环境研究计划为跨大学的教师和课程对可持续性观点感兴趣的学生提供跨学科课程。合格的学生均可修读专业和辅修课程。该专业的目标是为学生提供：知识和观点，以培养地球上负责任的公民充实的生活，对世界环境挑战的科学，政治和文化方面有深入的了解，并掌握了必要的工具和创造力。设想和实施可持续解决方案的路径，并为与环境相关的研究生课程和/或商业，教育，法律，政策，规划，政府或研究领域的职业奠定坚实的背景。
Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary undergraduate program of the Morrissey College of Arts and Science offering a major (B.A.) and a minor. ENVS is a distinct academic community drawn together around a shared purpose of transforming society to be ecologically regenerative, socially just, and economically secure. Solving the environmental challenges we face in the 21st century—climate change, freshwater scarcity, environmental pollution, biodiversity loss, food insecurity—requires a holistic approach, characterized by collaboration and integration across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. In the Environmental Studies Program, students experience this rigorous interdisciplinary approach as they envision and implement paths towards sustainability. We also foster a campus-wide dialog about environmental challenges by sponsoring conferences, lectures and other events.<br><br>The major in Environmental Studies invites students to join the ongoing work of understanding and responding to contemporary environmental issues. Majors engage with a breadth of disciplines in the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities, encountering multiple frameworks addressing the restoration of planetary ecosystems and human health. ENVS majors also gain depth of knowledge by taking six 3-credit courses within a concentration that focuses either on a particular environmental challenge or career path. ENVS students enjoy flexibility in choosing among a variety of courses to fulfill requirements within the concentration. At the same time, we provide a strong cohort experience in which students gather as sophomores, juniors, and seniors to meet foundational requirements. As a whole, the curriculum provides students with a powerful experience of participating in a community that shares common goals, while also developing as individuals with unique interests, knowledge, and skills.