Iowa State University

Iowa State University

Environmental Science

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

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Wetlands for Water Quality

Understanding of biogeochemical processes and mass balance modeling help environmental scientists design and predict the perfomance of natural systems for removing pollutants. You can learn these skills for aquatic systems in EnSci courses like:

  • EnSci 381 - Environmental Systems
  • EnSci 418 - Stream Ecology
  • EnSci 419 - Environmental Geochemistry
  • EnSci 483 - Environmental Biogeochemistry
  • EnSci 486 - Aquatic Ecology
  • EnSci 487 - Aquatic & Wetland Microbial Ecology
Students doing water monitoring

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There are so many things you can do with an Environmental Science degree. For example:

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Dr. Burras

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Dr. Burras's research focuses on the long-term human impacts on soil quality. more...

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Graduates have a solid foundation in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences and the specialized training necessary for integrated analysis of environmental systems.