Major in Environmental Science, B.S. (16 Courses)

Environmental Science students will receive a broad foundation in the fundamentals of environmental science, including chemistry, biology, physics, and mathematics. The program also allows the students the flexibility to explore different interests such as resource conservation or botany. Students interested in this major are eligible to take courses off campus through the Marine Studies Consortium, the Duke University Marine Biology Consortium, and the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts.

After graduation, students can seek employment in government agencies or industry, or they can pursue graduate studies in environmental engineering, environmental science, environmental management, law, education or the health sciences. To facilitate entry into these areas of study the University has established agreements that allow qualified Assumption Environmental Science students to participate in a dual degree program with the University of Notre Dame or Washington University in St. Louis, which will result in two degrees: a B.S. in Environmental Science and a B.S. in Environmental Engineering. Assumption also has agreements that can help students gain acceptance to earn a M.S. in Environmental Management or Forestry Management from Duke University, world-renowned for its work in Environmental Science, or a J.D. in Environmental Law from the Vermont Law School, which U.S. News and World Report currently ranks as the nation’s leading environmental law program.