Environmental Science
Professor Jennifer Brigati, Chair, Division of Natural Sciences
Associate Professor Dave Unger, Coordinator
Environmental Science connects the environment to human concepts of impact, sustainability, policy, law, economics, conservation, scientific investigation, management, and public safety. The Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) in Environmental Science is designed for students who wish to work or pursue graduate study in the field-based sciences (e.g., Ecology, Earth Sciences, Environmental Chemistry, Water Resources, Conservation, Wildlife Biology, Fisheries resources, etc.). Students engaged in this major are strongly encouraged to also take courses from the Environmental Studies program in environmental law, non-governmental organizations, government, sustainability, and environmental policy. This major is structured to provide students with a strong scientific skill set, introducing them to a wide variety of both field- and lab-based skills as well as investigation of current environmental research, controversial issues, and policies. A double major in Biology is not open to students majoring in Environmental Science.
Students successfully completing the program of study will have achieved the following learning outcomes:
- Mastery of basic terminology, core concepts, and quantitative analysis in the following areas as they apply to environmental problem solving:
- Ecology
- Earth Science
- Organismal Biology
- Environmental Chemistry
- Ability to summarize, interpret, and present the primary literature across the fields of ecology and evolution, geoscience, environmental microbiology and other closely allied fields.
- Application of basic laboratory data acquisition, analysis, and presentation skills.
- Design and execution of a collaborative interdisciplinary research project and successful communication of the results formally in both written and verbal forms.