The Environmental Studies and Sustainability major enables students to critically analyze environmental issues through an interdisciplinary framework drawing from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to address challenges related to human interactions with the environment.
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
1. Analyze and apply foundational concepts in natural sciences as they relate to human interactions with the environment.
2. Integrate and apply multiple perspectives from the humanities and social sciences to analyze environmental challenges.
3. Understand the relationships between human societies and natural environments from historical and contemporary perspectives.
4. Evaluate environmental changes incorporating ethical concepts and systems based thinking.
5. Communicate complex environmental issues effectively to both specialist and nonspecialist audiences using written, oral, and digital formats
6. Propose sustainable solutions that acknowledge the importance of local environmental stewardship and community engagement using an interdisciplinary framework.
Assessment
Program faculty will conduct assessment of student learning outcomes. Using the curriculum map, signature assignments from selected courses will be utilized to gauge student learning outcomes. Data will be collected at intervals throughout the program for assurance of learning outcomes accompanied by a closing the loop exercise which will inform teaching practices and make any necessary adjustments in the curriculum. The capstone will be the place where mastery of learning outcomes will be assessed in the form of a summative evaluation. During the final semester, the capstone project that will require students to demonstrate mastery of interdisciplinary methods applied to a real-world case or scenario
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