Seattle University undergraduate students should be able to:

1. Pursue and evaluate knowledge through the skills of inquiry, research, critical thinking and problem solving.

2. Communicate effectively in both speech and writing.

3. Understand the varying perspectives of the liberal arts and sciences and apply them to personal, civic or professional issues.

4. Understand and appreciate diversity and develop a worldview informed by multicultural and global perspectives.

5. Understand and appreciate the Jesuit/Catholic linking of faith and justice.

6. Assess their own levels of commitment to community service and to a just world.

7. Demonstrate proficiency in the content and methodology of their discipline or profession.

8. Think systematically about moral, ethical and spiritual questions and assess and articulate their own values.

9. Demonstrate team and leadership skills needed to convert goals to action.

Undergraduate Students
Department/Program Environmental Studies Student Learning Outcomes	Seattle University Student Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
To develop sufficient ecological and scientific literacy, and the technical skills to understand the function of natural ecological systems and the nature and complexity of human interactions with these systems.	x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x
To understand the historical context of ecological issues and to develop a multi-perspective strategy for addressing them.	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
To know how to develop a career and respond to a vocation (one’s calling)	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
To understand the importance of the spirituality of nature and the application of spirituality and ethics to ecological issues.	x	x		x	x	x		x
To understand the complexity of the social, economic, and political dynamics effecting solutions to ecological problems.	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
To gain knowledge of the local and regional ecosystems and the attitudes displayed toward them by human cultures.	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x