Bachelor of Science - Environmental Science and Policy

Environmental issues such as climate change, water quality and biodiversity loss are significantly affecting the earth and human societies. As an Environmental Science and Policy major, students will study the science underlying environmental problems as well as the policy strategies that will enable them to develop solutions to these problems.  

ENSP faculty and students conduct field research at Wild Basin Preserve, the Spicewood Ranch Ecolab in the rural Hill Country and in tropical forests in Costa Rica. Students can apply their research skills to projects like examining the environmental impacts of electric scooters, testing Travis County residents’ water for lead contamination or examining whether paying Costa Rican and Ugandan farmers to not cut down their forests helps reduce deforestation.  

As environmental issues are inherently interdisciplinary, integrating science and policy allows ENSP graduates to acquire the research, analytical and technical skills necessary to acquire positions in a wide range of environmental careers in the public, private and non-profit sectors.