CMU's location in the heart of the Great Lakes provides the perfect setting to study the environment, with state-of-the-art facilities in Mount Pleasant and at the CMU Biological Station on Beaver Island. In CMU's environmental science program, you will learn to sample, analyze, model, interpret, and predict earth system properties in order to address environmental problems. Fieldwork is a key part of our courses, so you'll take multiple field trips to CMU-owned Veit's Woods and Neithercut Woodland to assess properties such as soil and water chemistry, streamflow, and erosion. You'll have the opportunity to work with professional grade software, field instruments, and laboratory equipment that are used in industry, government, and academic settings. You'll complete an internship or research study that can help you secure employment as an environmental technician, consultant, chemist, or regulator, among other careers.

Step 1: Application for admission Submit a completed International Student Application for Admission online and the accompanying $35 application fee. The fee may be paid by credit card (at the end of the online application), or by check/money order payable to Central Michigan University and written from a U.S. bank. Application deadlines: Apply by May 15 if you are beginning classes in the fall semester. Apply by October 1 to begin classes in the spring semester. Step 2: Official transcripts Official transcripts should be sent directly to the Admissions Office by all secondary and post-secondary institutions which you have attended. Transcripts must include English translations. Step 3: Passport Please submit a copy of the biographic page of your passport. Step 4: English proficiency If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of a country exempt from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), you must demonstrate a proficiency in English by one of the following methods: Test of English as a Foreign Language (minimum score of 550 PBT, 213 CBT, or 79 IBT) International English Language Testing System (minimum score of 6.5) Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (minimum score of 77) Pearson Test of English (minimum score of 53)