These skills, combined with a strong science curriculum, make Elizabethtown graduates attractive to both employers and graduate schools. Images Top Environmental Toxicology Concentration Prepares students for careers and graduate study on the impacts of environmental stress on organisms and in the methods of risk assessment. Images Top Environmental Resource Management Concentration Prepares students for careers and graduate study on the measurement of environmental stress on human and ecological systems. Images Top Environmental Policy Concentration Prepares students for careers and graduate studies on environmental law or other areas which require a multidisciplinary perspective on environmental issues. As an environmental science major, you are encouraged to pursue practical experience in environmentally related professions while still in school.
Some students work as departmental assistants, preparing materials for lab courses.
Others become faculty research or teaching assistants. Students have worked at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Audubon, the PA Department of Environmental Protection, GPU Nuclear, and regional consulting firms. Images Top Research Opportunities You will be encouraged to do independent research both on and off campus. The use of investigative laboratories in your coursework will first introduce you to the research experience. Seniors may pursue an independent research project under the supervision of a faculty member.