Bachelor of Science - Environmental Sciences

The Rubenstein School Environmental Sciences major combines a natural science-based core curriculum with field and lab-based environmental coursework designed to engage students in tackling real-world environmental problems. Blending a strong science foundation with hands-on instruction, research, internships, and study abroad opportunities provides students with the knowledge and professional skills needed to identify and respond to complex environmental challenges. 

The Environmental Sciences faculty has outlined several concentration options for students to choose from based on pressing environmental issues, student interest, and needs in the job market. Students can, in consultation with their academic advisor, create an independently designed concentration if their interests lie outside the current concentration list.

• Agriculture and the Environment
• Conservation Biology and Biodiversity
• Ecological Design
• Environmental Analysis and Assessment
• Environmental Biology
• Environmental Geology
• Environmental Health
• Global Environmental and Climate Change
• Water Resources
• Self-design Concentration

Students gain the knowledge and professional skills needed to address climate change, improve water quality, advance sustainable design, facilitate species conservation, and more. Graduates will receive a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences and will be prepared to use foundational knowledge from diverse fields, critical thinking, and integrative analyses to sustainably manage social-ecological systems and how they interact in air, on land, and in water.