The program integrates biology, ecology, chemistry, physics, and agriculture with the study of the environmental quality of land and water resources. Environmental scientists investigate environmental problems and identify solutions. They develop risk assessments and environmental technology products, analyze environmental policies, and work in regulatory development and enforcement. They may also act as internal environmental control officers or consultants for businesses. Students may choose specializations in: land and water, which emphasizes pollution issues; environmental microbiology, which deals with microbiological methods of cleaning contaminated sites; environmental health sciences, a quantitative approach to solving environmental problems; environmental systems, which integrates various science disciplines; and environmental biology, which focuses on relationships between pollution and ecosystems.
major requires math beyond general education requirements, but not beyond basic calculus; includes statistics, trigonometry, finite math, calculus or some combination of these courses.
major requires upper-division lab sciences
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