| 1. Knowledge: Mastery of content and processes of inquiry. |
Analyze environmental systems from an interdisciplinary perspective including biology, chemistry, geology, physics, mathematics, and statistics, and relate these subjects to environmental problem-solving |
Describe the dynamic ecological relationships among various organisms and their interconnection with environments and role in biochemical cycles. |
| 2. Proficiency: Intellectual skills. |
Describe the chemical and physical processes contributing to earth systems and ecosystem function |
| Use quantitative and statistical methods to analyze and interpret environmental data |
| 2. Proficiency: Intellectual skills. |
Discuss human impacts on natural systems and apply natural and social sciences to propose solutions to complex environmental issues |
Place environmental science into an ethical context, especially how disciplinary knowledge can contribute to the resolution of ethical, social, and environmental issues. |
| 3. Place and Community: Urban and global mission. |
Evaluate the ecological and social impacts of different solutions to environmental problems |
| 4. Transformation: Integrative learning. |
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| 4. Transformation: Integrative learning. |
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| 2. Proficiency: Intellectual skills. |
Demonstrate proficiency in quantitative methods, critical thinking, and written and oral communication abilities in STEM fields, particularly as needed to carry out interdisciplinary work and practice in Environmental Science |
Use quantitative and statistical methods to analyze and interpret environmental data |
| 3. Place and Community: Urban and global mission. |
Develop proficiency in logical reasoning, use scientific literature to evaluate arguments, and apply content from one area of study to a different area of study. |
| 4. Transformation: Integrative learning. |
Effectively utilize recognized scientific literature databases to identify and distinguish between primary, secondary, or popular sources. |
| 2. Proficiency: Intellectual skills. |
Use technical skills to collect, analyze, and interpret environmental data qualitatively and quantitatively |
Develop proficiency in conducting standard field techniques used to collect data in the environmental sciences |
| 3. Place and Community: Urban and global mission. |
Develop proficiency in the use of technical field equipment for collection of environmental data |
| Develop proficiency in the use of GIS to analyze environmental data in a spatially explicit context |
| 4. Transformation: Integrative learning. |
| 3. Place and Community: Urban and global mission |
Communicate current environmental issues with the general public, professionals, and community stakeholders |
Effectively contextualize research findings to engage a non-specialist audience |
| 4. Transformation: Integrative learning. |
Organize thoughts, experimental results, data analyses, and lines of argumentation in a logical and coherent manner in oral and visual presentations. |
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