环境科学研究生证书的目的是提供15小时的证书，旨在满足对发展环境科学技能感兴趣的潜在学生的需求。该证书的目的是为已经拥有本科学历的专业人士提供环境科学方面的研究生指导，以维持和促进他们的专业发展。环境科学是一门交叉学科，因此，该证书计划旨在为毕业生提供本科专业以外适当领域的环境科学课程。与环境科学学术计划中其相关的硕士研究生课程相比，该证书为学生提供了学士学位后的教育机会，其范围更窄，持续时间更短。
The purpose of the Graduate Certificate in Environmental Science is a 15-hour certificate designed to meet the needs of prospective students interested in developing skills in environmental science. The purpose of this certificate is to provide professionals who already have undergraduate degrees with graduate instruction in environmental science as a means to maintaining and promoting their professional development. Environmental science is an interdisciplinary subject, therefore the certificate program is designed to provide graduates with coursework in environmental science in appropriate areas outside of their undergraduate major. The certificate provides students with a post-baccalaureate educational opportunity that is narrower in scope and shorter in duration than its associated master's graduate degree program in the Environmental Science Academic Programs.