to more than 200 research databases. Financial AidThe program offers a number of stipends and financial assistance awards to teaching and research assistants on a yearly basis. Further opportunities for financial support over the course of every academic year, including the summers, are offered through the research projects and activities of faculty members. Cost of StudyFor the 2008–09 academic year, the tuition rate is $830 per credit. University fees ranged from $200 to $400 per semester. Living and Housing CostsThe University assists single and married students in finding suitable accommodations whenever possible. The cost of living is dependent on location and the number of rooms rented. LocationLocated in historic Garden City, New York, 45 minutes from Manhattan and 20 minutes from Queens, Adelphi’s 75-acre suburban campus is known for the beauty of its landscape and architecture. The campus is a short walk from the Long Island Railroad and is convenient to New York’s major airports and several major highways. Off-campus centers are located in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie. The University and The CollegeFounded in 1896, Adelphi is a fully accredited, private university with more than 8,000 undergraduate, graduate, and returning-adult students in the arts and sciences, business, clinical psychology, education, nursing, and social work. Students come from thirty-seven states and forty-five countries. The Princeton Review named Adelphi University a 2005 Best College in the Northeastern Region, and the Fiske Guide to Colleges recognized Adelphi as a Best Buy in higher education for the second year in a row. The University is the only private institution on Long Island and one of only twenty-six in the nation to earn this recognition.
Mindful of the cultural inheritance of the past, the College of Arts and Sciences encompasses those realms of inquiry that have characterized the modern pursuit of knowledge. The faculty members of the College place a high priority on their students’ intellectual development in and out of the classroom and structure programs and opportunities to foster that growth. Students analyze original research or other creative work, develop firsthand facility with creative or research methodologies, undertake collaborative work with peers and mentors, engage in serious internships, and hone communicative skills. ApplyingStudents should have a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies or a related field and a demonstrated promise of successful achievement in the field. A student must submit the completed application form, the $50 application fee, and official college transcripts. For more information, students should contact the graduate coordinator. The Faculty and Their Research
- Anagnostis Agelarakis, Professor of Anthropology and Director, Environmental Studies Program; Ph.D., Columbia, 1989. Plio-Pleistocene human evolution, human ecology, paleopathology, paleoenvironments, forensics, field methods.
- Henry Ahner, Professor of Physics; Ph.D., NYU, 1968.
- Regina Axelrod, Professor of Political Science; Ph.D., CUNY, 1978. Environmental and energy policy in the United States, the European Union, and Central and Eastern Europe.
- Beth Christensen, Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences; Ph.D., South Carolina, 1997. Cenozoic climate and sea-level change, influence of African climate on hominid evolution, New Jersey margin geology.
- Anthony Cok, Professor of Earth Sciences; Ph.D., Dalhousie, 1970. Glacial marine science sediments, marine resources and pollution.
- John Dooher, Professor of Physics; Ph.D., Stevens, 1965. Energy, pollution issues, and physics.
- Laraine Fletcher, Associate Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1978.
- Katherine Flynn, Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D., CUNY, 1998. Contaminants and their effects on local aquatic animals, ecotoxicology: food-borne contaminants and their estrogenlike effects on behavior, biochemistry, and history in aquatic animals.
- Matthias Foellmer, Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Concordia, 2004. Evolutionary ecology: significance of extreme sexual size dimorphism (SSD); differences in reproductive roles between the sexes.
- Martin H. Garrell, Professor of Physics; Ph.D., Illinois, 1966. Energy studies, environmental problem solving, marine conservation issues.
- David Gleicher, Associate Professor of Economics; Ph.D., Columbia, 1984.
- Katie Laatikainen, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies; Ph.D., South Carolina, 2001. The growing role of the European Union common foreign and security policy in the United Nations context.
- David P. Machlis, Associate Professor of Accounting, Finance, and Economics; Ph.D., Rutgers, 1971. Environmental economics.
- Gottipaty Rao, Professor of Physics; Ph.D., Algarh Muslim (India), 1963.
- Charles Shopsis, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Ph.D., CUNY, Queens, 1974. Biochemistry, toxicology of heavy metals.
- Mariano Torras, Associate Professor of Economics; Ph.D., Massachusetts, Amherst, 2000. Well-being assessment, environmental and natural resource accounting, dematerialization trends, links between power inequality and health outcomes as well as other socioeconomic variables.
- John Vetter, Assistant Professor of Anthropology; M.A., NYU, 1969. Conservation, preservation, and regulation; emergency management issues.
- Andrea Ward, Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Massachusetts Amherst, 2005. Evolution of the elongate body form in fishes, developmental origin of body elongation, effect of body elongation on locomotion.
- Benjamin Weeks, Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Connecticut, 1988. Immunotoxicity and neurotoxicity of pyrethroid pesticide.
Correspondence and InformationAdelphi University John Vetter, Graduate Coordinator Program in Environmental Sciences College of Arts and Sciences Blodgett Hall, Room 102 Garden City, New York 11530 Telephone:
516-877-4111 Fax:
516-877-4717
Email:
vetter@adelphi.edu
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