Environmental Studies

What Is Environmental Studies?

Environmental Studies interdisciplinary programs provide an academic framework for understanding the growing body of literature and scholarship on environmental problems. Students will learn about major environmental problems facing contemporary society, and acquire the interdisciplinary tools required to analyze, critique, and solve them. Both theoretical and applied approaches will be emphasized to varying degrees within the curriculum.

What Can You Be With a Major in Environmental Studies?

A major does not dictate your career; it provides you with invaluable skills and knowledge that you can apply to many areas of life and work. Here are some the careers you may want to consider pursuing with your major:

  • Environmental Project Manager
  • Community Outreach Manager
  • Technical Writer
  • Lobbyist
  • Public Relations Specialist
  • Search for Careers for more career possibilities.

With additional education/training…

  • Marine Biologist
  • Oceanographer
  • Ecologist
  • Environmental Consultant
  • Environmental Engineer
  • Environmental Technician
  • Environmental Health Officer

Where Can You Work?

  • Environmental Companies
  • Government Organizations
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • Law Firms

What Skills Can You Develop?

An Arts degree helps you develop transferable, functional skills such as writing, critical thinking and communication skills that employers and most work situations require. Concentrating your studies in a major allows you to gain specific transferable skills, such as those below, which are attractive to particular employers and industries.

  • Ability to organize, conduct and explain research
  • Proficiency in analytical reasoning
  • Ability to summarize and solve complicated material
  • Ability to think logically and critically and make analogies
  • Ability to design and complete in-depth projects
  • Knowledge of dissection and laboratory techniques
  • Presenting and writing proposals and reports
  • Testing ideas and hypotheses
  • Ability to analyze cause and effects
  • Ability to formulate and defend positions
  • Ability to gather and tabulate data
  • Ability to maintain accurate records
  • Ability to operate scientific equipment
  • Ability to make critical observations and evaluations
  • Ability to observe and analyze introspectively
  • Ability to organize and memorize detailed information

Professional Associations

Professional associations can be a great way to meet, learn from and network with professionals in your field of interest. Some associations offer student memberships, often at a reduced rate. Below is a sample of professional associations you can explore.

Contact the Department

UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management
University of New Brunswick
P.O. Box 44555
Fredericton NB E3B 5A3

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