MEM课程要求学生专注于专业领域，同时仍可以灵活地定制课程编程，使他们能够接触其他学科和学科领域。这套既定的专业涵盖了广泛的主题领域，是专门为学生准备在环境管理的及时领域中的领导才能和专业职业而设计的。鼓励学生选择预先设计的专业。与此同时，MEM课程的设计可以在特殊情况下提供更大的灵活性。环境管理的学科性质和不断变化的挑战使设计满足所有学生需求的课程变得很困难，其中有些学生对自己想做什么和想要怎么做有清晰的想法。 ，MEM提供了自行设计的专业化选项。寻求自我设计专业的学生需要提交并提出书面建议，其中包括基
The MEM curriculum requires students to focus on an area of specialization, while still offering the flexibility to tailor their course programming in a way that exposes them to other disciplines and subject areas. The set of established specializations cover a broad range of topic areas and are specifically designed to prepare students for leadership and professional careers in timely areas of environmental management. Students are encouraged to choose a pre-designed specializations. At the same time, the MEM curriculum is designed with an option that affords even greater flexibility in special circumstances. The interdisciplinary nature of environmental management and the evolving range of challenges makes it difficult to design a curriculum that meets the needs of all students, some of whom have clear ideas about what they want to do and how they want to do it. For this reason, the MEM makes available the option for a self-designed specialization. Students seeking to self-design a specialization are required to submit a written proposal that includes the rationale, a proposed course of study consisting of at least 6 courses, and a supportive faculty advisor. The proposal must be submitted to the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for approval before the end of the student's first year of study. The proposal must describe how the student's academic goals will be met by the self-designed specialization in ways that cannot be met with an existing specialization. While each student will propose a title for their self-designed specialization, only Self-Designed will appear on the official Yale transcript, not the specific title itself.