Environmental Studies - BS
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Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completing their program, students will be able to:
Describe and explain environmental issues from a rigorous interdisciplinary perspective by integrating insights based on principles, theories, and information from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities
Demonstrate understanding of ethical dimensions of environmental issues
Apply, evaluate, and interpret appropriate quantitative methods (e.g. geographic information systems, statistics, and systems modeling) to gain information and understanding of environmental problems
Synthesize and integrate material in interdisciplinary team-structured activities
Communicate information necessary to understand environmental problems and solutions in written, oral, and visual formats to professional and lay audiences in a manner that is both scientifically accurate, relatable and understandable by the audience
Demonstrate understanding of how the interactions between humans and the environment affect human health, ecosystem health, resource availability, sustainability, and political stability
Demonstrate understanding of how environmental policy is made and how, together with economic incentives, it structures people’s use of environmental resources
