Environmental Studies

As a result of completing the Environmental Studies program, students will: 

1. Understand fundamental environmental, physical, and biological principles that govern natural processes.
2. Understand fundamental concepts from the social sciences and the humanities underlying environmental thought and governance.
3. Demonstrate information literacy by locating, interpreting, synthesizing, and applying relevant information sources through capstone, presentation, and writing projects.
4. Express themselves clearly in written and oral form on a variety of environmental topics.
5. Make informed decisions on issues of local, national and global environmental significance based on an understanding of the interrelationships between humans and natural earth systems.