Department of Environmental Sciences
Cook College
www.envsci.rutgers.edu
What is Environmental Science?
Environmental Science is the interdisciplinary study of
problems related to human impacts and natural
processes in the atmosphere, aquatic systems, and soils.
Why Environmental Science?
Department of Environmental Sciences
• Faculty: 26
• Staff: 30
• Undergraduate majors: 150
• Graduate students: 140
• Environmental Science Club:
Fall Field Trip
Faculty Dinner
Career Fair
Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Program Options
Environmental Science:
Environmental Chemistry
Atmospheric Science
Biogeochemical Cycles
Soil Science
Applied Environmental Science:
Environmental Health
Pollution Prevention
Environmental Science Policy
Curriculum Director: Dr. Robert Tate
732-932-9810
tate@aesop.rutgers.edu
Other programs that make their home in the
Department of Environmental Sciences
• Meteorology:
Program Coordinator: Dr. Robert Harnack
harnack@rci.rutgers.edu
• BioEnvironmental Engineering:
Program Coordinator: Dr. Christopher G. Uchrin
cuchrin@rci.rutgers.edu
Facilities:
• Instructional Computing Laboratory (room 323)
• Environmental Microbiology and Environmental
Chemistry Teaching Laboratory
• Research Laboratories
More Facilities:
• Atmospheric Modeling Laboratory
• The Photochemical Assessment Monitoring (PAM)
Site
• The Official New Brunswick Weather Station
• Bioenvironmental Engineering Laboratory
Linkages:
• Environmental and Occupational
Health Sciences Institute
(EOHSI; Busch Campus)
• Biotechnology Center (Cook-Foran
Hall)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal
Sciences (Cook)
Career Opportunities:
Environmental Consulting
U.S. Environmental Protection agency
New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection
Environmental Health and Safety
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Environmental Education
Environmental Law
Financial Aid
Cook College and Rutgers University offer:
• federal and state grant and loan programs
• general and targeted scholarships for Cook students majoring
in Environmental Science
• Cook Honors and George H. Cook Scholars programs
Department of Environmental Sciences
Cook College
www.envsci.rutgers.edu