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Environmental Science Careers Typical Duties:
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- Be responsible for waste management of hazardous materials inventory, or general activities involving regulatory compliance.
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Preparation:
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Take as many high school science and math courses as possible, especially those that are labratory oriented.
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GPS/GIS Careers:
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Environmental problem solving often necessitates a team approach involving specialists with Geographic Information data from Geographic Positioning Satellites.
GPS/GIS specialists Duties:
• Collect filed data
• Photo interpretation and remote data sensing
• Analyze and design databases.
• Analyze GPS surveys.
• Organize and manage total project solutions.
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Natural resource Careers
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• Ecologist,
• Park Management,
• Re-vegetation specialist,
• Soil and water engineering,
• Habitat restoration specialist,
• Consultants.
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Preparation for Careers.
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Your High School is a great place to become familiar with careers in environmental science. Many of your high School science courses directly prepare you for those you will take in college. Some high school courses even count for college credit, and if you enroll in college courses while in high school tuition is free! Ventura College offers programs in GIS/GPS, Water Science, Natural Resources, Plant Biotechnology, and Horticulture. These courses can prepare you for direct career entry, skill upgrading or completion of a technical certificate or AA degree. Check with your counselor or www.venturacollege.edu for a complete list of certificates and degrees. Most VC courses transfer to four-year universities. VC is a smart investment in your education, costing an average of $286 per year ( for the first2 year of College) Compare that to CSU at $1892 and UC at $ 3830 per year (as of 6/2003).
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How do I train for an environmental Science career?
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You may wish to enroll in college courses while in high school. Talk to your science teacher and your counselor for detail (or access the college of your choice on-line for details of preparation in your major).
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Start at a Community College?
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Ventura College can fulfill most of the freshman and sophomore requirements for environmental science majors, before transferring to a University. If you want to work in as a technician you can take courses for a technical certificate, work, and transfer to a university later. Check with your counselor or www.venturacollege.edu for certificates and degrees.
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Finish at a local University?
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UCSB:
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Students planning to complete their undergraduate degrees at UCSB may pursue any of the following majors in preparation for environmental sciences: Biological Sciences BA or BS in one of 10 distinct major in Department of ecology, Evolution, Marine Biology or Department of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology; Biochemistry; (in Chemistry Dept) Biopsychology (in Psychology Department); Chemistry (students must add a year sequence of biology); Environmental Studies BS; Geography, Geological Science (with Earth Systems Emphasis, or Paleobiology Emphasis), Hydrologic Science (in Environmental Studies Program): and Physics (students must add a year sequence of biology). Further information about the majors can be obtained from the Departmental Web sites available through www.ucsb.edu Information about admission requirements, selection criteria, and the transferability of Ventura College course work is available at the following website: www.ucsb.edu/ or transfer@ucsb.edu
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CSUCI:
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Subject matter course requirements are listed in the current CSUCI Catalog or can be obtained from your counselor. Much of the information is also available on- line at www.csuci.edu/
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Why Choose A Career in Environmental Science ?
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• Range of career opportunities: City Planning, Environmental Law, Range Manages, Soil
Conservation, Risk Manager, Ecology, Hydrologist, Water Quality, Air quality, Enforcement/regulation, and more.
• Range of educational possibilities, from high school to graduate school.
• Over 198,000 jobs were filed in 2000!
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WHAT CAN I DO IN CALIFORNIA ?
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Job growth will be strongest in state and local government offices, and in research and testing services.
• Soil Conservations: manage storm water and coastline erosion; evaluate runoff and erosion on farms and in cities
• Soil and water quality experts: improve water quality by preventing pollution.
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What about Ventura County? |
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State and local governments will need to provide public services including:
• Regulating commercial and residential development, transportation, housing and land use.
Non-government employment will include:
• Historic preservation
• Redevelopment
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