Speak and write clearly and persuasively.

Prepare effective visual, oral, written and electronic presentations.

Effectively read, listen, observe and reflect.

Communicate clearly and effectively with different types of audiences using appropriate oral, visual, electronic, and written techniques.

Apply a holistic approach to solving complex issue-laden problems.

Apply a rational and objective process to:

• distinguish verifiable facts from value claims
• determine the accuracy of statements
• identify assumptions and detect bias
• distinguish relevant from irrelevant information
• establish priorities

Summarize, analyze, and interpret simple research data and policy issues.

Critically evaluate their own arguments and those of others.

Work effectively, both individually and with others, on complex, value-laden natural resource problems that require holistic problem solving techniques.

Assess, analyze, synthesize and evaluate information fairly and objectively.

Actively seek the input and perspectives of diverse stakeholders regarding natural resource problems and issues.

Formulate and evaluate alternative solutions to complex problems and recommend and defend best alternatives.

Organize, facilitate, and participate effectively in a group, team, or organization.

Define a problem or opportunity, implement an action planning process, work toward a goal and justify actions taken.

Exercise leadership skills as professionals and engaged citizens.

Demonstrate innovativeness and creativity regardless of context.

Identify and pursue opportunities that produce value.

Be persistent in shepherding necessary resources and managing associated risk to facilitate change.

Demonstrate creativity and innovation in identifying and pursuing opportunities that produce environmental, social, or economic value.

Articulate how continued learning after graduation will enrich their lives.

Identify and participate in new areas for learning beyond the classroom and after graduation.

Exercise life-long learning skills developed before graduation.

Define and assess their ethical perspective, moral responsibility, and values.

Identify and critically evaluate contemporary ethical and moral issues in professional and private life.

Identify, explain and critically evaluate their own beliefs, values and actions in relation to professional and societal standards of ethics.

Explain the physical and biological interactions within ecosystems.

Explain how human activities impact the environment and how societies are affected by environmental change.

Recognize and interpret resource problems across spatial scales from local to global.

Anticipate, analyze and evaluate natural resource issues and explain the ecological, economic, & social consequences of natural resource actions at various scales over time.

Students should achieve two of the following outcomes:

Articulate how their personal life experiences and choices fit within the context of the larger mosaic of U.S. society, indicating how they have confronted and critically analyzed their perceptions and assumptions about diversity-related issues.

Analyze and evaluate the contributions of various underrepresented social groups in shaping the history and culture of the U.S.

Analyze individual and institutional forms of discrimination based on factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, class, etc.

Analyze the perspectives of groups and individuals affected by discrimination.

Analyze how cultural diversity and cooperation among social groups affect U.S. society.

Appreciate cultural diversity and understand the impact of the global distribution of people and wealth on natural resource use and valuation.

Students should achieve two of the following outcomes:

Analyze the accuracy and relevancy of their own worldviews and anticipate how people from other nations may perceive that worldview.

Describe and analyze how cultures and societies around the world are formed, are sustained, and evolve.

Analyze and evaluate the influence of global issues in their own lives.

Describe the values and perspectives of cultures other than their own and discuss how they influence individuals' perceptions of global issues and or events.

Communicate competently in a second language.

Appreciate cultural diversity and understand the impact of the global distribution of people and wealth on natural resource use and valuation.