The graduate program in Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on environmental issues and problems faced by metropolitan areas. The program is for individuals who are in the environmental work force, are looking to enter the environmental work force, or who are public school teachers who wish to expand their knowledge of environmental sciences of metropolitan areas so they can teach in this specialty. Program graduates are well prepared to work in the environmental consulting area; education; industry; federal, state and county environmental agencies; and nonprofit environmental groups.