Environmental Soil Science
Soil links earth, atmosphere, water, and terrestrial life and controls the availability of nearly every life-sustaining resource. In the Environmental Soil Science major you will use biology, hydrology, chemistry, and physics to study the soil-based processes that shape, preserve, and protect our environment. Graduating with an E-Soil Sci degree opens many career options to you in fields related to environmental protection, sustainable management of natural resources, agriculture, and forestry.
Penn State’s Environmental Soil Science (E-Soil Sci) students deal with real-world problems. They apply biology, chemistry, earth sciences, ecology, hydrology, mineralogy, mathematics, and physics to environmental protection and sustainable management of natural resources. And they do this using a high-tech toolbox that includes geographic information systems, remote sensing, environmental modeling, microscopy, and spectroscopy, to name a few.
If you’re a person who is interested in earth sciences and their effects on the environment, then Environmental Soil Science may have what you’re looking for.