Our Degrees

Do you want to help people understand their part in creating a sustainable environment?

The relationships among people and animals are an integral part of our society, economy and culture. Animals provide us with food, clothing, recreation and companionship.

We offer the climate science and policy minor to provide students from across campus with a basic background in climate change science as well as mitigation and adaptation strategies.

Do you want to make a difference in the health and lives of people?

The community nutrition minor exposes students to the strategies available to promote proper nutrition among individuals, families and communities.

Are you interested in environmental toxins, their environmental fate and regulation, and their impacts on humans and other species?

Do you want to explore the relationships among the environment, law, policy, people and community planning?

Environmental toxicology explores the effects of toxicants (both human made and naturally occurring) on the normal biochemical, cellular and physiological functioning of biological systems.

Students study the application of biological, chemical, physical, and behavioral sciences to the processing, preservation, quality evaluation, public health aspects, and utilization of foods.

Global disease biology allows students to study disease and its relationship to the health of people, animals, plants and the environment in a global context.