Applied Environmental Sciences Royal Roads University

Overview

Build on your passion through the Applied Environmental Sciences at Royal Roads University.

You love science, nature, and finding sustainable solutions for your community and the planet.

Join our one-year Undergraduate Certificate in Applied Environmental Sciences at our two West Shore campuses. Through your field, laboratory and classroom courses, you'll gain knowledge of environmental thought, ecology and chemistry, plus job-ready math and lab techniques. With small classes, hands-on experiments, team projects and field school, you'll build confidence to tackle real-world challenges!

Key facts:

You’ll deepen your scientific knowledge through hands-on learning in the lab, in the field, and in our modern classrooms with views of the forest, mountains and sea. 

Explore how chemistry, physics, microbiology, research methods, leadership and environmental economics can help you solve today's challenges.

Within problem-solving teams, you’ll work closely with your professors and peers on interdisciplinary projects in class and during field school. Using real-world cases, you’ll build essential skills and expertise to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, and social-ecological issues.

Start now. Choose later.

With flexible entry and exit points, you can pause your studies at any stage and enter the workforce equipped with valuable credentials — then return to complete your degree when you're ready.