Academics
Saint Michael's College offers several options for students interested in studying topics of environmental concern in their academic programs. Students interested in careers or graduate study in the environmental sciences should consider majors with strong emphasis on the natural sciences. Several majors at Saint Michael's provide gateways to various careers in the enviromental sciences. For example, students with a strong interest in ecology, or the study of animals or plants, may wish to choose the Environmental Biology option within the Biology major. Students interested in the biochemical effects of pollutants on living systems might wish to major in Biochemistry. Those with interest in monitoring and remediation of pollutants may wish to major in Chemistry. Students interested in careers in pollution control technologies might consider majors in Engineering or Physics.
In addition, Saint Michael's offers an interdisciplinary Environmental Science major, which is intended primarily to produce scientists well-grounded in the biological and physical sciences and who are capable of addressing environmental issues through analytical laboratory and field studies. The Environmental Science major includes a social science component designed to provide an additional perspective to environmental issues.
Saint Michael's also offers a minor in Environmental Studies for those students who are more interested in the social and political aspects of environmental issues. This minor may be combined with any major, including the natural science majors, with the exception of the Environmental Science major.
Current and prospective undergraduate research students in the natural sciences, math, and engineering, can find research opportunities at: http://www.webguru.neu.edu/.