You see the forest for more than just trees; you understand that our ecosystem must balance aspects of animal and plant life with the biotechnological aspects needed in today’s world. Put those smarts into action with Michigan Tech’s applied ecology and environmental sciences major. Classes are hands-on and field-oriented, and you can conduct research in a variety of areas: bat habitat, molecular genetics, satellite imagery, invasive species, wolf-moose ecology, and global climate change—just to name a few.
As an applied ecology and environmental sciences student at Michigan Tech, you’ll get the chance to work on awesome projects. The rapidly growing Forest and Environmental Resource Management Enterprise team (FERM) or The Mesocosm—an underground process research lab—are just two options for hands-on research.
With an undergraduate degree in applied ecology and environmental sciences you could be working in the private sector or for state natural resource departments or US government agencies.
Learn more about applied ecology and environmental sciences at Michigan Tech!