As the population on our planet grows, greater amounts of resources are consumed - often resulting in a myriad of environmental problems. Opportunities for scientists, engineers, and policy makers with a background in the environmental sciences are growing. Possible careers include management of air and water resources, hazardous waste management, fishery and wildlife biology, and environmental and community planning. The major in Environmental Sciences integrates the principles of natural sciences that form a foundation for understanding human interaction with the global environment.
Environmental sciences are by definition interdisciplinary and broad in nature.
In the process, students study classical scientific phenomena, culminating with their subsequent applications in mathematical modeling, laboratory work, and field work to environmental topics. Students will draw on the strengths of the biology, chemistry, geosciences, physics, and mathematics programs at Fredonia to provide a true interdisciplinary major. As seniors, students demonstrate their ability to conduct independent work in the environmental sciences through an internship with local industries and municipalities, or through research with a participating faculty advisor.