School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

After completing our program, students will:

• demonstrate understanding of biological patterns and processes at the cellular and molecular level.
• demonstrate understnading of biological patterns and processes and the organismal leel and higher. 
• demonstrate the ability to communicate biological explanations and interpretations int he standard vernacular and style of the biological sciences.

After completing our program, students will:

• demonstrate understanding of biological patterns and processes at the cellular and molecular level.
• demonstrate understnading of biological patterns and processes and the organismal leel and higher. 
• demonstrate the ability to communicate biological explanations and interpretations int he standard vernacular and style of the biological sciences.

After completing our program, students will:

• demonstrate understanding of physical properties of the ocean and their impacts.
• demonstrate understanding of biochemical processes and their impacts.
• demonstrate the ability to communicate marine biological explanations and interpretations in the standard vernacular and style of the marine biological sciences.

After completing our program, students will:

• demonstrate mastery in the broad discipline of Chemistry.
• develop an outstanding capacity for critical thinking.
• participate in research opportunities as a capstone experience.

After completing our program, students will:

• demonstrate mastery in the broad discipline of Chemistry.
• develop an outstanding capacity for critical thinking.
• participate in research opportunities as a capstone experience.

After completing our program, students will:

• demonstrate mastery in the broad discipline of Chemistry.
• develop an outstanding capacity for critical thinking.
• participate in research opportunities as a capstone experience.

After completing our program, students will:

• demonstrate mastery in the broad discipline of Chemistry.
• develop an outstanding capacity for critical thinking.
• participate in research opportunities as a capstone experience.

After completing our program, students will:

• demonstrate understanding of Earth as a system and its resources, cycles, climate feedbacks, both ancient and modern examples of global change, and sustainability principles.
• use critical thinking to apply knowledge on biogeochemical cycles to explain data on past change and predict future changes.
• demonstrate understanding on how to collect, interpret and present spatial and temporal data to analyze natural systems.
• apply knowledge on conducting field work by presenting written, oral, and/or visual products of their work.

After completing our program, students will:

• demonstrate proficiency in analysis techniques for geospatial data, including quantitative analysis of geospatial data sets in the context of real-world problems.
• demonstrate proficiency in tools for handling geospatial data and process-based data management skills.
• effectively communicate the interpretation of spatial information through map displays, other graphical products, and methods and results in presentations in class and/or in public.

After completing our program, students will:

• identify, describe, and classify minerals, rocks, fossils, structures, and strata; make scientific observations of these items in the field and in the laboratory; analyze observations and measurements in a scientifically sound manner.
• summarize and explain the Earth's history, uniformitarian processes that shape the Earth, and the evolution of life as revealed in the fossil record.
• analyze society’s dependence on Earth resources, the interaction between human activities and the natural environment (including global climate change), and understand geological hazards
• apply geologic knowledge to the analysis to geoscience problems in the field.
• apply knowledge of earth and evolutionary changes to analyze and interpret paleontological problems.

After completing our program, students will:

• identify, describe, and classify minerals, rocks, fossils, structures, and strata; make scientific observations of these items in the field and in the laboratory; analyze observations and measurements in a scientifically sound manner.
• summarize and explain the Earth's history, uniformitarian processes that shape the Earth, and the evolution of life as revealed in the fossil record.
• analyze society’s dependence on Earth resources, the interaction between human activities and the natural environment (including global climate change), and understand geological hazards
• apply geologic knowledge to the analysis to geoscience problems in the field.
• apply knowledge of earth and evolutionary changes to analyze and interpret paleontological problems.

After completing our program, students will:

• demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the foundational topics in modern astrophysics (such as orbital mechanics; planet formation and evolution; and stellar evolution) and apply this scientific understanding to problem solving.
• apply their mathematical and numerical skills to solve advanced quantitative problems in thermal physics, stellar astrophysics, galactic evolution, and gravitation.
• perform an advanced astronomy-related experimental project and demonstrate an understanding of the essential tools of data analysis, which includes distinguishing between statistical and systematic errors, detecting propagating errors, and representing data graphically.
• develop an astronomy-related research proposal, perform the independent research project, and communicate the findings.

After completing our program, students will:

• demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the foundational topics in modern astrophysics (such as orbital mechanics; planet formation and evolution; and stellar evolution) and apply this scientific understanding to problem solving.
• apply their mathematical and numerical skills to solve advanced quantitative problems in thermal physics, stellar astrophysics, galactic evolution, and gravitation.
• perform an advanced astronomy-related experimental project and demonstrate an understanding of the essential tools of data analysis, which includes distinguishing between statistical and systematic errors, detecting propagating errors, and representing data graphically.