What Jobs Are Available with a Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) degree from ERS?
Perhaps the question should be: "What can’t you do with your BES in Honours ERS?"
Even in today’s poor economy, there are many ‘green jobs’ and political leaders around the world are focusing on new economy jobs in the environment sector.
A recent (2008) informal email discussion list with over 500 ERS alumni revealed that our graduates inevitably go on to immediate careers in their field. The most common careers are:
Our alumni have found careers in what we may call the expected (park ecologists, outdoor education, environmental assessment) to the unexpected (children’s entertainer, mutual fund manager, diplomat, geotechnical consultant).
Your path to success starts with what one employer has called “ERS’ well regarded mix of natural, physical, and social sciences so ERS graduate have the technical and people skills and the ability to solve real world messy environment and resource problems”. Another spoke to the fact that “In ERS you can be mentored – by a professor – from day one if you take advantage of ERS’ close-knit, experiential learning approach; this is great for education, understanding how the world really works, and for networking and recommendations once you near graduation”.
Don’t like any of the jobs we listed above? No problem – our students land and even create their own variations or positions and there are too many to list in greater detail. Our students are self-motivated and innovative. Rather than learn factoids from ancient texts, join ERS and be schooled in reality. We prepare you for a job but we also prepare you as critical thinkers and scholars for life as befits a university education.
