The Environmental Studies major allows students to explore the relationships between people and their environment. Students entering this field of study are generally comfortable and competent in using problem-solving method and data-search strategies, performing analyses, assessing information related to environmental topics and proposing reasonable action for concerned citizens. Strong listening and persuasion skills are also important to communicate ideas from various perspectives and describe practical solutions for environmental issues. Students will need to express themselves to various audiences using scientific language, technology, models, and strategies appropriate to the environmental sector.

With a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies, students often pursue careers in education, business, government, political organizations, nonprofit associations or private consulting firms. Many students also combine a degree in environmental science with a career in journalism, communications, environmental law, or health professions, looking, for example, at the causes and spread of diseases. The degree also prepares many graduates to enter graduate-degree programs in most sciences, such as environmental planning; resource management; engineering; law or public policy.

• Environmental Studies Department Website

Career Planning

• Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 
• Eco-tourism Career Guide
• EnviroEducation
• Envirolink
• Environmental Career Center
• Environmental Career Guide
• Outdoor Action Guide to Outdoor and Environmental Careers
• What Can I Do With a Major in Environmental Studies

Professional Associations

• Air & Waste Management Association
• American Chemical Society
• American Industrial Hygiene Association
• American Planning Association
• American Water Resources Association
• American Youth Foundation
• Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
• Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS)
• Ecological Society of America
• Greater Valley Forge Transportation Management Association
• National Association of Business Economists
• National Association of Environmental Professionals
• National Council for Science and the Environment
• National Parks & Conservation Association
• National Waste and Recycling Association
• North American Association for Environmental Education
• Northwest Youth Corps
• Ornithological Societies of North America
• Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
• Sierra Club
• Society for Conservation Biology
• Soil & Water Conservation Society
• Sustainable Agriculture Education Association
• Water Environment Federation

Miscellaneous

• Enviromental Educational Directory
• Netimpact.org
• Planet Friendly
• The Student Conservation Association
• Treehugger.com