BA/BS Environmental Sciences + MS Environmental Sciences

This accelerated combined degree program allows students to complete two degrees in just five academic years. Students must be enrolled in the SIUE undergraduate program and accepted into the corresponding graduate program before earning shared credit. BA or BS in Environmental Sciences. MS in Environmental Sciences. Students receive the same benefits of both curriculums and move seamlessly from the undergraduate program to graduate studies. You will save time and money, as well as jump-start your career. Environmental science is the integrative study of our natural environment, land, water and air, and how humans affect and are affected by the environment. The environmental sciences program at SIUE is interdisciplinary and is designed to cultivate students’ perspectives of environmental issues and provide them with refined knowledge of environmental issues on a local, regional and global scale. The program curriculum will increase students’ technical competence in addressing these environmental issues, their origins, ramifications and resolutions. The masters environmental sciences program cultivates students’ perspectives of environmental issues and provides them with refined knowledge of environmental issues at the local, regional and global level. The program will increase the student’s technical competence in addressing and analyzing these issues, their origins, ramifications and resolutions, and is designed to enhance and promote professional education and career opportunities in a wide area of interests. 

SIUE undergraduate students who meet the following criteria are encouraged to apply: Major in environmental sciences. Maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative undergraduate GPA. Be within 32 credit hours of bachelor's degree completion at intended entry term.