Career Prospects for ENVS Majors
Whether you want to go to graduate school or find a job, the basic rule is to take the initiative and do your homework. Research jobs and schools, talk with people, especially environmental studies faculty, take on an internship - explore your options!
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Types of careers our graduates have pursued:
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Environmental Consulting |
Wildlife Ecology |
| International construction and development |
Department of the Interior |
| Coastal zone planning |
State and National Parks |
| Urban, regional and land-use planning | Bureau of Land Management |
| Environmental law | Department of Fish and Game |
| Natural history museums |
Private aid organizations |
| Environmental mediation | Farm advising |
| Peace Corps | Plant ecology |
| Freelance writing/media production | County Agricultural Commissioner's Office |
| Resource policy analysis | Integrated pest management research/consulting |
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Environmental Protection Agency |
Small scale agriculture-farm management |
| Environmental health monitoring | Horticulture-arboretum management |
| Waste management | Landscape design/maintenance |
| Recycling management | Environmental organizer |
| Teaching - all levels | Special interest groups |
| Outdoor education - all levels | United Nations specialized agencies |
| Science education through school gardens |
Agency of International Development |
Legislative advocate
Environmental dispute resolution
Practicing environmental law in San Francisco
Environmental organizerconsultant and activist
Consultant to World Wildlife Fund
Enterprise zone coordinator
Director of public land trust
California Legislature Budget Committee
Own environmental consulting firm
Environmental assessment for university
Teaching junior high science
Executive director county resource conservation district
Statewide planner State of California
Program analyst
Cross-cultural environmental mediation
Bay/river management plan project director
Owns building energy consulting firm
Teaching in college outdoor education center
Agricultural researcher & project planner
Science writer
Director elementary school Life Labs
Bilingual elementary school teacher
Director of new product development for grower/packer
Partner/farmer farming collective
Organizing the California Organic Growers Association
Agricultural researcher and project planner
Botany curator
Resource Center for International Agrarian Development
Restoration ecologist U.S. Forest Service
Coordinator of stewardship program
Freelance scientific illustrator
Director of species conservation
Nest attendant UCSC Predatory Bird Research Program
Set up San Francisco's curbside recycling program
Program director of a regional housing organization
Transit/parking director
Works in multimedia education program
Landscape architect
Coastal engineer and GIS coordinator
Economist/Planner, environmental planning services firm
Facilities analyst for university
Park Ranger California State Parks