Environmental Analysis
Student Learning Outcomes in Environmental Analysis 2012-13

Student Learning Outcomes for All Majors in Environmental Analysis:

1. Understand and describe the complex social, scientific and humanistic aspects of environmental issues
2. Understand and apply both disciplinary and interdisciplinary analysis to environmental issues
3. Critically analyze, evaluate, and interpret scholarly arguments and popular discourse and be able to communicate this analysis to a variety of communities
4. Develop well-reasoned solutions to environmental predicaments, testing them against relevant criteria and standards
5. Be able to craft well-researched, informative and effective scholarly presentations
6. Contribute knowledge and action regarding environmental issues to the public through service learning, internships, community-based-research, and other activities

Additional Specific Student Learning Outcomes for the Separate Tracks within the major of Environmental Analysis:

Environment and Society Track

1. Understand and describe different cultural, ethnic, racial, and gender perspectives on the environment
2. Understand, describe, and conduct research on where social justice and environmental issues intersect

Environmental Policy Track

1. Acquire a working knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of environmental policy, law, and politics
2. Engage in critical thinking about issues and concepts in environmental policy and politics
3. Locate and analyze research and reports in the field of environmental policy and politics

Sustainability and the Built Environment Track

1. Understand and analyze sustainable design in a holistic manner.
2. Develop conceptual frameworks for critical inquiry and environmental problem solving.
3. Apply design concepts and skills for a sustainability and resilience.
4. Integrate scholarship and analyses to test spatial ideas.

Environmental Science Track

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