Concerned about the environment and humankind's impact on the natural world? By integrating natural and social sciences, our Environmental Studies A.S. program enables you to analyze environmental issues, consider the causes and develop possible solutions for sustaining and preserving our natural world. You can participate in hands-on research at our aquaponics lab at the Pottstown Campus or earn a Certificate of Completion in GIS Operations.

At the end of the program you can easily transfer to a four-year institution and continue your environmental studies. You will also be prepared to major in such fields as environmental engineering, habitat biology, public policy or GIS.

Program outcomes

• Use established scientific standards and methods to install, calibrate, and manipulate basic laboratory and field equipment;
• Use established scientific standards and methods to collect, analyze, and interpret environmental data;
• Use established scientific standards and methods to hypothesize, communicate, and critique environmental forecasts;
• Analyze the sustainability of systems within an ecosystem.

Program Curriculum

*Students planning to transfer to an Environmental Science program should take BIO-151 and BIO-152, and CHE-151 and CHE-152. This generally requires students to test out of BIO 121, to test into MAT 161, and to have earned a "C" in high school Chemistry withn the last five years.

***Students planning to transfer to an Environmental Science program should consider GLG-151. Students planning to transfer to an Environmental Policy or Environmental & Society program should consider ENG-102 or ENG-115.