环境科学是整合自然科学和社会科学的元学科。环境学院因其博士学位水平的环境专业人才的培养而获得全国认可，他们的研究和对人-自然系统的综合理解促进了气候变化研究，可持续性和保护科学，政策分析和制定，耦合系统建模，和检测技术。
Environmental science is a metadiscipline integrating the natural and social sciences. The School for the Environment is nationally recognized for its preparation of PhD-level environmental professionals whose research and integrated understanding of human-natural systems advances discovery and innovation in climate change research, sustainability and conservation science, policy analysis and formulation, coupled system modelling, and detection technologies.