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Program Description The International Year program will provide you with the solid foundation you need to be successful in your university degree. Offered as a one, two, or three quarter program, you will study a range of subjects to develop your language and study skills, while focusing on your chosen field. After successfully completing your International Year, you will be able to progress to your undergraduate degree at Western. Students who are passionate about making positive environmental choices and excited about teaching people about the environment will thrive in the Environmental Education program. By examining interacting social and natural systems through social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities, Environmental Education students make intellectual connections while gaining the practical skills necessary for building socially and environmentally sustainable futures. Environmental Education at Western consists of four distinct parts: students acquire an understanding of the content of environmental studies; examine the process of education for an environmental perspective; investigate ways of applying environmental education content and techniques in the professional roles they may pursue; and participate in internships, a field practicum, or research. Students studying Environmental Education become problem solvers who are able to meet the environmental challenges of our time. Environmental Education majors have assumed positions as teachers in private schools, as interpreters with resource management agencies, as staff in programs for special populations such as at-risk youth and persons with disabilities, and with wilderness education non-profits. Graduates of the Environmental Education program are prepared for entry into professions involved in environmental monitoring, assessment, management and education, and/or for entry into graduate and professional school.
