Ecology and Environmental sciences

Welcome to the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program (EES) at the University of Maine. Our mission is to provide outstanding interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate programs that equip our students with the skills and knowledge necessary to address today’s complex environmental problems.

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Why join Ecology and Environmental Science?

EES offers students courses and research opportunities with world-class faculty spanning over a dozen academic disciplines ranging from ecology to environmental engineering and anthropology.  Our faculty and students are engaged in cutting-edge research on complex environmental problems in Maine’s forests, lakes, streams, marine and estuarine systems, agricultural systems and human communities.  We are proud that students in EES receive broad-based training in both biophysical sciences and social sciences.

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Meet our students

Our students work in a wide range of fields worldwide. Check out our alumni, ambassadors, and students on the job here!

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Our mission is to provide outstanding interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate programs that equip our students with the skills and knowledge necessary to address today’s complex environmental problems.

Program Learning Outcomes

  • Effectively apply basic principles of the natural and social sciences to current issues of natural resources and the environment
  • Understand and appropriately use the vocabularies of the natural and social sciences relevant to issues of natural resources and the environment
  • Write and speak clearly about technical issues related to their concentration of study in the EES program
  • Identify significant ethical issues in natural resources and the environment and be able to address these issues in an informed and thoughtful manner
  • Work collaboratively with other professionals in the disciplines of the major to address significant policy issues in natural resources and the environment
  • Choose and apply appropriate quantitative tools necessary to analyze significant issues related to their concentration of study in the EES program
  • Evaluate sources of technical information for credibility and relevance for addressing significant issues related to their concentration of study in the EES program
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Research spotlight

Aly East, a recent EES undergraduate researcher, spent a summer at the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia National Park working on the Schoodic Ecosystem Services Project. The project was led by EES faculty Kate Ruskin and Aaron Strong. Check out the video to learn more!

Getting an education at UMaine goes beyond the traditional classroom setting.

Check out the amazing opportunities available to EES students in the Study Away program.

Study Abroad and away

Questions?

Email us at ees@maine.edu