Learning Goals and Outcomes

Instill in students the desire to lead purposeful lives

• Be able to analyze complex, real-world problems
• Understand and integrate ideas from the ecological, social, and physical sciences
• Increase student’s desire to be life-long learners
• Instill in students the desire to lead purposeful lives

Objectives

Behavior or Attitudes

• Exhibit professionalism
• Adhere to ethical principles
• Identify future NR/E problems or concerns
• Engage in processes of scientific discovery
• Participate in public debate and social change
• Have a sense of civic responsibility

 
Skills/Abilities

• Analyze complex, real world problems
• Think logically and critically
• Think creatively
• Employ scientific reasoning and methods
• Find, evaluate, and use appropriate information resources
• Utilize current information technologies
• Analyze problems at different spatial scales
• Communicate effectively in writing
• Communicate verbally
• Communicate visually
• Work cooperatively in teams or small groups
• Work cooperatively in large groups or organizations
• Respect interdisciplinary diversity
• Respect cultural diversity
• Integrate social, biological, and physical science knowledge in natural resource and environmental problem solving
  

 
Knowledge

• Social Science
• Biological or ecological science
• Physical science
• Economics
• Natural resource and environmental management issues or problems
• Natural resource and environmental policies and issues in the Intermountain West
• U.S. natural resource and environmental policies
• International natural resource and environmental policies
• Communication skills
• Conflict management skills
• Mathematical or statistical skills
• Computer skills
• Identification, inventory, mapping, classification, and monitoring techniques in your area of specialization