Although administered within the Division of Mathematics and Sciences, this interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science degree is best thought of as a University wide degree designed to provide an education for students with a broad range of interests and career goals related to the environment. Each individual student's area of specialization is developed by selecting a concentration from any academic discipline that offers a minor. A review of the Norwich catalogue shows the potential for a great range of combinations of emphasis, allowing students to match employment opportunities with their own personal interests.
Students have access to the facilities and equipment of all involved departments.
Nearly all incoming Environmental Science majors will start with the development of a firm science and mathematics base in their first two semesters. Those who enter having already selected either chemistry or physics as their concentration will be advised to modify the sequence of courses in their first year as described below. To build on this base, each student selects an academic area of concentration by the end of his or her first year, and it is that choice of concentration that determines which of two curriculum tracks the student will then follow. Both tracks culminate with the capstone, field oriented final project and a seminar. Their strength will be in this breadth as well as in the specific discipline in which they concentrate their studies.