Environmental Science vs Biology. Which option should I choose?

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<p>I am currently an environmental science major, but am thinking about transferring schools due to financial reasons and not really liking my school's evs program. However, to do this I would have to switch majors since the school I would transfer to doesn't have evs. I would be majoring in regular biology, but from what I've understood, the job prospects aren't very good. My goal is to pursue environmental science/biology, but more on the outdoor leadership/environmental interpreter side of things rather than actually doing scientific research and such. So here is my dilemma: </p>

<p>School 1 (Current school):
-I'm an EVS major.
-I don't like the EVS program. It's very strong in liberal arts and not very strong in science, so I wish it had more sciences.</p>

<p>School 2:
-Biology major with a wildlife emphasis
-Has more science classes.
-However, it pretty much only requires biology, but I want a background in all of the natural sciences.</p>

<p>So neither one is really what I want. I want a comprehensive overview of all the sciences, but to concentrate mainly on biology. At school 1, I get the overview of all the sciences, but I'm taking primarily liberal arts classes. At school 2, I would take mostly science classes, but I wouldn't have an overview of all of them. Which would be the better option? I could also take a natural science major at school 2 which allows me to take a variety of science classes, however I also have to take a liberal arts minor so I wouldn't be able to take as many science classes as in the bio major.</p>

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<p>Is there not a Natural Sciences major at either college A or B?
You do a mixture of whichever sciences you are interested in.</p>

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<p>I know how you feel, it took me awhile to find a good school in my state with an enviromental science (earth science/geosciences was more what I was looking for) program that wasn’t just about enviromental policy. I like uva’s program; its flexible and has so many options:
[Department</a> of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, U.Va. | Advancing understanding of the environment through interdisciplinary scientific research & education.](<a href=“http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/]Department”>http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/)
I’ll apply to this (and the geology one at w&m) once I finish my community college transfer program.</p>

<p>You could look into doing an interdisciplinary program, many schools offer these.</p>

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<p>EVS majors…what drew you to the course?..why do you find it interesting and want to make a career out of it?</p>