Biology/environmental science at NU

PengsPhils
Sun, 18 Dec 2016 21:35:22 +0000

A friend of mine had a co-op at the New England Aquarium - I only knew this because I saw them in a tank one day!

I’m not an expert here, but it looks like you would want a classic Biology degree and then focus your classes on Ecology. Environmental Science seems to be very focused on the earth, energy developments, etc.

Being on the water, Northeastern has a marine Biology focus, which does also lump in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. If you look there, you will probably find what you are looking for.

http://catalog.northeastern.edu/course-descriptions/eemb/

If you look at the degree requirements for Biology, you can take at least 4 of those courses as your electives.

http://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/science/biology/biology-bs/#_ga=1.61064492.1865844849.1400816907

Any general electives could also be used there, and could get you a nice concentration.

So, while there isn’t a best fit major, if you love everything else, it looks like at least some of the classes you are looking for are offered and would be worked in easily to a classic Biology major.

Hope that helps!