Environmental Science Royal Roads University

Overview

You’ll learn about environmental management, economics, law, communications, and sustainable development.

You’ll also spend time in our on-campus, state-of-the-art laboratories, giving you experience in laboratory practice and procedures as well as the foundations of environmental science with chemistry, hydrology, ecotoxicology and ecology.

Besides the environmental science learning, you’ll cross-train with other disciplines, like social sciences and humanities. This helps you become better able to analyze and solve problems around complex environmental issues.

You'll also learn to to identify the gaps in your knowledge and skills, and to fill those gaps in a way that lets you use your existing knowledge and skills to address the problem at hand.

With environmental and scientific knowledge applied to team-based practice, you'll be well-prepared for leadership in industry, government and environmental consulting.

Hands-on research

If you're enrolled in the 12-month on-campus option, you will work on a hands-on environmental consulting project over 11 months of your program. You'll collaborate with sponsor organizations to design, budget, conduct and report on your research, giving you a suite of practical and in-demand skills.

These projects are the perfect opportunity for students entering the environmental field to graduate with relevant work experience and a project to highlight their abilities to potential employers.

Programme outcomes

Once you have completed this Environmental Science programme from Royal Roads University , you'll have a broad range of technical, communication, analytical and interpersonal skills, together with a firm grounding in environmental science.

These skills set you up for success in environmental consulting, environmental management for industry, business, non-governmental organizations and municipal governments, as an environmental policy advisor, mediator for stakeholder groups, or in environmental monitoring or regulatory compliance.

Pathways into the BSc in Environmental Science

• Option 1: Start with an RRU undergraduate diploma (for students coming from high school).
• Option 2: Enter directly into the BScES program (for students with prior post-secondary or work experience).