Master of Science in Environmental Sciences - Environmental Education

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The environmental sciences program cultivates students’ perspectives of environmental issues and provides them with refined knowledge of environmental issues at the local, regional and global level. The program will increase the student’s technical competence in addressing and analyzing these issues, their origins, ramifications and resolutions, and is designed to enhance and promote professional education and career opportunities in a wide area of interests. Faculty from several departments in the College of Arts and Sciences provide mentoring, direction and instruction. Practicing professionals also lend their expertise to this program, and close relationships are maintained with industries and environmental agencies so that both students and faculty members can incorporate real-world issues in their studies and research.The program offers challenging environmental research opportunities, which may be related to: CampusHomeMunicipalityBusiness and industryState or federal governmentConsulting firmsVarious advocacy groups. The Department has access to a variety of instrumentation, including: Atomic absorption spectrometerInductively-Coupled Plasma-Mass SpectrometerComputer access to Geographical Information SystemGas and liquid chromatographsMass spectrometer Nanoparticle analyzerCarbon-nitrogen-sulfur analyzerSampling equipmentAutomated water samplersLow and high volume air samplersSoil and sediment coring devicesThermal cycler for real-time PCRsIn addition, the program has several field sites for long-term environmental monitoring studies, including recently developed experimental filter strips and restored Oak Savannah Prairie.