Balancing Nature and Need

Environmental Science and Technology

Major

Environmental Science
and Policy, Environmental
Science and Technology

Options

Ecological Technology
and Design; Environment
and Agriculture;
Environmental Economics;
Environmental Health;
Environmental Restoration
and Management; Natural
Resource Management;
Soil and Watershed
Science; Soil, Water and
Land Resources; Wildlife
Ecology and Management

How can we support a growing human population and still preserve and enhance the quality of our environment? Population density, agricultural industries and the Chesapeake Bay make Maryland the perfect place to study these questions.

In a world of competing priorities, it’s an increasingly important question for policy makers, citizens in general and our students in particular. Sound scientific practices are necessary to maintain ecological balance, and so is an understanding of the technological advances, political ideologies and economical issues that influence every environmental debate.

Environmental science and policy is a broad undergraduate major, drawing courses and faculty from 20 departments and four colleges

Our Department of Environmental Science and Technology will make students partners in environmental stewardship and includes a curriculum with four areas of excellence: soil and watershed sciences, ecosystem science and management, ecological design and technology, and environmental health.

Our graduates will be leaders with the expertise to influence public policy decision-makers.

Fiction

It's too late to do anything
about polluted water or
global warming.

Fact

Environmental scientists
are always developing new
technologies to address
long-standing environ-
mental dilemmas and
prevent future problems,
including our dependence
on limited natural
resources.

Students will gain the educational and technical know-how they need to develop bio-energy systems, address global warming, remediate contaminated soils, preserve wetlands and support the plants and animals that live in our environment. Since environmental science and technology are the cornerstones of the university’s multi-disciplinary environmental research efforts, our students will find themselves immersed in these endeavors.

The Environmental Science and Policy Program draws courses and faculty from 20 departments and 4 colleges. Students begin their work in three significant areas: biological resources, earth systems and human dimensions. Students then choose from one of several exciting areas of concentration to develop deeper understanding and appreciation of complex issues facing environmental scientists.

Environmental science and policy is a broad undergraduate major, drawing courses and faculty from 20 departments and four colleges.

The natural resources management program is a natural and social sciences curriculum that teaches students concepts necessary to efficiently use and manage natural resources. This program identifies the role of natural resources in economic development while recognizing the concern of society for the environment. Students pursue an extensive range of foundation courses and then select subjects concentrated in one of these areas of interest: plant and wildlife resources management, land and water resources management or environmental education and park management.

Housing Evolves

Eco-House unites environmentally minded students from across the campus under one roof to learn about sustainable living, green buildings, energy conservation, and water flow. Eco-House, the university’s newest living and learning community, unites environmentally minded students from across campus under one roof. Through shared courses, community service, internships and research projects, students will learn about sustainable living practices, green buildings, energy conservation and water flow. The program is open to juniors and seniors from all majors to create an interdisciplinary approach. Applicants must show a commitment to environmental issues and, once accepted, will be matched with faculty whose specialties match their interests.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Weiss

Last updated: 08/22/2008