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Environmental Science
DEGREE
Bachelor of Science
CAREER IDEAS
Agricultural Technician, Aquarium Curator, Biochemist, Biologist, Botanist, Forensic Science Technician, Geneticist, Horticulturalist, Laboratory Technologist, Microbiologist, Professor, Science Teacher, Toxicologist
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS
Christopher J. Pappas, Department Chair
1 (914) 323-1276
christopher.pappas@mville.edu
The major in Environmental Science focuses on understanding ways in which humans interact with the natural world. Human behavioral, cultural, and sociological interactions that affect the environment and the means by which policies, regulations, and decisions influence human actions are a major focus of the major. The major seeks to provide a solid foundation in this discipline with courses such as Foundations of Ecology, Environmental Geology, Statistics, Genetics, Plant Biology, Molecular Biology, and Evolutionary Biology. With several updated teaching laboratories on campus, and a robust research program, students a gain valuable practical experience in addition to classroom time. There are also a variety of different internship opportunities, community service, and Honor Society events that may be explored.
The B.S. in Environmental Science focuses on understanding ways in which humans interact with the natural world. Human behavioral, cultural, and sociological interactions that affect the environment and the means by which the which policies, regulations, and decisions influence human actions are a major focus of the major.
Students who graduate with a B.S. in Environmental Science will be able to:
1. Write clear, concise research papers with well-constructed hypotheses, scientific methodology (introduction, methods, results and conclusions), correct in-text citation, and analysis of primary and secondary sources, and evaluate and apply information in these sources to a specific research question or topic
2. Make oral presentations confidently and professionally to an audience of their peers, mentors and colleagues
3. Understand quantitative reasoning as it applies to learning skills in the environmental sciences, understanding the process of scientific method, and implementing this in their laboratory and class projects at the introductory level as well as in advanced biology electives.
For information about our new BS in Environmental Science, please contact Dr. Christopher Pappas.
Full-time Faculty
Jorge Cardenas
Anna Yeung-Cheung
Wendy J. McFarlane
Christopher Pappas
Nancy Todd
Adjunct Faculty
Andres Botero
Laura Feinblum
Volodia Georgiev
Lucia Maestro Martinez
Anne Meore
Marie Meore
Sunera Rahman
Arpita Ray
James Van Sandwyk
Lab Manager