Environmental Science Major
Bachelor's degree
In massachusetts (USA)
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Massachusetts (USA)
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Duration
Flexible
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Start date
Different dates available
Take your passion for the environment and help preserve our planet for future generations. Your quest to save the world begins when you major in environmental science.
With this major, you’ll examine environmental issues from an interdisciplinary scientific perspective. You’ll explore how humans affect nature in order to find solutions to the world’s environmental problems. You’ll build on foundation courses in environmental science with coursework in biology, chemistry, physics, and math. You’ll also study the social, cultural, and political aspects of the environment through courses in ethics and environmental policy. You’ll take your science courses in our brand-new building that features state-of-the-art labs and research facilities.
This major requires a practicum—a hands-on learning experience that lets you apply your knowledge to solving real-world environmental challenges. Environmental science majors have completed their practicum at the Environmental Protection Agency, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management.
After graduation, you can advance your studies in a master’s or doctoral program, or find rewarding work in settings that range from government agencies and think tanks to environmentally focused nonprofits and advocacy and education groups. You might also work in public health and corporate sustainability.
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About this course
Learning goals and objectives reflect the educational outcomes achieved by students through the completion of this program. These transferable skills prepare Suffolk students for success in the workplace, in graduate school, and in their local and global communities.
Assess the ethics of a proposed study
Conduct an experiment following standard protocols
Recognize the importance of safety protocols
Collect data via quantitative and qualitative observations and measurements
Interpret the results of an experiment
Reviews
Subjects
- Public Health
- Credit
- Ethics
- Biology
- Organic Chemistry
- Perspective
- Public
- Environmental Science
- GCSE Physics
- Requirements
Course programme
CUES Shared Core Requirements (5 courses and corresponding laboratories where applicable, 20 credits)
- UES-101 Environmental Studies
- UES-111 Environmental Science
- UES-L111 Environmental Science Lab
- UES-225 Geographical Information Science
- UES-L225 Geographic Information Science Lab
- UES-401 Environmental Senior Project
- STATS-250 Applied Statistics
- BIO-273 Biostatistics
- BIO-114 Organismal Biology
- BIO-L114 Organismal Biology Laboratory
- CHEM-111 General Chemistry I
- CHEM-L111 General Chemistry Laboratory I
- CHEM-112 General Chemistry II
- CHEM-L112 General Chemistry Laboratory II
- UES-255 Chemistry and the Environment
- UES-L255 Chemistry and the Environment Laboratory
- CHEM-355 Environmental Chemistry
- CHEM-L355 Environmental Chemistry Lab
- PHYS-111 College Physics I
- PHYS-L111 College Physics Lab I
- PHYS-112 College Physics II
- PHYS-L112 College Physics Lab II
- PHYS-151 University Physics I
- PHYS-L151 University Physics Lab I
- PHYS-152 University Physics II
- PHYS-L152 University Physics Lab II
- UES-211 Environmental Science II
- UES-L211 Environmental Science II Lab
- EC-131 Environmental Economics
- EC-151 Economic & Human Geography
- EC-410 Urban Economics: Asian Megacities in Comparative Perspective
- ENT-352 Green and Sustainable Business
- GVT-223 American Politics & Institutions
- GVT-224 Introduction to Public Policy
- GVT-438 Environmental Policy & Politic
- PHIL-362 Environmental Ethics
- SOC-221 Environment and Society
- UES-301 Issues in Environmental Justice
- UES-310 SL-The Civilian Conservation Corps and the American Landscape
- UES-321 Introduction to Permaculture
- UES-350 Community Food Systems
Choose three of the following:
- BIO-254 Marine Biology
- BIO-L254 Marine Biology Lab
- BIO-333 Ecology
- BIO-L333 Ecology Lab
- BIO-343 Biodiversity & Conservation Biology
- BIO-345 The Biology of Vector Borne Diseases
- CHEM-211 Organic Chemistry I
- CHEM-L211 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
- CHEM-212 Organic Chemistry II
- CHEM-L212 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
- CHEM-314 Instrumental Analysis
- CHEM-L314 Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
- CHEM-375 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM-L375 Advanced Inorganic Laboratory
- UES-270 SL-Understanding Wetlands Through Citizen Science
Choose one of the following:
- MATH-134 Calculus for Management & Social Sciences
- MATH-165 Calculus I
Students who have taken MATH-165 are encouraged to take PHYS-151/L151 and PHYS-152/L152. Students considering graduate school are encouraged to take MATH-165 and MATH-166.
Internship Option
Internships may be approved for credit by the CUES director. An approved internship for 3- or 4-credits may be used as a concentration course option at the discretion of the CUES director.
- UES-503 Local Internship
- UES-505 Global Internship
Environmental Science Major