Midway College offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science. Environmental concerns are among the most pressing and controversial issues confronting today's society. Environmental concerns such as hazardous and toxic waste management and disposal, acid rain, global climate change, the maintenance of safe water quality, deforestation, and biological diversity are areas of challenge in environmental science. The degree was developed in response to a growing need for people who can critically evaluate and reasonably formulate solutions to complex local, regional, national, and global environmental problems. Students, upon completion of the curriculum, will:
1. Possess the intellectual and practical skills of the natural scientist to enable them to understand interrelated biological, chemical, and physical processes in the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere.
2. Acquire skills of the social scientist to allow them to understand the social, political, cultural, and economic impacts of environmental changes caused by human activities
Job placement of graduates in fields related to environmental science is promising. Examples of areas in which graduates will be employable include Environmental Policy and Regulation, Conservation and Natural Resources, Environmental Communication and Advocacy (i.e. media and public relations) and environmental research and education. Graduates should also be well prepared for entrance to graduate school in the sciences.
Midway College is committed to training women for the sciences and to encourage them to excel in their fields so that they will be able to assume positions of leadership.
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