The Environmental Studies Program provides learning conditions that prepare students to understand and respond to local, regional, and global environmental challenges. The rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum fosters an understanding of the complexity of the human-nature relationship and an appreciation of humankind's dependency on functioning ecosystems for survival.

Graduates with a major in environmental studies can find themselves in careers such as environmental consulting, ecology, environmental law and law enforcement, environmental restoration, forestry, journalism, natural resource management, teaching, sustainable management, wetlands management, and wildlife conservation.