Tackle the world’s most pressing environmental problems with a major in Environmental 化学.
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Explore your options using the Environmental 化学 Major Guide — classes, internships, research and study abroad. Find what interests you, discover what you love, and create a major experience that jumpstarts your future.
You’ll learn the impact that chemical substances have on the earth’s ecosystems by building your knowledge of both 化学 and environmental science. Get ready to confront climate change, find ways to clean up air and water pollution, and respond to environmental disasters. Or figure out solutions to problems related to energy, waste and recycling.
You’ll join a student-faculty research group for at least two semesters, where you’ll learn the process of research from beginning to end. 应用 your knowledge in the state-of-the-art labs of the John Brooks Williams 自然科学s Center. 研究生 with a solid understanding of the science — and the connections between the environment, 经济与政策.
你将离开St。. 爱德华的 ready to make a difference.
What do our graduates do?
Environmental 化学 majors go on to a variety of careers and graduate schools from St. 爱德华的. 这里有一个例子.
- Geochemist and risk assessment officer at Tetra技术, a consulting and engineering company
- Master’s student at Texas A&M
- PhD candidate at DePaul University
- PhD candidate at the University of North Texas
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The Classroom and Beyond
We emphasize experiential learning, so students majoring in Environmental 化学 enroll in at least two semesters of research courses and join a student-faculty research group with the goal of producing and presenting professional-level work.
学位要求
主要要求: The Bachelor of Science in Environmental 化学 requires 78 to 79 hours of major courses, which include a combination of environmental science, 化学, 哲学, 生物学, 数学, 和物理.
通识教育 Requirements: In addition to the major program requirements, all students must satisfy the general education requirements. Talk with your success coach and faculty advisor about which courses are right for you.
View and download the full degree plan for our Environmental 化学 major (PDF).
A few examples of courses students in this major take:
- Environmental Politics and Policy – Explore new demands worldwide for dealing with the risks of climate change, 人口增长, loss of biological diversity and terrorism, which will force governments everywhere to rethink policy strategies and find new ways to reconcile environmental and economic goals.
- 环境伦理学 – Explore moral concerns and ethical decision making with regard to the environment. Topics include individual, corporate and state freedoms and responsibilities, permissible uses of animals, and comparison of strategies for protecting natural resources, as well as case studies regarding equity, 正义, and individual and community rights to environmental resources.
- 生物化学 – Survey of the fundamentals of bio化学. Topics include structure of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates, 催化, 动力学, bioenergetics and metabolism, and information pathways.
实习
Our internship program acquaints students with practical experience. Our students have recently interned with:
- Tetra技术
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality