Applying What You Learn
In his message to the students in the College of Arts and Sciences, Dean Boocker explains the importance of "making knowledge matter." We believe that means helping you develop useful, real-world skills alongside the sense of fulfillment and enrichment that a major in Environmental Studies can provide.
We also believe in making you aware of the knowledge and skills you're developing along the way so that you can capitalize on your strengths in the marketplace, graduate school, and in life.
Knowledge & Skills Gained
Knowledge:
- Students are expected to develop a broad, interdisciplinary framework for approaching complex, interconnected environmental problems facing our world at multiple scales
- Develop strong analytic and quantitative skills needed to identify problems, develop a program to address the problem, execute a rigorous analysis of the issue, and reach independent conclusions
Skills:
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Ability to work across disciplines as part of a team seeking sustainable solutions to environmental problems
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Competence in developing arguments from scientific, ethical, and philosophical perspectives
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Ability to plan and manage projects
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Ability to gather, analyze and communicate complex technical data to others
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Flexibility to work in all kinds of environments, developed through field-work experience
View a list of Program Assessment SLOs.