Environmental Science West Texas A&M University

Overview

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The Environmental Science program is offered by West Texas A&M University. Environmental science is a new field of basic and applied science which focuses on the interaction between people and the environment. The environmental scientist has two challenging, sometimes conflicting, goals in preparing to meet the challenges of the 21st century:

• to protect the public from environmental hazards and
• to preserve critical environmental resources

To accomplish these goals, the environmental scientist must be well trained in the fields of agriculture, biology, chemistry, economics, geography, geology and mathematics, and must be able to apply information drawn from these fields to the solution of environmental problems. The work of the environmental scientist is highly varied.

• Environmental scientists working for governmental agencies may direct and conduct stream monitoring programs, underground water and soils cleanup programs or programs to protect them from pollution or help make and enforce regulations to protect endangered ecosystems of plants and animals.
• Environmental scientists with public utility companies help select the most environmentally appropriate routes for power transmission lines, manage air emission programs and hazardous waste management.
• With a petroleum company or a mining company, an environmental scientist might help design a waste-water treatment facility or monitor air quality in the vicinity of a refinery or open-pit mine.
• An environmental scientist with a consulting firm might advise a municipal government on the most suitable location for a sanitary landfill or a department store chain on the best place for a mall.

• agriculture
• biology
• chemistry
• economics
• geography
• geology
• mathematics
• and must be able to apply information drawn from these fields to the solution of environmental problems.