环境化学是对人类活动（从土壤到水再到大气）在自然界发生的化学过程的研究。通过现场和实验室工作，环境化学家试图了解化学物质如何在环境中移动并影响环境以及人类健康。他们进行测量，解释数据并进行计算机建模。为了让学生为在环境化学领域的职业做好准备，匹兹堡州立大学化学系提供四年制化学学位，重点是环境化学。在匹兹堡州立大学学习环境化学的学生将高度跨学科的环境科学计划的迫切需求与一所地区大学的优势相结合。
Environmental chemistry is the study of the chemical processes that occur in nature due to activities by humans, from soil to water to the atmosphere. Through field and laboratory work, environmental chemists attempt to understand how chemicals move through the environment and impact it, as well as human health. They take measurements, interpret data, and do computer modeling. To prepare students for careers in environmental chemistry, the Department of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University offers a four-year Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Chemistry and Emphasis in Environmental Chemistry.