PhD Ecology and Conservation Environmental Science

Ecology is the scientific study of relationships between organisms and environments, and conservation biology is the study of Earth's biodiversity with the mission of protecting species, habitats, and ecosystems. The Ecology and Conservation concentration helps Ph.D. candidates refine their understanding of how the interplay between plants and animals creates a balanced, thriving ecosystem, and helps them create research to solve environmental issues that threaten them.

The environmental science program is an interdisciplinary collaboration among the Department of Biological Sciences, the Department of Geography, the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies and other departments at UNT to examine major environmental issues through an interdisciplinary perspective.

The program offers graduate studies in environmental science that lead to the PhD, granted through the Department of Biological Sciences. The course of study, involving both core and elective courses, is designed for those students who desire an interdisciplinary perspective concerning human-environmental interactions.