Overview

Graduates with the first concentration are prepared to become environmental professionals in positions such as naturalists with parks and other outdoor organizations and environmental educators in camps and social service agencies.

Those with environmental planning find employment in municipal and not-for-profit agencies, in natural resource planning and management, water resources, solid waste issues, ecological restoration, park development, and environmental policy at the local, state, regional, or national level.

Key Features

Students of the Environmental Studies program at Northeastern Illinois University are expected to develop:

knowledge drawn from the natural sciences concerning structure, function, and effect of change in ecosystems; from the social sciences concerning factors that affect natural systems such as population pressures, pollution, resource utilization and depletion; from the humanities concerning the relationships of ethics and values to environmental attitudes and behaviors

knowledge of interrelationships involving economics, politics, and perceptions in environmental decision making

knowledge related to causes of environmental deterioration and constructive efforts to deal with environmental problems in a historical and contemporary context

the ability to acquire information through field observations, interviews, and surveys, as well as from maps, aerial photographs, satellite imagery, computerized information, and a variety of other prepared sources

analytical skills to process information derived from the above sources

the ability to prepare effective oral, written, and graphic presentations

the ability to apply relevant theoretical perspectives to actual environmental problems

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Environmental Studies

Physical Geography

Conservation Of Natural Resources

Writing Intensive Program: Writing in GES

Research Methods

Internship In Geography And Environmental Studies

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Chicago, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Admission Application

Official ACT/SAT scores (required if you have earned fewer than 24 semester hours of college credit)

Official transcript from high school (required if you have earned fewer than 24 semester hours of college credit)

Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended (Courses taken at colleges or universities outside of the U.S. must be evaluated by Educational Credentials Evaluators, Inc. or World Education Services, Inc.)

Application fee

Additional Requirements for International Applicants:

Notarized Undergraduate Financial Statement

Notarized bank letter(s) from each sponsor’s financial institution

TOEFL or IELTS official score report

Copy of passport photo page

Copy of Form I-94 and Form I-20 (if applying from within the U.S.)

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

20181 USD / year

≈ 20181 USD / year
Out-of-State

20181 USD / year

≈ 20181 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

10343 USD / year

≈ 10343 USD / year

Living costs

Chicago

United States

1297 - 2491 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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