Bowdoin College
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Bowdoin College - Learning Outcomes by Department Each Department at Bowdoin has their own learning outcomes. The sustainability office pulled out all majors and minors whose outcomes either explicitly focus on sustainability, or combine social, economic and environmental concepts, as per paragraph three of section B of the Learning Outcomes document. Biology Learning Outcomes(Majors: 35 / Minors: 5) • Ecology (species interactions, population biology, ecosystem processes, natural history) • Influence of Biology on Social Issues (conservation, research practices, bioethics). • Applying ecological and evolutionary concepts to contemporary environmental and social issues. Earth and Oceanographic Sciences Learning Outcomes(Majors: 17 / Minors: 5) • Gain fluency within and ability to integrate among earth systems by focusing on surface earth processes, solid earth processes, and oceans. • Recognize and communicate the connections between earth systems and society including human impacts on the earth, natural hazards and earth’s resources. Environmental Studies Learning Outcomes (Majors: 29 / Minors: 5) • Engage principles and methods of the humanities and the arts to consider ethical, cultural, historical, literary and artistic dimensions of environmental questions • Engage principles and methods of the social sciences to analyze and evaluate political, economic, psychological, anthropological and sociological dimensions of environmental questions • To discern underlying values and criteria used to evaluate alternatives for addressing environmental problems. • To develop the ability to identify and engage various communities and stakeholders, while acknowledging questions of equity and power