Re: [ECOLOG-L] online resource guide for environmental science degree programs

2012-02-22 Thread malcolm McCallum
Chris is on the ball. Although an environmental scientist and and ecologist overlap in their education, and can and often do similar things, they are not equivalents. An environmental scientist will be steeped in ecology, but also policy and economics. This person will be trained to address thing

Re: [ECOLOG-L] online resource guide for environmental science degree programs

2012-02-22 Thread Chris Swan
I just finished perusing this site. I would like to highlight a few things: 1) The definition of "ecologist": I think some on the list would find this to be relatively narrow. More importantly, many environmental science degree programs do not train students at all to become ecologists. "Eco

[ECOLOG-L] online resource guide for environmental science degree programs

2012-02-22 Thread David Inouye
From: Elena Frost I designed an online resource guide for students called http://www.environmentalsciencedegree.com. I know from personal experience that searching for the right Environmental Science degree program can be a time-consuming task. That is why I designed http://www.environmenta