Be descriptive for better results. The Environmental Sciences Graduate Program provides curricula leading to M.A., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Sciences. The curricula integrates thinking across disciplines, especially life, physical, and social sciences.
Environmental sciences explores natural processes on earth and their alteration by human activity.
OSU has exceptional strength in many of the disciplines, including science, agriculture, forestry, engineering, public health, liberal arts, social science, and oceanography, and atmospheric sciences. The degrees administered by the ES Graduate Program are the contribution from OSU to the Joint-Campus Graduate Program for Environmental Sciences, Studies, and Policy that links environmental graduate programs among the major research universities in Oregon. The purpose of the ES Graduate Program is to develop scientists who will be able to analyze and understand environmental systems, predict environmental change, and participate in the management of the environment. Each student completing a major in the ES Graduate Program will perform research and complete a thesis, dissertation, or research project. Each student will complete a core of ES graduate courses that will integrate concepts across the physical sciences, life sciences, and social sciences.