ENVS的学生可以通过农业与生命科学学院，艺术与科学学院，鲁宾斯坦环境与自然资源学院或教育与社会服务学院获得环境研究学位。学生可以选择最适合其广泛教育需求的大学，然后在该学院/学校内攻读ENVS专业。各单元之间的主要要求略有不同，但ENVS核心课程是相同的。农业与生命科学学院（CALS）提供一门课程，强调自然科学和社会科学在解决环境问题中的应用。ENVS专业必须满足大学分配要求，该要求强调科学，人文和美术知识，沟通技巧，信息技术，定量和批判性思维以及公民意识和社会责任，环境管理和个人成长的价值观。
ENVS students may earn their Environmental Studies degree through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources or the College of Education and Social Services. Students can choose which college best suits their broad educational needs, and then pursue the ENVS major from within that college/school. While major requirements differ slightly between units, the ENVS core curriculum is the same. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) offers a curriculum emphasizing the natural and social sciences as they apply to environmental problem-solving. ENVS majors must meet the college distribution requirements, which emphasize knowledge in science, humanities and fine arts, skills in communication, information technology, quantitative and critical thinking, and values of citizenship and social responsibility, environmental stewardship and personal growth.