35 Ecological Science Degree Programs

If you're passionate about the environment and eager to tackle global challenges like air pollution, climate change, and conservation, this field is for you. Environmental science combines science, math, and problem-solving to address pressing issues. It's a career that not only allows you to make a positive impact on the planet but also offers opportunities to travel and explore the outdoors while working on solutions for a sustainable future.

M.Sc. in Ecology and Nature Conservation program provides students with a theoretical background in ecology and evolution, with emphasis on biodiversity, community dynamics, and organism-level processes, combined with methodological knowledge, including statistics, mathematics, model development, and assessment procedures specific to nature conservation and management.

The 2-year practice-oriented and transdisciplinary study course is an educational framework for designers that aims to contribute to more sustainable, resilient, solidary, and just futures — both locally and trans-locally.

The Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geography is a subfield in geography that explores human-environment interactions. The B.S. in Environmental Geography provides students with the opportunity to study how humans impact, manage, and conserve the natural environment, including landforms, water and soil resources, climate, and plant and animal communities. Courses in the program focus on understanding processes and patterns in the natural environment, as well as quantitative analysis and applied, hands-on experiences in the classroom and in the field.

The new MSc in Bioenvironmental Monitoring and Assessment (BEMA) is designed to prepare its graduates for future employment in the fields of bioenvironmental monitoring, population assessment, wildlife management, and conservation biology. Many of today’s pressing environmental questions can be addressed either through robust analysis of existing ecological datasets or by conducting original research using especially novel and innovative approaches.

NNU's Wildlife Biology and Ecology (Bachelor of Science) degree offers students specific knowledge and skills that will prepare them to conduct scientific research in the fields of biodiversity conservation, wildlife management, or other ecological specialties or to pursue graduate school.

We all enjoy the sun on our faces, the dirt under our feet, and the air we breathe. But our environment is fragile. And it needs someone like you to protect it. We’re at a turning point for our planet, and it’s not just global warming. Our oceans, forests, and wildlife are all a delicate balance, and right now, they’re at risk. It’s not just about science (although science is a big part). To tackle this problem, you’ll need to become an economist, sociologist, and psychologist. And a fighter.

This master´s degree programme is offered to students interested in the environmental protection of all major components of the Earth, with strong focus on the role of sustainable agriculture and forestry in the soil, water and air preservation, and the application of environmentally friendly remedial technologies to improve their quality and properties.

This specialty includes the training of professionals capable of offering productive alternatives in the integral management of wildlife, with special attention to the protection and conservation of the habitat of the species. The courses of this specialty have an interdisciplinary approach in the analysis of the interaction and interdependence of the ecological, socio-economic, cultural and technological components in the management and conservation of tropical ecosystems.

In an increasingly international modern society where IT is constantly expanding into new areas, the role of language is assuming ever greater importance. A proper understanding of the status of languages in our diverse, modern society—languages that are themselves transforming—will require students to think about language from a wider, comprehensive perspective with a flexible approach not previously adopted in linguistic research methods.

This programme offers a dynamic new way of engaging with the challenging situations we face socially, economically and environmentally.

A concentration in Ecology and Conservation will equip you to be an active, real-world champion of the environment—an expert who applies problem-solving techniques to the ecological issues confronting a variety of natural and managed ecosystems. You'll explore ecology; climate-change impacts; ecosystem restoration; endangered species; GIS; soil; and the management of fisheries, forests, wildlife, lakes, watersheds, streams, and wetlands.

Our Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion programs allow students to cultivate the knowledge, skills, and wisdom to respond to existential threats and evolutionary challenges from integral and transdisciplinary perspectives. We prepare our students to create new careers, cultivate change, and become pioneers of hope. In our programs, students develop deep familiarity with at least one religious tradition and specific ecological issue, and gain an understanding of the challenges – and opportunities – inherent to studying religion and ecology together.

(Understanding the oceans) studies different ecosystems for aquatic organisms in the oceans, rivers and lakes of the world, including chemical analysis of water composition and the impacts of waves and water flows.

The Forest Ecology program is designed for students to receive an Associate in Science Degree (A.S.) upon completing the requirements. Gikenimindwaa Mitigoog translates to ‘getting to know the trees,’ an apt description for a program that provides graduates with broad-based field knowledge of forest lands, the organisms inhabiting them, and the systems (soil, water, air) that support them.