Environmental Sciences

Find your passion and career in the hands-on environmental monitoring and protection major.

Learn the techniques used to

• measure the quality of the environment
• prevent environmental damage
• protect our natural resources.

Newly renamed (from environmental protection technology), this major has an enhanced curriculum emphasizing water quality protection, a growing area of employment and environmental concern.

You’ll be job ready on two fronts—practical job skills and industry-required certification.

You’ll develop employable skills in environmental sampling, site assessment and waste management. They include:

• Surface water, ground water, air, vegetation and soil monitoring & sampling techniques
• Field techniques in biomonitoring and habitat assessment
• Phase I and II site assessments
• See the complete applied skills list
  Earn important certifications such spill response (see quick facts for complete list) that make you work force ready.

Live the learning as you’ll spend significant amounts of time in the field and lab getting hands-on experience putting your classroom knowledge to work. Interact with industry on field trips and at regional conferences.