Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of their Master of Science program in Resource Management and Conservation, students are able to:

Identify and understand the scientific and social complexities within the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies including ethics, sustainability and social justice;
Apply quantitative, spatial and qualitative research approaches to addressing science based problems;
Critically assess scientific and economic research;
Understand the interrelationships among, and between, public policy, science, economics and law;
Demonstrate and apply skills in external stakeholder capacity building;
Demonstrate and apply skills in facilitative and adaptive leadership;
Draw on theory to inform the practice of change management at multiple organizational scales;
Effectively manage complex projects and associated budgets and timelines;
Understand the definition and requirements of organizational sustainability.

Last Updated: 3/16/12