Environmental Sustainability, Health and Safety

The environmental sustainability, health and safety major prepares you to be an effective champion of environmental sustainability and of health and safety in order to change our world for the better. You will learn to lead efforts that make industries cleaner and communities safer, all while contributing toward global stewardship of our natural resources. The major emphasizes globally sustainable approaches and prepares you to become a professional leader in moving toward a more sustainable and socially responsible future.

Environment Health and Safety Courses

With a comprehensive curriculum that pairs environmental health and safety courses with sustainability, you will gain not only the technical knowledge to limit waste, remediate contaminated areas, reduce air and water pollution, and make workplaces and communities safer and healthier, but you'll also move beyond compliance toward proactive sustainability. It's these approaches that make significant impacts on our environment, our use of natural resources, and the health and safety of our communities. Through required cooperative education (co-op), you'll gain full-time, paid, hands-on experience in industry as you work with professionals to learn how environmental sustainability practices directly affect the way organizations produce products, manage their facilities, and balance resources. Through these experiences, gained both in and out of the classroom, you'll become a champion of industrial and manufacturing processes that use less energy and fewer of our environment's precious resources.

Environmental Sustainability Careers

As a graduate of the environmental sustainability, health and safety major, you will find yourself in demand. Those entering the workforce command strong starting salaries and find employment in environmental protection organizations, Fortune 100 companies, environmental consultancies, universities, and government agencies such as the EPA, OSHA, and NYSDEC. Students who decide to advance their education with a graduate degree are accepted at top-tier, competitive universities including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

Combined Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Degrees

Today's careers require advanced degrees grounded in real-world experience. RIT's Combined Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Degrees enable you to earn both a bachelor's and a master's degree in as little as five years of study, all while gaining the valuable hands-on experience that comes from co-ops, internships, research, study abroad, and more.

+1 MBA: Students who enroll in a qualifying undergraduate degree have the opportunity to add an MBA to their bachelor's degree after their first year of study, depending on their program. Learn how the +1 MBA can accelerate your learning and position you for success.

Typical Job Titles