Learning Goals And Objectives:
The Environmental Resource Management Program
Learning goals and objectives for the B.S. in Environmental Resource Management are as follows:
Goal 1. Scientific Analysis of Environmental Issues
Students should be able to analyze scientific aspects of various
environmental issues.
Objective 1: Analysis
Students should be able to analyze the scientific aspects of various
environmental issues such as human biology and toxicology;
ecosystems and biodiversity; environmental chemistry; energy and
technology; environmental geology and hydrologic systems, and
probability and inferential statistics.
Goal 2: Public Policy Analysis
Students should be able to evaluate public policy as it relates to
environmental issues.
Objective 1: Economic Analysis
Students should be able to evaluate trade-offs, efficiency and
market failures, conduct benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness
analysis, calculate net present value, understand fairness and
sustainability and the structuring of incentives.
Objective 2: Political Analysis
Students should be aware of political power and resources,
understand the stages of the policy process, and strategies and
tactics.
Goal 3: Law and Compliance
Students should be able to analyze legal issues and comply with
legal requirements as they relate to the environment.
Objective 1: Legal Analysis
Students should be able to apply the general principles of common
law, statutory law, administrative rule-making, constitutional due
process and appellate review to environmental issues.
Objective 2: Legal Analysis
Students should ascertain the legal consequences of actions and
facts by finding the law, analyzing and evaluating its applicability,
and updating it through Shepardizing.
Objective 3: Determining Regulatory Requirements
Students should be familiar with recordkeeping and reporting,
permits, labeling and information, ambiant and emission
standards.
Goal 4: Critically Evaluating and Synthesizing
Knowledge
Objective 1: Evaluate
Students should be able to weigh the preponderance of evidence for
competing theories or arguments.
Objective 2:
Students should be able to critically evaluate strengths and
limitations of world views and disciplinary paradigms.
Objective 3: Synthesis
Students should be able to synthesize world views and disciplinary
paradigms.