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mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_23041f-47[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_23041f-47\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_23041f-47 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_23041f-47[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_23041f-47\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_23041f-47, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_23041f-47[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_23041f-47\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_23041f-47, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_23041f-47[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_23041f-47\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading424_23041f-47 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_23041f-47\">Why Ecology and Environmental Science?<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_b34b3b-8e, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_b34b3b-8e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_b34b3b-8e\"]{font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_b34b3b-8e mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_b34b3b-8e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_b34b3b-8e\"] 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Students majoring in the program are advised by over thirty-five faculty from these units. The program is designed for students who wish to pursue a professional career in ecology and environmental sciences in one of many applications:&nbsp; management, administration, planning, education, research or graduate school.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_1fa90c-b8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_1fa90c-b8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_1fa90c-b8\"]{font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_1fa90c-b8 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_1fa90c-b8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_1fa90c-b8\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_1fa90c-b8 img.kb-inline-image, 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.kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column424_19277e-8d > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column424_19277e-8d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column424_19277e-8d > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column424_19277e-8d > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column424_19277e-8d{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column424_19277e-8d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column424_19277e-8d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column424_19277e-8d\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;text-align:center;font-size:45px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56\"]{padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_ae81c0-56\">Check out our concentrations<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_c8cb24-41, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_c8cb24-41[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_c8cb24-41\"]{padding-right:135px;padding-left:135px;margin-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:20px;line-height:32px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Fraunces;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_c8cb24-41 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.kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column424_a5efcb-30 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column424_a5efcb-30 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column424_a5efcb-30 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column424_a5efcb-30 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column424_a5efcb-30{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column424_a5efcb-30 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column424_a5efcb-30 > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;align-items:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column424_a5efcb-30\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38\"]{text-align:left!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_50e2b4-38\">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.\u00a0 Our faculty and students are\u00a0engaged in cutting-edge research on complex environmental problems in Maine\u2019s forests, lakes, streams, marine and estuarine systems, agricultural systems, and human communities.\u00a0 We are proud that students in EES receive broad-based training in both 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_9f27cc-90[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_9f27cc-90\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_9f27cc-90 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_9f27cc-90[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_9f27cc-90\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_9f27cc-90, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_9f27cc-90[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading424_9f27cc-90\"]{text-align:left!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading424_9f27cc-90, 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