The Guide to Graduate Studies at McNeese is 15 pages; or see the Table of Contents.

The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and the Department of Chemistry offer the M.S. degree in Environmental & Chemical Sciences. Students may concentrate in one of three areas: environmental science, chemistry, or environmental science/chemistry education. The environmental science concentration focuses on air and water quality management.

In addition to the admission requirements of the Dore School of Graduate Studies, students seeking admission to the environmental science concentration should have completed 30 semester hours related to the field of study, to include the following courses or equivalents: microbiology (4 hours), organic chemistry (10 hours), mathematics (6 hours including analytical geometry), physics (4 hours), a survey course in the fundamentals of air pollution (3 hours), and a course in the fundamentals of water pollution (3 hours). Graduate students may begin graduate coursework before completing these foundation courses, but cannot earn more than 12 graduate hours without them.

Qualified students may apply for graduate assistantships, commonly teaching assistantships for undergraduate laboratories. The department also operates an industrial cooperative program, which allows students to gain valuable work experience and earn money while continuing their education. Research assistantships may also be available to qualified students. Students interested in assistantships or the coop program should contact us.

Our graduates are working in industrial environmental management units; municipal, state, and federal governmental agencies; nonprofit organizations; environmental & engineering consulting firms; and schools, colleges, and universities.

Contacts
Dr. Mark Wygoda, Head, Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences
Dr. Harold Stevenson, Director, Environmental & Chemical Sciences Program
Dr. Bruce Wyman, Environmental Science Concentration
Dr. Ron Darbeau, Chemistry Concentration