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Environmental Stream

THERE'S MORE AVENUES FOR EDUCATION TO EXPLORE

EESS students on their Bali Field Trip.
Interdisciplinary focus and Culture and community and private sector positions, or to pursue
1 applications 3 The environmental stream brings graduate programmes. Graduates will
be able to pursue career opportunities in
Environmental knowledge is relevant together people from diverse academic fi elds environmental or geotechnical consulting,
everywhere. At ASE*, we are an and from different parts of the world, all with conservation, environmental policy and
interdisciplinary school that integrates earth similar passion and values. The wide range planning, sustainability, teaching, research
and environmental life science, ecology, of personal backgrounds and perspectives and so much more. At ASE, students are
engineering and technology, human ecology, that people bring makes it a welcoming and prepared for their next steps after graduation
humanities, and the social sciences to exciting community. This community will go and educated on the various career paths
address key issues of the environment and far beyond the classrooms and continue long available.
sustainability. Such knowledge can be applied after graduation.
in almost every fi eld such as geotechnical
engineering, natural resource exploration, Relevant and useful An urgent need for
urban planning and even the fi nancial sector. 6 environmental graduates
4 In the last decade, attitudes across Humans have caused or infl uenced various
Field courses the world towards the environment have climate and environmental problems, and we
shifted. Where once there was a lack of
2 Work in the fi eld is a key part of education, inattention and disbelief about the need to act boldly and swiftly to solve them
studies in the environmental stream. While world’s environmental problems, now there if we are to ensure the safety of our planet
many students who study Environmental is a growing understanding of the causes of for future generations. Having a society that
Earth Systems Science may not pursue fi eld environmental problems and their potential is well informed about the environment will
based careers, our belief is that fi eld studies solutions. Knowing about the environmental make a big difference in overcoming the
provide an understanding of the Earth and processes and the earth systems will allow deterioration of our natural world.
environment that cannot be gained from environmental students to better contribute
classroom studies alone. Studies in the fi eld to our changing society and make important
give students the opportunity to connect decisions that could shape the future.
concepts they have learned in the classroom
with the real world, to learn the cutting-edge Career options
techniques used in scientifi c research, and to
engage with the world around them. Field 5 Having a degree in Environmental
studies also offer a unique opportunity to Earth Systems Science will open up various
connect with faculty and fellow students in a pathways and opportunities. Students will
collaborative and fun environment. be prepared with diverse skill-sets and
knowledge to fi ll a wide array of both public

* Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University