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Teach. Lead.</p> <a href="/ecs/tabs/contact_us/" class="btn btn-secondary">Contact Us</a> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div id="c790789" class="frame frame-default frame-type-text frame-layout-0"><section><header><h3 class=""> Welcome to ECS! </h3></header><p>The Environmental and Conservation Sciences (ECS) program provides a platform for graduate students to develop an expertise in at least one discipline but have exposure through course work to other relevant environmental disciplines. Our mission is to provide interdisciplinary teaching and research to prepare graduate students (Masters and Doctorate) to work on environmental problems that span traditional academic boundaries. Our graduates pursue careers in research, education, and policy. Graduates find positions in academia, government, industry and non-governmental environment and conservation organizations.</p></section></div> <div id="c790761" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textmedia frame-layout-0"><div class="ce-textpic ce-right ce-intext ce-nowrap"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="video"><div class="video-embed"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/38CMkMDvLh0?autohide=1&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndsu.edu" allowfullscreen width="650" height="365" class="video-embed-item" title="About Environmental and Conservation Sciences (ECS)" allow="fullscreen"></iframe></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="ce-bodytext"><p><strong>Our students choose from one of three tracks</strong></p><ol><li>Conservation Biology</li><li>Environmental Science</li><li>Environmental Social Science</li></ol><p>Both Conservation Biology and Environmental Science align with biotic and abiotic domains of the environmental sciences, while Environmental Social Science was developed for students with interest in areas such as Environmental Economics.</p><p>The ECS program is nested within EIGHT different departments giving our students the opportunity to choose research they enjoy. </p><p>The Environmental and Conservation Sciences program at North Dakota State University prepares graduates to <strong>Research. Teach. Lead.</strong></p><p> </p></div></div></div> <div id="c822056" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textpic frame-layout-0"><div class="ce-textpic ce-center ce-below"><div class="ce-bodytext"><h3 class="text-center">Research</h3></div><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-outer"><div class="ce-inner"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image "><img class="image-embed-item" src="/fileadmin/ecs/csm_Line_2px_3d4c3d9d92.jpg" width="100" height="2" alt="" /></figure></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div class="two-col container-layout"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6 col-12"> <div id="c790803" class="frame frame-default frame-type-image frame-layout-0"><div class="ce-image ce-center ce-above"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-outer"><div class="ce-inner"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image "><img class="image-embed-item" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/a/0/csm_180613_bee_research-29_b85da572a8.jpg" width="1156" height="771" alt="" /></figure></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-12"> <div id="c790797" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textpic frame-layout-0"><div class="ce-textpic ce-left ce-intext"><div class="ce-bodytext"><p><br> Rigorous interdisciplinary research is at the core of both the master and doctoral programs. Faculty and students conduct research regionally, nationally and internationally in areas such as:</p><ul><li>Climate Change</li><li>Evolutionary Ecology</li><li>Geochemistry</li><li>Environmental Assessment and Remediation</li><li>Preservation of Biodiversity</li><li>Restoration Ecology</li><li>Water, Soil, and Waste Management</li></ul></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="c790946" class="frame frame-default frame-type-text frame-layout-0"><section><p>NDSU has been designated as an <a href="https://www.ndsu.edu/news/view/detail/66893/" target="_top">R1 research institution</a> by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Carnegie’s R1 distinction, titled “Doctoral University: Very High Research Activity,” is its highest classification and is presented to only the top research institutions in the country. The Environmental and Conservation Sciences program is proud to be a part of this achievement. </p></section></div> <div id="c877274" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textpic frame-layout-0"><div class="ce-textpic ce-center ce-below"><div class="ce-bodytext"><h3 class="text-center"> </h3><h3 class="text-center"><strong>Research Advisors</strong></h3></div><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-outer"><div class="ce-inner"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image "><img class="image-embed-item" src="/fileadmin/ecs/csm_Line_2px_3d4c3d9d92.jpg" width="100" height="2" alt="" /></figure></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div class="two-col container-layout"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6 col-12"> <div id="c790785" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textpic frame-layout-0"><div class="ce-textpic ce-right ce-intext"><div class="ce-bodytext"><p><br> Our faculty <a href="/ecs/research_advisors/">study a wide range of topics</a> and actively involve graduate students in their research. </p><p>Both the master’s and doctoral programs are designed to bridge theory and practice to meet the needs of environmental science.  Our program draws on the exceptional faculty and resources of eight different departments across four colleges:</p><ul><li>Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources</li><li>Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences</li><li>Engineering and Architecture</li><li>Science and Mathematics</li></ul><p> </p></div></div></div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-12"> <div id="c790809" class="frame frame-default frame-type-image frame-layout-0"><div class="ce-image ce-center ce-above"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-outer"><div class="ce-inner"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image "><img class="image-embed-item" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/e/5/csm_Bernhardt_Saini-Eidukat_2_4de76fb99d.jpg" width="1156" height="737" 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