Interdisciplinary Approach

At the Institute, you will come to have a broad understanding of the forces that affect the environment and our relationship to the world in which we live. The environmental issues that confront us as we enter the 21st Century are complicated indeed, and solutions will not come from politicians or scientists alone. A collaborative effort the likes of which we have never before seen holds our only hope for a brighter future.

You will leave the Institute with the knowledge and tools to continue your exploration of these issues on a new level. Both faculty members and students will bring to the Institute their unique strengths, backgrounds, and interests. We will learn together.

For many, the Institute will offer a unique opportunity to explore a variety of familiar and new disciplines. You will discover connections and differences among geoscience, biology, chemistry, mathematics, political science, economics, anthropology, art, literature, and philosophy. This will be valuable preparation for college, and may help you focus future study.

The central theme of the program will be the environment, and you will come to see many connections and differences among the ways our faculty members approach the issue. The faculty will have the interesting challenge of leading you through this interdisciplinary program, but the experience will be uniquely yours. You will keep a journal for personal reflection and to record, work through, and integrate the many perspectives you will be exploring.

Check out what students from 2007 had to say about their experience.
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