University of Saskatchewan
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Division Level Sustainability Learning Outcomes: School of Environment and Sustainability: 96 Graduates ---------------------------------------- Graduates from the School of Environment and Sustainability: Think holistically with ethical intent - Apply critical and creative thinking to sustainability problems - Transcend disciplinary boundaries to achieve harmonious integration of human and natural systems - Identify and assess how human and natural systems work and interact Deeply understand sustainability - Explain and understand the origins and multiple dimensions of sustainability - Think across and within systems - Develop a fulsome vocabulary to demonstrate a deep understanding of sustainability - Understand how complexity and uncertainty affect the sustainability of socio-ecological systems Integrate a range of perspectives and ways of knowing: - Demonstrate and encourage respect for a range of perspectives and ways of knowing - Are able to articulate the benefits and limitations of a range of perspectives and ways of knowing - Are profoundly aware of their own position, its strengths, limitations, and assumptions Are ambassadors for sustainability and agents of change: - Mobilize theory into practice to solve problems - Ask bold/difficult/challenging questions - Are courageous, tenacious risk-takers in the face of change - Can perceive practical solutions and new insights to sustainability challenges Have research expertise: - Can work effectively in interdisciplinary, inter-cultural and/or cross-sectoral teams - Understand the process of research - Know how to design and execute effective interdisciplinary research - Can synthesize, integrate, analyze and evaluate data for the purpose of creating new knowledge - Know how to conduct research ethically Demonstrate collaborative, leadership and professional skills in knowledge sharing: - Can work effectively in interdisciplinary, intercultural and/or cross-sectoral teams - Can plan and manage sustainability projects and research - Can effectively manage self in the context of sustainability projects (e.g. setting realistic deadlines, being reliable, working effectively under uncertainty, solving problems, maintaining a positive attitude, modelling professional conduct) - Can facilitate, mediate, translate, and communicate knowledge to appropriate audiences in many different forms Have a substantive area of expertise in keeping with their program of study: - Demonstrate excellence within their chosen field of study - Can create, analyze, synthesize and communicate within their field(s) of study

Sustainability Focused Programs: ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY (College of Arts and Science): 12 Graduates Environment and Society provides students an interdisciplinary program that prepares them for employment or further study in a broad range of areas related to the Environment. Through exposure to science, social science, and humanities perspectives related to the environment, students will develop an understanding of environmental science, resource management, environmental philosophy, policy, and environmental studies. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY (College of Arts and Science): 23 Graduates Students completing this program will have a comprehensive understanding of the basic science of environmental biology and ecological theory, an exposure to technical skills, and will be articulate and knowledgeable about the complex environmental issues facing our society. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES (College of Arts and Science): 20 Graduates The interdisciplinary program explores the relationships, both modern and ancient, among the solid Earth, the atmosphere, the oceans, and the biosphere; its primary emphasis is on the physical sciences, rather than the biological sciences. An important part of the program is training in methods, including field methods, of investigating and interpreting near-surface environments, and the effects of human activities upon them. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (College of Engineering): 26 Graduates This program educates environmental engineers to develop solutions to environmental problems using the principles of biology, physics, and chemistry.