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After carefully weighing the strengths & weaknesses of Environmental Science and Environmental Studies programs on campuses across the country and discussing their pros & cons with experienced people in the environmental industry, we feel that the best approach for students wishing to major in Environmental Science and Environmental Studies is to obtain DEPTH through advanced coursework in a traditional major supplemented by BREADTH in courses with an environmental focus. Combining this approach with an Environmental Geoscience major or minor avoids pitfalls of some environmental programs where students obtain a degree that effectively is a double-minor with insufficient advanced coursework to be successful in graduate school or in the environmental industry. |
Interested in an Honors Program about the Environment?Check out the Environmental Fellows Program. |
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Interested in Environmental Science?Check out the Environmental Geoscience major
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Interested in Environmental Studies?Check out the Environmental Geoscience minor
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The ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE major provides students with...
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Students interested in environmental subjects less focused on the sciences (e.g., environmental policy, environmental law) can...
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Environmental Geophysics students gathering subsurface data using a Ground-Penetrating Radar unit (thanks to Ashtead Technology-Indianapolis for loaning us this unit).
Student collecting acid-mine drainage water samples from the Green Valley Coal Mine near Terre Haute, IN.
Environmental Geophysics students analyzing seismic wave arrivals gathered using the Department's refraction seismograph.
Students using a water-level indicator to measure depth to the water table in a local monitoring well.
Students with ISGS geologist David Grimley learning about soils and glacial deposits in the Champaign, IL area.
Student measuring pH to help determine surface water quality.
