Environmental Science Program
Mission
To prepare students for...
- Professional employment
- Advanced studies (Ph.D.)
Objectives
- Directly address pressing local environmental needs
- Promote needed educational and service projects in the Western Pacific island communities
- Equip graduates with the knowledge and skills needed for sound scientific inquiry and professional practice
- Ingrain a solid understanding and commitment to academic ethics
Values
Institutional & Personal
Commitment to...
- the search for objective truth
- objective and honest scientific debate
- excellence in all endeavors
Integrity to...
- not compromise research or other work in response to political, ideological, social, or financial pressures
- share data and cooperate with others in attempts to advance scientific understanding and replication or verify the quality of previous work
Standards
Preparation
Students enter the program with adequate:
- Preparation in the basic sciences: math, physics, and chemistry.
- Scientific communication skills, or the ability to acquire them by the time they complete the program (i.e., writing and speaking).
The Program
- Contains sufficient breadth and depth in the defining disciplines:
- Biology-Ecology
- Geosciences-Engineering
- Economics-Management-Law
- Equips students with the skills for rigorous, quantitative research and applications of environmental science.
- Statistical methods
- Environmental assessments
- Coursework is rigorous and challenging.
- Minimum full-time load: 9 hours/semester
- Full-time students finish in 2 years
- Minimum full-time load: 9 hours/semester
Admission: Required & Recommended Pre-Requisites
- Methods: Statistics and geographic information systems (upper level, i.e., 300-400 level)
- Math: Calculus I is required; Calculus II is recommended for all and may be required in specific cases at the discretion of the thesis advisor/project supervisor based upon the nature of the research
- Physics: 2 semesters general physics with lab
- Chemistry: 2 semesters general chemistry with lab
- Biology: 1 semester biological/life science with lab
- Physics: course general physics with lab
- Chemistry: 2 semesters inorganic with lab, 2 semesters organic with lab
- Biology: 2 semesters of general biology with lab
- Physics: 3-credit course general physics with lab
- Chemistry: 3-credit course general chemistry with lab
- Biology: 3-credit course biological/life science with lab
- Economics & Business: 3-credit course microeconomics
- Intro to business or public administration: 3-credit course
Program Content & Structure
Overview
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