Students take upper-level biology courses in Ecology, Environmental Issues, Environmental Regulation and Policy, and at least two field biology electives courses, preferably at a full-time summer field course program such as the?Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies. (Field biology electives are also offered at Eastern.)

This major helps prepare students for policy work (including at local levels), environmental research or consulting, environmental education, graduate studies related to ecology, and law school, particularly for environmental law.