Interested students may specialize in statistical ecology and/or environmental statistics. Students can schedule elective courses such as STAT 524, 527, 528, 508, and 548, in addition to courses of interest offered across campus in environmental and ecological programs.

Students may also participate in the department's Center for Statistical Ecology and Environmental Statistics as graduate research assistants or as interns at the collaborating agency sites during summers.

Students benefit from ongoing mini-seminars on individual collaborative research between interested University faculty and visiting agency scientists. These involvements can lead to Ph.D. dissertations and master's theses.