About the Environmental Science Major
Climate change. Pollution. Reduced biodiversity. Nonrenewable resources. Today, more than ever before, 我们面临着一系列影响地球上所有生物的环境问题.
Carroll University’s Environmental Science program integrates geologic, atmospheric, chemical and biological knowledge. 这是一个跨学科的方法，最好的准备你解决自然资源管理和找到环境问题的答案. You’ll develop a scientific understanding of the biological, chemical and physical aspects of environmental systems, 学习使用定量和定性方法分析环境数据和问题，并获得宝贵的实验室和现场技能.
卡罗尔在我们75英亩的林地提供了实践学习和研究经验的额外优势, a trout stream, 冷水泉和稀有湿地坐落在美丽的水壶冰碛地区就在校园的西部. The property includes the Greene Field Station, 毗邻卡罗尔新建的草原泉环境教育中心，也是保罗·弗莱肯斯坦研究实验室的所在地.
Field Station
The environmental science program helps manage a 75-acre field station. Located in the beautiful Kettle Moraine region just west of campus, the property features a trout stream, cold-water springs, extensive wetlands, 草原泉环境教育中心和保罗·弗莱肯斯坦研究实验室. 该网站为学生提供了许多室内和室外实验室和研究活动的机会.
通过养护、保护和可持续发展，让世界变得更美好
环境科学是一个不断发展的领域，许多工作部门只需要学士学位.
卡罗尔的课程为你在自然资源管理方面的职业生涯做准备, environmental protection, conservation, environmental consulting, education and government.
Carroll's Environmental Science Program Offers More Choice in Less Time
Our program is flexible, 允许你在四年或更短的时间内修双专业或辅修并毕业. 你可以根据你的职业目标定制课程，充分利用你的学位. A sample of what you can explore includes:
- Renewable and nonrenewable resource management, including forestry, fisheries and wildlife populations and their habitats
- 气候科学研究气候和气候变化以及相关的环境、政治和社会问题
- Problem solving in environmental systems
- Urban and suburban soil and water resources
- Watershed management and development of management plans
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS), widely used, 专门的计算机程序检查分布在地球表面的数据
环境科学是一个不断发展的领域，大多数工作部门只需要学士学位. Carroll’s program prepares you for careers in natural resource management, environmental protection, conservation, environmental consulting, government and air, water and soil quality.
Pairing the environmental science major with Carroll’s secondary education 该专业可以获得威斯康星州公共教育部的认证，在高中和初中教授科学. 你的专业课程将为你教授环境科学课程做准备, 而你的重点课程将准备你跨科学学科的教学, which will make you more versatile in your school setting.
Graduate School Opportunities
近一半的卡罗尔环境科学项目的学生继续在各种领域的研究生课程. Education, law, fish and wildlife ecology and management, marine sciences, environmental health, 地理信息系统和水资源只是你可以选择的职业方向中的一些.
最近卡罗尔环境科学项目的校友继续他们在以下研究生课程的教育:
- 威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校淡水科学硕士
- Master of Science in Environmental Science at Alaska Pacific University
- Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- 明尼苏达大学科学、技术和环境政策理学硕士