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Envisioning Solutions

• The curriculum trains students to be active scientists in the field, gaining vital skills and professional experience.
• Students conduct independent laboratory and field research in collaboration with highly respected faculty members, often at a level typically reserved for graduate students, using scientific resources one would expect to find at a large research institution.
• As you work toward your degree, you will gain both basic and applied knowledge of environmental science through fieldwork and internships.

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This major can be tailored to suit your career objectives, provide many opportunities to gain hands-on experience beyond the classroom, and culminate in a capstone research project comprised of laboratory or fieldwork with a faculty member.

Add Opportunities And Experiences

Students enrolled in this program have presented the results of their research work at national and international scientific meetings and have authored papers in respected scientific journals. Past students have been recipients of international fellowships for continued study in the United States and abroad. Students have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience through working with our many community partners to tackle environmental issues affecting our region and the world.

Our students regularly partner with organizations such as:

• American Museum of Natural History
• Billion Oyster Project
• Nature Conservancy
• NYC’s Mayor’s Office of Sustainability
• Pocantico River Alliance
• Riverkeeper
• Rockefeller State Park Preserve
• Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
• Student Conservation Association
• Teatown Lake Reservation
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• Westchester County Parks and Recreation
• Wildlife Conservation Society

Join A Student-Led Club

The ÌÒñ«ÉçÇø Sustainability Initiative (NYC Campus) is a student organization that teaches, assists, and proposes sustainability initiatives aimed at increasing the efficiency of resource use, reduction of waste, and preservation of ecosystems and animal species.

NATURE (Westchester Campus) is a student organization that serves as an outlet for students who have an appreciation and concern for the natural environment, engaging students and forging a sense of responsibility to environmental stewardship.

GreenÌÒñ«ÉçÇø Sustainability Committee

GreenÌÒñ«ÉçÇø Sustainability Committee (both campuses) serves as an incubator of ideas where students, staff, faculty, and administrators can develop sustainability proposals, create research projects, and implement various green practices while involving the ÌÒñ«ÉçÇø and outside community.

"ÌÒñ«ÉçÇø allows me to be on the front lines of the environmental movement, and provides me the opportunity to be a part of something bigger than myself. I always felt like New York City was the place where history could be made any day, and I wanted to be a part of it when that happens." —Thomas Carpenito ’21

Choose Your Career

Many of our students go on to advanced environmental degree programs at ÌÒñ«ÉçÇø or at other renowned institutions, or work in public or private environmental science organizations.

Career Options For Graduates Of This Degree Program

Potential career paths for students with a BS in Environmental Science include:

• Conservation
• Conservation Biology
• Community Agriculture and Food Systems
• Environmental Regulation and Assessment
• Endangered Species Protection
• GIS (geographic information systems)
• Natural Resource Management

Where Graduates Are Employed

• American Museum of Natural History
• Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical
• Department of Environmental Protection (NYS and NYC)
• GrowNYC
• Long Island Sound Taskforce
• NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
• NYCO Environmental Consulting Firm
• NY/NJ Port Authority
• New York Zoological Society
• Smithsonian National Zoo
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• Westchester County Department of Conservation
• Wildlife Conservation Society