Departmental Learning Goals
Environmental Studies Learning Goals
Environmental Studies Departmental Learning Goal |
ҵLearning Outcomes |
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1. A breadth of knowledge of environmental issues, methods, and history. Students graduating with a major in environmental studies will have a broad knowledge of multiple perspectives on many environmental issues, including an understanding of environmental methods and the history of these environmental issues leading toward the present. |
Research skills; ability to view problems from multiple perspectives; critical thinking skills; problem-solving ability |
2. Depth in a particular area of the study of the environment. An ENVS graduate will have a particular area of expertise that is synthesized from their course of study across the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and arts. This “focus area” is an area of concentration designed in dialogue with an academic advisor. |
Research skills; ability to view problems from multiple perspectives; critical thinking skills; problem-solving ability |
3. A deep understanding of many facets of the concept of environmental justice. An ENVS major will have a nuanced and detailed understanding of environmental justice and the forms that environmental justice takes and has taken throughout history. |
Research skills; ability to view problems from multiple perspectives; critical thinking skills; problem-solving ability |
4. Demonstrated community engagement in their work. ENVS majors are required to learn the theory and practice of engaging in ethically-sound community-engaged work. |
Ability to view problems from multiple perspectives; problem-solving ability |
5. Cultivated literacy in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and arts. An ENVS major should be comfortable reading, interpreting, and understanding diverse materials, from a policy paper to a technical sc |