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Sustainability Minor

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Program learning outcomes

Foundational Knowledge: 1. Explain the interdependency of nature and society and of the fundamental linkages between ecological, political, social, and economic systems. Application 2. Analyze and make decisions regarding the costs, benefits, and tradeoffs associated with sustainability challenges. Integration 3. Identify the interaction between the key concepts of ecology, economics, political science, sociology, and other disciplines central to sustainability. Human Dimension 4. Come to see themselves are global citizens and understand the wide variety of perspectives, preferences, and priorities among stakeholders, and of the need for communication and collaboration among them to influence the sustainability of our society. Caring 5. Value to interaction between experts in disciples central to sustainability in leading the world to a sustainable state. Learning How to Learn 6. Formulate useful questions about the sustainability of a practice or product. Be able to identify important sources of information to evaluate new practices and their sustainability.
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