Careers

​​​Your best resources for Internships and Jobs:

• The DePaul Career Center http://careercenter.depaul.edu/ is a great source for internships and jobs.
• State of Illinois employment opportunities http://work.illinois.gov/default.htm Click on “View All Jobs” and search using the expanded categories – e.g Environmental & Natural Resources; Parks and Beaches, etc)​
  
• For Jobs and Internships in the Chicago area: http://www.chicagoenvironment.org/jobintern/index.cfm
• Consider an internship with the Student Conservation Association. You can do this while an undergraduate, or the year after you graduate (and defer your student loans). Check out the thousands of expense-paid internships available at our national parks and forests at http://mysca.force.com/member/MemberPositionsScout.​​
  

Other sources for internships:
https://www2.illinois.gov/epa/Educators/Pages/Internships.aspx
http://www.epa.gov/careers/internships/index.html#scep
http://www.chicagobotanic.org/internship/CLM.php
http://www.ars.usda.gov/careers/docs.htm?docid=1345

Other sources for jobs:
http://eelinked.naaee.net/n/eelink-jobs (Environmental Education) http://jobs.greenbiz.com/
http://tinyurl.com/sustinabilityandgreenjobs
http://environmentalcareer.com/
http://www.ecojobs.com/ (note: we subscribe to their jobs newsletter, ask Ty Ferguson for the student username and password. We also e-mail the information to our majors and minors when each new issue is published. If you want to be on our e-mail list, see or email Ty​.)

We list below the types of work activities and careers that graduates of our Department may want to consider:

• Laboratory work
• Fieldwork
• Planning and Design
• Policy-Making
• Regulatory Compliance
• Public Information and Education
• Research
• Journalism and Science Writing

Specific Professions

• Environmental Quality Analyst
• Sample Collections and Laboratory Analyses Chemistry; Biology

Other Professions

• Field/Project Scientist
• Air or Water or Solid & Hazardous Waste Scientist
• Waste Water Treatment Scientist
• Activism & Lobbying Technical Advisor
• Technical Consultant
• Land and Water Environmental Restorations

Institutions

• Federal/State/Local Regulatory Agencies
• Industry
• Environmental Consulting Firms
• Legislative Bodies
• Nonprofit/Advocacy Research Groups
• College/University Degree Programs
• International Peace Corps

Background For

• Law
• Medicine
• Teaching
• Toxicology and Risk Management

Careers of DePaul Environmental Science and Studies Graduates

• Environmental Regulatory Coordinator for the City of West Chicago
• Graduate Program in Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
• Project Ecologist with Planning Resources
• Graduate Program, School of Public and Environmental Health, Indiana University
• Project Manager with Mostardi Platt Environmental
• Water Quality Specialist with Engineering Environment Inc.
• Graduate Program in Forestry at Northern Arizona University
• Manager Stewardship and Volunteer Programs with Friends of the Chicago River
• Project Manager, Regulatory Branch of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Field Technician with GE Energy Services
• Graduate Program in Environmental Policy at Georgetown University
• Project Manager, Environmental Scientist with Tetra Tech EM Inc.
• Environmental Science Graduate School - Univ. of Illinois Springfield
• Regulatory Branch Project Manager with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
• GIS Specialist with the Wetlands Initiative
• Environmental Scientist with Arcadis, Geraghty and Miller
• Graduate Program in Oceanography at Texas A&M University
• Project Manager Environmental Assessment Group with Nova Consulting Group
• Law Student, Environmental Law, John Marshall Law School
• Environmental Scientist, Air and Radiation Division of the U. S. EPA, Region V
• Environmental Program ​Associate with Citizen Action