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Students learn how to apply the basic sciences to the prevention and remediation of environmental problems in soils associated with human activities such as mining, industrial hazardous waste production, ecosystem disturbances, and agricultural production. The curriculum is rigorous and includes inorganic and organic chemistry, physics, microbiology, mathematics and statistics. Specialization courses in the application of the basic sciences to soils are also required, including a synthesis course where case studies in a number of real-life soil science applications are considered. Career opportunities exist at all degree levels in state and federal health and environmental agencies, natural resource agencies (water and soil), state and national parks services, private industry as environmental assessors, and in the rapidly growing environmental consulting profession.
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