The B.S. in environmental sciences with an emphasis in environmental ecology is designed to not only provide students with the scientific background and practical skills need to successfully address environmental  issues, but also to provide graduating students with an ecological perspective on the relationships and interdependence of organisms in terrestrial and aquatic habitats.  Students electing to pursue this emphasis area will become familiar with water quality issues, soil quality issues, research techniques and analytical techniques used to analyze various substrates for environmental contaminants.  These students will learn not only the impact that human activities can have on these biota, but also how the biota can be used in biological remediation techniques to remove the contamination caused by human activities.

• Graduates of this emphasis area would be ideally suited for environmental consulting firms
• Graduates of this emphasis area will understand the ecological relationships between biota and also how the ecosystems can be impacted by human activities.
• Graduates of this emphasis area will also understand how to protect sensitive ecosystems and how to restore ecosystems that have already been impaired by human activities

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