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Interdisciplinary Programs
Environmental Resource Management
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Mission |
Outcomes |
Assessment |
Faculty |
Student Work |
Departmental Learning Goals and Objectives
| GOAL I: |
Communicating and Managing
Effectively
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| Objective A: |
Demonstrate the ability to create
effective oral presentations from three-minute summaries
to fifteen-minute presentations.
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| Objective B: |
Demonstrate the ability to produce
well-written documents from 300-word abstracts and memos
to 20-page technical papers.
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| Objective C: |
Demonstrate effective participation in
groups and on interdependent team projects.
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| Objective D: |
Demonstrate supervision and management
skills.
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| Objective E: |
Demonstrate negotiation, conflict
resolution, and other interpersonal skills. |
| GOAL II: |
Utilizing Computers
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| Objective A: |
Demonstrate effective use of word
processing, desktop publishing, and presentation
software.
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| Objective B: |
Demonstrate working knowledge of
spreadsheets to organize and chart numerical data.
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| Objective C: |
Demonstrate database skills, including
relational databases and geographic information systems.
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| Objective D: |
Demonstrate use of the internet and
development of web pages. |
| GOAL III: |
Acquiring Information
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| Objective A: |
Demonstrate the ability to conduct
Boolean searches to research and retrieve published
information on a topic.
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| Objective B: |
Demonstrate the ability to access and
effectively utilize CSUB’s online academic journals.
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| Objective C: |
Demonstrate a working knowledge of
environmental databases (e.g., legal, scientific,
economic). |
| GOAL IV: |
Analyzing the Scientific Aspects of
Environmental Issues
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| Objective A: |
Demonstrate the ability to analyze
human biology, health, and toxicology issues.
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| Objective B: |
Demonstrate the ability to analyze
ecosystems and biodiversity issues.
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| Objective C: |
Demonstrate the ability to analyze
environmental chemistry issues.
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| Objective D: |
Demonstrate the ability to analyze
energy and technology issues.
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| Objective E: |
Demonstrate the ability to analyze
environmental geology and hydrological systems issues.
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| Objective F: |
Demonstrate the ability to analyze
other pertinent areas (e.g., meteorology, agriculture
and renewable resources, population and demography,
industrial hygiene, water quality and treatment, etc.). |
| GOAL V: |
Analyzing Public Policy Formation
and Evaluating Policy
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| Objective A: |
Demonstrate the ability to apply tools
and concepts from economics to issues relating to civil
law and the environment (e.g., opportunity cost, market
failure, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, net present
value, benefit-cost analysis, incentives, market
failure, equity, sustainability, property/contract/tort
law).
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| Objective B: |
Demonstrate the ability to apply tools
and concepts from political science to analyze policy
formation in environmental areas (power and resources,
stages of the policy process, strategies and tactics,
interest groups, etc.). |
| GOAL VI: |
Analyzing Legal Issues and Complying
with Legal Requirements
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| Objective A: |
Demonstrate the ability to apply
general principles of common law, statutory law,
administrative rulemaking, constitutional due process,
and appellate review to environmental issues.
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| Objective B: |
Demonstrate the ability to perform
legal research to ascertain the legal consequences of
actions and facts: (1) finding the law using key words,
legal authority, and legal topics, (2) analyzing the law
and evaluating its applicability and current status, and
(3) updating the law through Shepardizing, loose-leaf
reporter services, and computerized searches.
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| Objective C: |
Demonstrate the ability to comply with
environmental, health, and safety regulations by
maintaining necessary forms and records, establishing
databases, monitoring performance, performing audits,
meeting applicable standards and reporting requirements,
obtaining permits, and developing plans and management
systems to carry out these responsibilities. |
| GOAL VII: |
Critically Evaluating and
Synthesizing Knowledge
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| Objective A: |
Demonstrate the ability to weigh the
preponderance of evidence for competing theories or
arguments.
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| Objective B: |
Critically evaluate the strengths and
limitations of various worldviews and disciplinary
paradigms relating to environmental issues and
synthesizing their insights. |
| GOAL VIII: |
Demonstrating Skills Relating to the
Concentration Option
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| Objective A: |
Varies among students (For example,
Environmental Hazardous Materials Management: (1)
hazardous materials handling and sampling and (2)
hazardous materials incident planning and response and
safety and emergency response). |
| GOAL IX: |
Personal Effectiveness and Potential
for Lifelong Growth
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| Objective A: |
Proactively utilize an internal locus
of control.
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| Objective B: |
Development of a personal mission
statement.
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| Objective C: |
Demonstrate effective time management.
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| Objective D: |
Demonstrate interpersonal skills and
nurturing of relationships and networks.
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| Objective E: |
Develop strategies for balanced
self-renewal and lifelong growth. |
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