Environmental Science
Major
Bachelor of Science
Are you up for the challenge to explore scientific approaches needed to confront the complex environmental challenges of our time? As an environmental science major at Austin College, you will develop the required skills to be a scientist who innovates and advances solutions for our future. Your curriculum provides a broad foundation of core environmental science theories and blends research and applied learning to prepare you for employment or graduate studies.
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Finish in Four*
with the skills to launch your career
Your four year academic experience
will develop your critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and collaboration ability, all of which will be critical to your future path. With a degree in Environmental Science, upon graduation you will be prepared to:
- advance scientific understanding of environmental problems through written research and professional presentation simulations.
- contribute to research on environmental solutions.
- understand the challenges of scientific forecasting and scientific uncertainty.
Explore our Graduate Outcomes to learn more about what our graduates are doing today.
Environmental Science Degree
Program Highlights
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Exclusive summer internships at The East Foundation, The Land Institute, and the Little Traverse Conservancy
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Become a Climate Ambassador to the annual UN Climate Conference as part of the Austin College Delegation.
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Austin College Thinking Green serves as an umbrella for all campus greening initiatives, including our annual residence hall energy conservation ...
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Austin College's Sneed Prairie Restoration has two goals: restoration of 100 acres of former Blackland Prairie, and provision of educational opportunities for college and elementary school students.
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Austin College maintains five field laboratories totaling nearly 360 acres near the campus.
Meet our Faculty
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Popular Courses
- Conservation and Restoration Ecology
- Environmental Chemistry
- Environmental Solutions
- Ethics and the Environment
- Atmospheric and Environmental Physics
- Natural Resources and Environmental Economics