环境研究（ENST）计划于1960年代末开始运作，并于1970年代初授予其第一学位，并且至今仍在发展。它代表了希望获得环境研究理学硕士学位的学生的广泛且跨学科的跨学科研究生课程。ENST计划的广度和灵活性吸引了学术和专业高品质学生。鼓励学生制定符合ENST计划的核心要求的研究生学习计划，而不是严格遵循严格的课程设置，并允许他们在适合自己的职业或智力目标的其他系中学习课程。该计划已吸引了多个部门（例如生物学，经济学，地理，地质，历史，社会学等）的优秀指导老师和导师，以及来自地方和地区政府的训练有素的环境专业
The Master of Science in Environmental Studies offers interdisciplinary breadth to students in preparation for careers as environmental professionals. Students have access to faculty expertise in the natural sciences, engineering, social and behavioral sciences, business and economics, the arts and humanities. The Master of Science in Environmental Studies degree is designed to prepare students to enter or advance in careers in the environmental field. The program provides students with a plan of study that integrates knowledge and approaches to complex problems from various fields in the sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities to meet the students individual career goals. This highly individualized and transdisciplinary approach provides a distinctive learning experience for Environmental Studies students. Upon completion of the program, students should be able to: analyze environmental issues through social, economic and ecological lenses, apply quantitative and qualitative methods as appropriate to environmental research, and utilize information resources and technology to organize and evaluate environmental research.