The environmental geosciences major is designed for students who want to pursue a career in the environmental sciences with core training in the earth sciences. It affords graduates the ability to enter a professional position in areas such as environmental consulting and governmental agencies directly after graduation or to enter a graduate program in the earth and environmental sciences, leading to a career in an advanced professional position or academia.
Students may also complete this major through Lyman Briggs College.
ALUMNI PURSUITS
Graduates in environmental geosciences pursue careers in a range of industries, excelling in jobs that demand deep knowledge of the environments, geography and earth sciences.
Alumni work at:
- Educational institutions
- Federal government agencies
- High schools and middle schools
- Research laboratories
- Research institutes
Alumni work as:
- Environmental science and protection technicians
- Food scientists and technologists
- Geochemists
- Geographers
- Hydrologists
- Meteorologists
- Teachers and educators