When I started my doctoral program in 1999, either Gary Emmert or Jerry
Farris, I have forgotten which but I am PRETTY SURE one of them told us that
the early environmental science programs back in the 1970s were sort-of
poor-man's chemistry degrees. (Could have been someone else). They often
emp
I'm finally going to speak up, having followed this thread with much interest.
I have a masters degree in Education and taught for several years (including in
two community colleges and at a university, and I would be happy to discuss the
difference between the community college and the univers
ECOLOG- Might I also suggest looking into Public Health programs (PH). I'm
currently enrolled in the MPH in Environmental Health Sciences program at
Georgia Southern University and we cover many of the topics mentioned in
this discussion. PH offers professional training to individuals interested
Wayne, I've run into all sorts. For what it's worth, Environmental Science
programs draw on students from all sorts of backgrounds, and have all sorts of
tracks. Some of them emphasize biology, others chemistry, engineering, soil
science, geology and so on.mcneely
Wayne Tyson wrote:
If you are looking for these kinds of jobs you need to make sure the program
has courses in the areas that will make you competitive such as:
environmental policy
environmental chemistry
environmental geology
environmental economics
environmental toxicology or ecotoxicology
environmental law
envir
Ecolog:
I may be quite out of date here (I fervently hope so), but in the early days
(1970's and '80's?) when universities first started cranking out Ph.D's in
"environmental management" or some such label, I got the impression that
biology/ecology had created a population of monsters on the o
SIU-Edwardsville has an MS degree in Environmental Studies. I took a course
in environmental impact assessment and in environmental policy from their
program and it was very good. I believe they offer a whole array of similar
courses (environmental siting, etc.) in the program. Again, that was b
The University of Maine offers a 3 year dual M.Sc. degree in Marine Science
and Marine Policy. The Marine Science degree has a focus of specializing in
oceanography or marine biology or aquaculture. The program is through its
School of Marine Sciences and has various thesis options and PhD
contin
*Call for Abstracts for the*
* Symposium on the Integrated Modeling of Great Lakes Ecosystems*
*A Special Session of
Coastal Zone 2011
July 17 -- 21, 2011
Chicago, Illinois*
**The Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research, as
part of an inter-agency Great Lakes Restoration In
Hi,
We are running a one week collaborative "Idea Jam" for geneticists,
biologists, chemists, biochemists, plant scientists, and other experts to
help develop the topic of Increased Crop Yield, with a goal of helping world
food supply.
There are prizes (up to $10k) being offered for the bes
VOLUNTEER FIELD ASSISTANTS (1-2 positions available) needed for June 15, 2011
to July 15,
2011 (dates somewhat flexible) to assist in a study on the behavior of the
strawberry poison-dart
frog, Dendrobates pumilio. Work will be conducted at the Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute
faciliti
The American Fisheries Society publishes the "AFS GUIDE TO FISHERIES
EMPLOYMENT SECOND EDITION".
http://www.afsbooks.org/x55053xm
If this link doesn't work, search for the title and you should be able
to find the book.
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Olyssa Starry wrote:
> Dear list,
> I am in
Phosphorus Dynamics in High-Elevation Catchments of the Sierra Nevada
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates
University of California, Riverside
We invite applications for a twelve-week undergraduate research program
during summer 2011 (June 13-September 16, 2011) at UC Riverside. The
selecte
The Northern Great Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network has openings
for several seasonal biological technicians.
There are positions available at the GS-5, GS-6 and GS-7 levels. The crew
will be measuring vegetation in 13 National Park Service units in North
and South Dakota, eastern Wyom
Dear list,
I am interested in this topic, and specifically the variety of positions out
there for people with science degrees (or who are thinkng of getting them)
and who are deciding whether they want to be researchers, practitioners, or
managers. Does anyone know of a publication that highlights
On that note, let me give a brief plug for my undergrad alma mater, The
Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington. Evergreen is controversial for
its approach to academics -- no grades, only a list of credits earned and a
narrative evaluation. Nevertheless, they have this strong point: a st
The Environmental Science and Policy program at UC Berkeley includes specific
components for training graduate students in NEPA procedures, and students in
other programs, such as Integrative Biology, are able to take some of the
courses. mcneely
malcolm McCallum wrote:
> Arkansas Stat
Duke University offers a 3-year joint degree program for a Master of Public
Policy and a Master of Environmental Management through the Sanford School
of Public Policy and the Nicholas School for the Environment.
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:20 PM, David Inouye wrote:
> There is a 3-year dual Ma
REU opportunity for studying responses of plant-microbe interactions to
climate change in grasslands
A summer Research Experience for Undergraduates position is available to
work on an NSF sponsored project investigating responses of plant-microbe
interactions to climate change in native and distu
Hi Kevin, this is great. Here's a link to a PDF of the article I wrote in
the British Ecological Society journal
http://post.queensu.ca/~groganp/Hypotheses%20in%20Ecology2foradobe.pdf.
Figure 1 in particular may help in making more clear what I mean by
iterative, and how one cycle feeds into other
-Three graduate positions in Forest ecology and Forest Restoration Ecology-
Three graduate student positions (2M.Sc. and 1Ph.D.) are available for
forest ecology research investigating the impact of abiotic stresses
such as water and nutrient limitations and biotic conditions such as
inter-
Dear all
Sorry for possible cross posting.
University of Rennes 1 will this year recruit a docent (permanent position,
196 teaching hours per year) in "Dynamics of diversity and the functional
properties of communities". Please find the job description below. It is in
French, because teachin
22 matches
Mail list logo
