Environmental Science Program

Improve your understanding of the world and develop solutions that improve the planet.

Our program will help you

  • Understand the Earth as an integrated system and appreciate how humans and social systems shape our environment.
  • Gain impactful hands-on experiences through course work, research, and internships that include laboratory, computer-based, and field methods.
  • Focus training on specific career fields with strong workforce demand and societal need or to prepare for graduate-level studies in Environmental Science or allied disciplines.

About us

This interdisciplinary undergraduate major in Environmental Science represents a multidisciplinary collaboration between the Department of Agronomy, Division of Biology, Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences, and Department of Geology and allied units across the Kansas State University campus. This degree is a science-intensive alternative to environmental studies options at other universities.