Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 6 - Biological, Biomedical and Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• 63 - Natural Resources
• 03.01 - Natural Resources Conservation and Research

03.0104 - Environmental Science

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of biological, chemical, and physical principles to the study of the physical environment and the solution of environmental problems, including subjects such as abating or controlling environmental pollution and degradation; the interaction between human society and the natural environment; and natural resources management. These programs include courses in biology, chemistry, physics, geosciences, climatology, statistics, and mathematical modelling.

• Example Program Names:

  • Environmental science

• Exclusion

  • Environmental studies(03.0103)
  • Environmental engineering(14.1401)
  • Environmental engineering technology(15.0507)
  • Environmental toxicology(26.1006)
  • Environmental biology(26.1305)
  • Environmental health(51.2202)