Students majoring in environmental science learn about the interactions of the physical and biological processes that shape the natural world. They examine how human?s affect nature, develop means of improving water and air quality, and create solutions to other environmental problems. The stimulating curriculum provides a foundation in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences, experience in environmental law, and culminates with a 15-week hands-on internship in an industrial or state agency setting. Environmental Science Marine Biology Major is a comprehensive program designed to prepare students for careers in the marine sciences. If you love marine life and hope to find a job working in or on the water, this is degree for you. Many of those completing this major will go on graduate preparation for careers in academia or research, while others have taken jobs as lab/field technicians or marine educators.

The Department has made positive strides to change the scientific culture at UWA by placing greater emphasis on undergraduate research. It has been shown that it is undergraduate research that best equips students with the tools and critical thinking skills needed to address the problems they face individually and as global citizens.?