What Makes Us Unique

What's so special about studying
environmental science
at UW Tacoma?

• Small classes and close interactions with professors
• Undergraduate student research opportunities
• UWaTERS 2005
• UWTJoe
• Field research courses such as Estuarine Field Studies, Spring 2005
• International field research such as Costa Rica Field Studies
• Hands-on lab and field work in most classes
• New curricula and facilities including:
  • New offerings in aqautic sciences, geoscience and conservation biology
  • New three-campus UW Restoration Ecology curriculum
  • New GIS (Geographic Information Systems) curriculum and facilities
  • New state-of-the-art science building
• Access to the resources of the UW system while enjoying the benefits of a small, dynamic campus:
  • Friday Harbor Laboratories on San Juan Island
  • Oceanographic research vessels and equipment
  • Pack Experimental Forest near Eatonville
  • Big Beef Creek Field Station on Hood Canal
  • Outstanding library and computer facilities
  • Opportunity to cross-register at other UW campuses
• Excellent community ties and internship opportunities such as:
  • National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration
  • Washington State Legislature
  • Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
  • Northwest Trek Wildlife Park
  • National Marine Fisheries Service
  • Whistling Winds Organic Farm
  • Pierce County Stream Team
  • Citizens for a Healthy Bay
  • Pacific Crest Biodiversity Project
  • Washington State Department of Ecology
  • GeoEngineers
  • National Guard Environmental Services
  • City of Tacoma
  • Port of Tacoma

Student News and Photos

The News Tribune has launched a blog featuring Ryan Moss, senior Environmental Studies major at UW Tacoma. Ryan is in Costa Rica for three months, staying at a remote wildlife refuge where he is studying the impact of lunar cycles on sea turtles' nesting patterns. While there, he is writing and sending photographs reflecting his experience. Ryan's images have appeared in UW Tacoma's award-winning literary journal Tahoma West, and in Terrain, UW Tacoma's magazine.

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