6 Environmental Biology Course Programs

Environmental issues call upon citizens, organizations, and governments to grasp complex scientific concepts, address conflicting human values, and make difficult economic, political, and ethical choices. The two curricular options in Environmental Studies — the major in Environmental Studies, and the concentration in Environmental Studies — are designed to prepare students to effectively address these issues by integrating perspectives and methodologies from the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts and humanities.

Courses in the Environmental Studies program-including natural and social sciences as well as the humanities and fine arts-offer so many avenues for you to explore. The program's spread of curricular options will enable you to develop not only depth of exposure to certain fields and methodologies of study but also cross-disciplinary breadth of understanding.

The Bi-Co ES major and the Tri-Co ES minor cultivate in students the capacity to identify and confront key environmental issues through a blend of multiple disciplines, encompassing historical, cultural, economic, political, scientific, and ethical modes of inquiry. The Bi-Co ES major combines the strengths of our two liberal arts campuses to create an interdisciplinary program that teaches students to synthesize diverse disciplinary knowledge and approaches, and to communicate effectively across disciplinary boundaries as they engage with environmental issues. In addressing these issues, ES students will apply critical thinking and analytical skills within a holistic, systems framework that includes social justice as an essential component.

UAS Operations for Environmental Scientists is the second course in the three course sequence, UAS Applications and Operations in Environmental Science: Become the Scientist Pilot. This three course sequence is taught online, with both asynchronous and synchronous components, providing significant flexibility for professionals seeking to learn more about how drones are applied in environmental science. Learn more about the sequence.

This course is for anyone with interest in the field of Microbiology. Explore the microscopic world of bacteria, fungi, and viruses.

Life History, behaviour, and ecology of terrestrial and aquatic insects and their roles in pollination, herbivory, predation, agroecosystems, disease and vector epidemiology, invasion ecology, soil ecology, biodiversity and freshwater ecology.