Learning Goals and Objectives in the Department of Environment & Society


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