The curriculum for the Master of Science in Environmental Sciences is designed to allow students to gain strong scientific understanding of ways to study, evaluate, and interpret environmental realities and their impacts, as well as to manage and mitigate environmental problems. Objectives are to enable students to:
There is one concentration available: general environmental sciences. The department recommends that students entering environmental sciences have a knowledge of organic chemistry, algebra, statistics, and biology. The general sciences concentration provides students with competency in research and management of interactions among physical, chemical, and biological systems in the environment.
Environmental studies faculty believe that a period of time working in an environmental agency or organization can be a vital part of professional training. Students may want to take ENS 530 Internship (4 hours). Students who hold Graduate Public Service Internships may use four hours of internship seminar (PAD 461- PAD 464) toward their environmental studies degree.
