Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science/Natural Resources
Learning Outcomes for Environmental Science/Natural Resources Majors
The B.S. in environmental sciences/natural resources seeks to produce graduates who:
- Critically read, evaluate, and synthesize information from relevant geological and biological literature that addresses the complexity of factors relating to human interaction with the environment
- Work individually, and with others, to evaluate the economic, social, ethical, and scientific aspects of environmental problems
- Make observations and construct hypotheses to account for the observations
- Articulate, in oral, written, and graphical form (using computer software), the causes, scale, and relative importance of emergent and persistent environmental problems, environmental change, and sustainable human practices.