What Can You Do With A Degree in Environmental Studies?

The sky's the limit! There are many different areas that Environmental Studies majors go into after they graduate from Tennessee Tech University. Here are a few examples:

• Environmental Remediation and Compliance:
  • Remediation, Auditing, Air and Water Pollution.

     

•  Air or Water Quality Management:
  • Laboratory Analysis, Watershed Management, Stream Restoration, Sustainable Infrastructure, Permitting.

     

•  Conservation Planning:
  • Natural Resource Planning, Transportation Planning, Recreation Management, Building/Zoning, Park Management.

     

• Environmental Education and Communication:
  • Teaching, Technical Writing, Editing for Publishers, Public Relations, Nature Photography,  Journalism.

     

• Environmental Law:
  • Political Action, Lobbying, Science Policy, Regulatory Affairs, Patent Law, Environmental Law, Non-profit, Mediation.

     

• Waste Management:
  • Risk Assessment, Quality Control, Recycling, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Hygiene,  Public and Environmental Health.

     

Prospective Employers Pertaining to Environmental Studies
Local (Public and Private) APTIM Environmental Services Aquaeter, Inc. BDY Environmental Natural Sciences Consultants EnviroScience, Inc. Leidos Oak Ridge National Laboratory PM Environmental, Inc. Public Entity Partners Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC RSI EnTech, LLC Spectrum Environmental Services, Inc.	TDEC TDOT TWRA Terracon Consultants, Inc.  The Nature Conservancy TriAD Environmental Consultants Upper Cumberland Development District U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Vanderbilt University Vulcan Materials Company Wiser Imagery Services
Public Army Corps of Engineers Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services Department of Interior Federal, state, and local government Natural Resource Conservation Service Public works departments		Private       Angayut, LLC Clean Harbors HSG, LLC (Herndon Solutions Group) HF&H Consultants, LLC American Conservation Experience - EPIC Sapphos Environmental Environmental Works, Inc.  Ecotone, LLC Ecosystems Solutions, Inc.  NRDC Saunders Brothers, Inc.  The Freshwater Trust (TFT)

 

Job Boards to Help Get Your Career Started

• https://jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/search/ 
• https://www.tn.gov/careers/apply-here.html
• https://www.usajobs.gov/
• https://www.zintellect.com/Catalog
• https://www.nps.gov/subjects/science/scientists-in-parks.htm