MEM students will complete a project with scope and effort similar to a thesis but with more flexibility of topic and design, including in-depth study of an appropriate problem. MST students may choose either thesis research or project work in environmental education, educational research, or curriculum design. The PhD program in Environmental Sciences and Resources focuses on basic scientific research on the problems of the environment. An important element of the program is the combination of traditional training in one of the disciplines with research directed to problems in environmental and resource sciences. The Ph.D. degree in environmental sciences and resources can also have an emphasis in Biology, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Geography, Geology, Physics.
Individual departments offer discipline-oriented master's degrees.
One of the goals of the program is to provide a broadly based understanding of the fields of environmental science coupled with scientific training in one or more specialty areas. Students are encouraged to engage in research programs which cross the boundaries between disciplines.