Best CSU and UC for Environmental Science/Studies/etc major?

Gumbymom
Sat, 22 Sep 2018 19:54:33 +0000

You need to check each schools curriculum for Environmental Science to see if they offer an emphasis in Climate change. Most programs give an overview of all the areas I listed and some offer concentrations specific to Climate change.

The UC’s tend to lean towards the more specific concentrations vs. the CSU’s which focus more on policy.

Also unless you go into Environmental Engineering/Civil Engineering with a concentration on Environmental, then you are looking at Grad school to make a good living.

My son graduated from UCD with an ESM degree, did research on ecological restoration and freshwater fisheries and is currently working with the Department of Fish and Wildlife as a Scientific Aide. He is planning to go back to Grad school and concentrate more policy but to move your way up in this field, you need a few years field experience along with a background in policy.

@eyemgh is correct that to get a good paying job with a BS, Engineering is the way to go.

Here are some links for programs at the UC’s: https://www.berkeley.edu/atoz/dept/E