Mission Statement

The mission of the environmental science program is to provide the student with the necessary background and experience in the natural and social sciences to enable the student to enter an environmental career or continue on to graduate school.

Degrees Offered

• Bachelor of Science – Comprehensive Major in Environmental Science
• Bachelor of Science or Arts – Minor in Environmental Science
• Associate of Science – Environmental Science

Learning Outcomes

The successful student is able to:

• Explain, using appropriate terminology, the major concepts in environmental science including major environmental problems, their causes, consequences, and potential solutions.
• Explain the fundamentals of scientific inquiry, interpret the results of scientific investigations, and draw reasonable conclusions from data.
• Communicate scientific information in oral and written form.
• Relate models, theories and concepts to real world phenomena.
• Use standard scientific equipment appropriately and safely.
• Explain, using appropriate terminology, the major environmental laws in the United States.
• Function successfully in an environmental science internship.

Facilities

The Kidd Math/Science Center opened in 1985. With an award-winning masonry design, the center’s front doors open to a glass atrium with live plants & a trickling pond. A spacious lobby follows with comfortable studying facilities. The center houses three large chemistry labs, three biology labs, one physics lab, one computer lab, lecture rooms, faculty offices and a large bent glass greenhouse that enhances the view of campus. McKenzie Hall opened in 1997, and it provides math/science students, along with the nursing students, two large lecture halls, a variety of lecture rooms, an anatomy lab, three computer labs, faculty offices and a conference room with a beautiful view of campus and the surrounding landscape.