Program highlights

• Develop skills such as storm water management, laboratory techniques, wetland delineation, site analysis, surveying, mapping sciences, impact assessment, landscape grading and computer application.

• Complete an internship in the environmental field, if desired. Our faculty helps by maintaining close working relationships with the U.S. Geological Service, the Maryland Bureau of Mines, Natural Resources Conservation Service and many engineering and environmental planning consulting firms.
• Use our exceptionally well-equipped facilities that include PC-based computer labs with the latest scientific programs; field equipment and laboratories for surveying, soil investigation and hydrology; and extensive biological resources such as a herbarium, modern limnology laboratory and vertebrate and invertebrate collections.
• Join organizations on campus that support your environmental science major, such as the student chapter of the Sierra Club and the Geography Club.
• Get hands-on experience with scientific tools necessary to collect environmental data, analyze challenges and design solutions.