RISD的“自然”文化可持续发展研究硕士课程的学生在跨学科环境研究迅速发展的领域中积累了学术专长。他们与环境人文科学和社会科学领域的教职专家紧密合作，着手研究人类世代研究，气候变化文化，绿色城市主义和可持续设计未来等重点领域的自主研究途径。该计划的毕业生将在环境倡导，公共政策，教育，城市规划等领域做出重要贡献。他们还将准备在人文和社会科学领域进行高级博士研究。
Students in RISD's Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies Master's program develop scholarly expertise in the rapidly evolving fields of interdisciplinary environmental studies. Working closely with faculty experts in the humanities and social sciences, they embark on self-directed pathways of research in focus areas such as Anthropocene studies, climate change cultures, environmental art and aesthetics, green urbanisms and sustainable design futures. Graduates of the program will be poised to pursue advanced doctoral study in the humanities and social sciences. They will also be well positioned to make vital contributions in the realms of environmental advocacy, public policy, education, urban planning and more.