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Teaching
UM Teaching & Degree Programs related to sustainability--click here for long list
Featured Programs -- programs that wish to be featured here should submit brief text, link or image to the Chair of the Sustainable Campus Committee (Send e-mail to scc AT mso.umt.edu)
UM Green Thread -- UM is developing a Green Thread that weaves its way across the campus curriculum, providing lessons in sustainability in every discipline and program.
UM Campus Compact
UM is committed to assisting students in developing the habit of civic service and engagement.
Hence many UM classes emphasize service learning – learning while serving the communityUM College of Technology Energy Technology Program introduces students to a full slate of energy technologies—historic, emerging, and alternative—and prepares them for careers in the energy industry
UM Environmental Studies ( BA & MS) with emphases in
Sustainability Studies, Environmental Justice, Law, Education, & Science,
Environmental Writing, Transboundary Issues, Natural Resource Dispute Resolution,
Sustainable Food & Farming and the PEAS farm
Water and Watershed Studies -- Watershed Health Clinic
UM Internship Services provides students opportunities to integrate academic learning with practical job experience through cooperative education and internships. The Center maintains a searchable online database of intern opportunities.
Wilderness and Civilization Program
UM's Wilderness and Civilization program focuses on the study of wildlands and land ethics and examines sustainability issues in urban, rural, and wildlands contexts. Through courses, fieldwork, internships, and service projects, students contribute to greening the UM campus and western Montana. Over the years students have worked on and off campus on projects such as campus composting and recycling, environmental education, wilderness policy, environmental restoration, organic farming, sustainable living demonstration, environmental justice, and more.