西方的跨学科环境政策计划为学生准备进入与人类和自然环境可持续性有关的专业领域。环境政策研究集中于公共政策的制定，治理，法律以及规划和决策的方法和过程。通过解决问题并在自然环境和城市社区中实现共同的愿景，环境政策促进了环境的积极变化。该计划包括核心研究和专业选修课。核心内容是赫x黎学院环境研究方法的跨学科基础。该计划的专业选修部分非常灵活，使学生能够发展出自己特别感兴趣的领域，专注于学科领域的未成年人，或者从一系列以主题为导向的课程中进行选择。
WWU's College of the Environments BA degree in Environmental Policy trains students in the policies and practices that make that happen. The program focuses on resource sustainability and environmental resilience, while at the same time querying positionalities and cultural-economic lenses around resource access in diverse populations and landscapes. Over 200 students have received this BA degree, many of whom have attained professional careers in policy management, program implementation, and action planning for positive environmental change.<br><br>The program focuses on problem solving and implementing shared visions to effect laws and policies that monitor and manage critical environmental problems, such as climate change, polluted landscapes, and food insecurity. Such laws and policies protect diverse, culturally appropriate, health-driven, and economically viable landscapes - in the United States and throughout the world. We are proud to offer this degree to our students and to continue our programs strong community partnerships worldwide, in which students apply their learning to assist communities in organizing for sustainable futures.