MLO 1: Environmental Science and Quantitative Analysis
Students will understand and apply core concepts and methods from biological, ecological and physical sciences.
MLO 2: Environmental Economics and Policy
Students will understand and apply core concepts and methods from environmental economics and environmental policy.
MLO 3: Culture and the Environment
Students will understand and apply the ethical, cross-cultural and historical contexts of environmental issues and problems.
MLO 4: Global Environmental Perspectives
Students will understand the transnational character of environmental problems, global patterns of resource distribution and how individual behaviors, national policies and international policies can create and resolve inequitable distributions of environmental benefits and burdens.
MLO 5: Critical Thinking & Communication
Students will demonstrate proficient critical thinking and ethical written and oral communication skills needed to conduct high-level work as interdisciplinary scholars and/or practitioners.
MLO 6: Service learning
Students will deepen their understanding of personal and professional social responsibility, and be able to apply the knowledge and skills of environmental studies to enhance the social, cultural and civic life of our communities; students will analyze and apply theories and practices from environmental studies to understand how individuals and social systems promote both equitable and inequitable practices in society; and students will learn from and work responsively and inclusively with diverse individuals, groups and organizations to build just and equitable communities. Courses used to fulfill the Service Learning MLO may double-count with MLO 3 but not with MLO 7.
MLO 7: Area of Concentration
Students will gain depth of understanding in Environmental Education or Science for Sustainable Communities and they will apply that knowledge to promote sustainable human and non-human communities.