Environmental Science - Hawaii Pacific University

Environmental Science from Hawaii Pacific University is a Campus Bachelor Enviroment degree that prepares you for a Science career. The environmental science major prepares students for advanced studies or careers in the private and public sectors as environmental scientists. Students selecting this major take a rigorous series of lower-division courses in chemistry, physics, biology, earth system science, and mathematics as a foundation for advanced courses in environmental science . Students select upper-division courses from one of three options within the major -- the biology concentration, chemistry concentration, or the general concentration. This provides breadth of perspective for examining environmental issues, as well as significant depth in a traditional scientific discipline. Environmental science majors also receive professional HAZWOP and HAZCOM certificate training to enable a full range of field-based practicum, internship, and career experiences with environmental science companies or institutions. Upper-division coursework in communication, environmental law and policy, regulatory compliance, and environmental ethics provide additional understanding, skills, and perspective for approaching environmental issues. Program Objectives 1. Environmental Science Knowledge Base: A thorough understanding of the factual base, processes and relationship that constitute a working foundation in the environmental sciences . 2. The Human Dimension: An understanding of the social, economic, political and legal framework in which environmental issues are enmeshed. 3. Critical Analysis and Problem Solving Skills: Develop the ability to critically analyze and formulate possible solutions to complex environmental issues that includes consideration of social, economic, and political as well as scientific issues. 4. Communication Skills: The ability to access, comprehend, and communicate information to and from the many audiences required by a practitioner in field of environmental science. 5. Technical Skills: Develop a working knowledge of techniques used to gather and analyze information in environmental studies, including project design, sampling, measurement, geographic image interpretation, hazardous materials concerns, statistical and graphical analysis, and other computational skills. 6. Ethical Perspective Develop the ability to understand divergent ethical views of environmental issues, and to distinguish them from scientific or legal viewpoints. Graduates of the program through the attainment of the above objectives should develop their own environmental ethic and be able to articulate it to others. 7. Environmental Science Knowledge Base: A thorough understanding of the factual base, processes and relationship that constitute a working foundation in the environmental sciences. 8. Post-Graduate Experience: Graduates of this program are well prepared for graduate studies in a related discipline or for entry-level positions in the discipline. View more details on Hawaii Pacific University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Enviroment courses.