Discover. Research. Restore.
Understanding our natural world is the first step toward protecting it. Through hands-on research, student enterprises and living laboratories, you’ll work alongside faculty and industry partners to investigate environmental challenges and develop solutions that support healthier ecosystems and more resilient landscapes.
Experiential Learning
Learning Through Real-World Experience
Put science into practice through enterprise courses that give you hands-on responsibility in laboratory and field environments. You’ll work alongside classmates to analyze natural resources, manage working landscapes and develop practical skills that prepare you for your career.
Student Research
Research Beyond the Classroom
Take your research into forests, watersheds, rangelands and laboratories where environmental science comes to life. Work alongside faculty to study natural systems, investigate environmental challenges and develop knowledge that supports healthier, more resilient landscapes.
Hands-On Learning Labs
Learn Where the Work Happens
From working ranches and animal units to veterinary, biotechnology and food-processing facilities, Cal Poly’s living laboratories put animal science within reach. Work with animals, technology and research while connecting classroom science to real-world practice.
