Department of Environmental Studies
Learning Goals
- Ability to identify and discuss the origins of a significant sub-set of the specific major environmental problems facing society at present.
- Ability to apply the basic principles of ecology and other relevant sciences to the analysis of environmental issues.
- Ability to think politically in terms of strategies and tactics in dealing with environmental problems.
- Ability to intelligently anticipate and discuss sources of new environmental threats.
- Ability to work with people of many personal backgrounds and professional qualifications in analyzing and dealing with environmental problems.
- Ability to continue to learn new information, skills, and concepts as needed in dealing with environmental problems.
- Ability to identify and deal intelligently with ethical choices as a professional, as a parent, as a citizen, and as a person regarding environmental issues.
- Ability to define simple research tasks and carry them out and to assist in more complex research tasks as required for professional work in the environmental field.
- Ability to identify and carry out thoughtful approaches to resolving environmental problems, recognizing when and how it is necessary to work with others.
- Ability of superior students to find placement in graduate and professional schools.
