加利福尼亚大学圣塔芭芭拉分校提供环境与社会领域的跨学科博士学位课程。来自十五个系的博士生可以将重点放在其家庭系的博士学位上。强调环境与社会博士学位的目标是为UCSB博士生提供超出其正常学位课程范围的跨学科环境研究和科学方面的培训和指导。符合“环境与社会博士学位”要求的学生将在其家庭部门获得博士学位，并在成绩单上写明他们已获得“环境与社会”学位。
The University of California, Santa Barbara offers an Interdepartmental PhD Emphasis in Environment and Society. Doctoral students from over fifteen departments may add the emphasis to the PhD in their home department. The goal of the PhD Emphasis in Environment and Society is to provide UCSB doctoral students training and mentorship in interdisciplinary environmental studies and sciences beyond the scope of their normal degree programs. Students who meet the requirements of the PhD Emphasis in Environment and Society will graduate with a PhD from their home department, along with wording on their transcript stating they have earned an Emphasis in Environment and Society.