The Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in several options:

air pollution science and technology environmental chemistry environmental engineering environmental microbiology exposure assessment (Ph.D. only) (offered jointly with the Rutgers Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.) pollution prevention and control

Within these options, the following areas of specialization are offered:

air pollution and resources aquatic biology aquatic chemistry aquatic toxicology assessment chemistry microbiology, and physics of aerosol and hydrosol systems climate change environmental chemistry environmental microbiology

environmental prediction surface and groundwater pollution modeling human exposure industrial hygiene occupational health pesticide residue chemistry soil chemistry, microbiology, and physics solid and hazardous wastes water and wastewater treatment water resources.

The backgrounds of successful applicants vary greatly. All are expected to have earned an undergraduate degree in a science or engineering discipline with appropriate backgrounds in biology, chemistry, mathematics and/or physics. Otherwise highly qualified applicants who lack any of the above requirements may be allowed to correct this after admission. Selected applicants from non-scientific fields are sometimes admitted, and have a good record of accomplishment.

Graduates have been highly successful in a wide range of professional pursuits in both the public and private sector. This includes careers in academia, business, consulting, government, health care, industry, and the media. Our alumni work in classrooms, courtrooms, hospitals, industrial plants, laboratories, offices, and the outdoors. If you like science, and have an interest in the environment - we may be the program you are looking for!