A concentration in Ecological Research studies was produced in 1971 in the B.A. in Location provided by the Department of Location. In 1974, the name of the concentration altered from “Ecological Research studies” to “Earth Science/Environmental Researches.” The concentration stayed in Location till 2019, when it was relabelled “Earth Science.”

An interdisciplinary Ecological Research studies Program within the College of Arts and Sciences produced a small in “Ecological Research studies” in 2000, and in 2007 an “Ecological Research studies” significant was included as a concentration in Unique Programs in Liberal Research Studies (SPLS). The Ecological Research studies Program was relabelled the Ecological and Sustainability Research Studies Program in 2014, and it provided a brand-new small in “Sustainability Research studies” and, in 2017, significant concentrations in “Sustainability Research studies” and in “Environmental & & Sustainability Researches” along with the existing “Environmental Researches” track.

In 2018, the Environmental & & Sustainability Researches Program combined with the Department of Location to end up being the Department of Location, Environment, and Sustainability. The Program continues as the Environment & & Sustainability Program. In 2020, the SPLS degree was retired and all trainees changed to a brand-new B.A. in Environment & & Sustainability, selecting tracks in either “Natural Sciences” (previously “Environmental Researches”) or “Equity, Advancement, and Principles” (previously “Sustainability Research studies”). The minors were relabelled “Environment” and “Sustainability.” Likewise in 2020, the Program started using an online M.S. in Sustainability & & Environment; quickly afterwards, the Program included a variety of Post Baccalaureate Certificates (P.B.C.s). All of the undergraduate and graduate curricula incorporate viewpoints of the lives sciences, social sciences, and arts and liberal arts through UNCG’s distinct meaning of sustainability (embraced in the 2009-14 Strategic Strategy): “Academics, operations, and outreach are performed with mindful attention to the long-lasting interconnectedness of social equity, the environment, the economy, and looks.”

Department of Location Heads

Craig Dozier (1960-1980)

John Hidore (1980-1987)

John Rees (1987-1994)

Gordon Bennett (1994-2004)

Jeffery Patton (2004-2018)

Corey Johnson (2018-current)

Directors of the Ecological Research Studies Program/ Environmental & & Sustainability Researches Program/ Environment & & Sustainability Program

Susan J. Dollar (2000-2011)

Expense Markham (2011-2015)

Aaron Allen (2015-current)

Bachelor’s Degree Names

B.A. in Location with a concentration in Ecological Research studies within the Department of Location (1971-1974)

B.A. in Location with a concentration in Earth Science/Environmental Researches within the Department of Location (1974-2019)

Minor in Environmental Researches within the College of Arts and Sciences (2000-2018)

B.A. in Unique Programs in Liberal Research studies with a concentration Ecological Research studies within the College of Arts and Sciences (2007-2020)

Minor in Sustainability Research Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences (2014-2018)

B.A. in Unique Programs in Liberal Research studies with a concentration Sustainability Research studies within the College of Arts and Sciences (2017-2020)

B.A. in Unique Programs in Liberal Research studies with a concentration Ecological and Sustainability Research Studies within the College of Arts and Sciences (2017-2020)

B.A. in Environment & & Sustainability with a concentration in Natural Sciences in the Department of Location, Environment, and Sustainability (2020-current)

B.A. in Environment & & Sustainability with a concentration in Equity, Advancement, and Principles in the Department of Location, Environment, and Sustainability (2020-current)

Minor in Environment in the Department of Location, Environment, and Sustainability (2020-current)

Minor in Sustainability in the Department of Location, Environment, and Sustainability (2020-current)

Academic Degree Names

P.B.C in Sustainability in the Department of Location, Environment, and Sustainability (2019-current)

M.S. in Sustainability & & Environment (online) in the Department of Location, Environment, and Sustainability (2020-current)

P.B.C in Preservation in the Department of Location, Environment, and Sustainability (2021-current)

P.B.C in Environmental Liberal Arts in the Department of Location, Environment, and Sustainability (2022-current)

P.B.C in Environment Justice in the Department of Location, Environment, and Sustainability (2022-current)