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Sustainable Management

Programmatic Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to solve complex problems with a systems thinking approach.
    1. Students will be able to synthesize the role of humans in the biosphere and human impacts on natural systems.
    2. Students will be able to explain the relative roles of population, consumption, and technology with respect to the human impact on the environmental, social, and economic sustainability.
    3. Students will be able to critically appraise environmental, energy, and resource policies and to develop a capacity to think critically and creatively about alternative policies.
    4. Students will be able to apply life cycle analysis and other analytical techniques to determine systemic change implications.
  2. Students will be able to communicate complex social, economic, and environmental issues and their interrelationships to diverse audiences.
    1. Students will be able to effectively communicate the changing relationship between humans and the natural environment.
    2. Students will be able to communicate sustainability concepts effectively to culturally distinct and specifically identified audiences.
  3. Students will be able to analyze and critically evaluate evidence to formulate and organize sustainable strategies.
    1. Students will be able to analyze cause and effect of natural capital degradation and evaluate management alternatives.
    2. Students will be able to analyze how government and administrative agencies operate and assess their proficiency in designing and fostering sustainability action.
    3. Students will be able to identify relevant evidence and apply appropriate analytical techniques to develop sustainable strategies.
  4. Students will be able to engage and lead sustainability initiatives at local, national, and global levels.
    1. Students will be able to proactively engage in efforts aimed at resolution of sustainability issues.

Assessment Plan

Annual Reports