Degree: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with a major in Environmental Science
(120 credit hours) Requirements are subject to change.
The goal of the Environmental Science Program is to cultivate the student perspectives of environmental issues and provide students with refined knowledge of these issues at the local, regional, and global scale. Through a series of academic courses and co-curricular activities (e.g., research and outreach), students will learn how human activity impacts environment will obtain critical thinking and problem solving skills necessary to productively contribute to solutions. The program will increase the student’s technical competence in addressing environmental issues, their origins, ramifications, and resolutions. The Environmental Sciences Program at Springfield College is interdisciplinary, and is designed to promote leadership necessary for the stewardship of both the natural and built environments.
The B.S. in Environmental Science will provide students with the necessary quantitative, technological, and scientific abilities to engage in the many processes that are necessary to confront the challenges citizens, businesses, governments, non-governmental organizations, among others, face in light of rapidly changing modern global environmental issues. The B.S. will equip students with the analytical tools for understanding pressing environmental issues and engaging in concerns related to the natural and social world. The program will offer multidisciplinary curriculum with interdisciplinary learning tools, incorporating natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, to ensure the graduates will gain a holistic understanding of complex environmental concerns in their natural, social, and ethical implications.
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