Environmental Science
What is environmental science?
Why environmental science at OSU?
Career paths
Employment for graduates occurs in a wide range of fields and sectors including private, non-profit and government agencies. Graduates can look forward to working in one or more of the following fields:
- Conservation planning
- Environmental compliance
- Environmental consulting
- Environmental law
- Environmental remediation
- Extension education
- Hydrology
- Land-use planning
- Research
- Soil and water quality
- Waste disposal
- Wetlands and watershed management
11%projected job growth
Jobs within the environmental science field are projected to grow about 15 percent through 2026, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Highlights
Hands-on learning
Many courses in the environmental science program are hands-on and designed to immerse you in the field, providing you with the opportunity to address environmental problems from the standpoint of ethics, risk, and scientific and social feasibility. For example, the senior-level capstone class features a team-based project, which helps students develop real-world experience as they work with professionals in environmental science related fields.
Fast fact
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs within the environmental science field are projected to grow about 11 percent through 2026, which is higher than the average for all job fields.
An interdisciplinary approach
The environmental science undergraduate major is directly supported by faculty from several departments within the Ferguson College of Agriculture: agricultural economics, animal science, biosystems and agricultural engineering, entomology and plant pathology, horticulture and landscape architecture, natural resource ecology and management, and plant and soil sciences. The combined approach, and experience of the faculty members, will give you a unique and multi-disciplinary academic career.
Undergraduate research
As an environmental science student, you will benefit from working with faculty who are conducting cutting-edge research involving environmental problems. The Ferguson College of Agriculture has long been committed to fostering research opportunities and partnerships that lead to scholastic achievement, societal improvements, technological innovation and economic revitalization.