Objective 1.1: Students will integrate knowledge from multiple disciplines representing physical and life sciences perspectives, political and economic perspectives, and social and cultural perspectives on humans’ interactions with their environments.

Objective 1.2: Students will contribute to and facilitate interdisciplinary research and problem solving, through independent and collaborative work involving systems thinking and design thinking techniques.

Objective 2.1: Students will be able to use quantitative tools and techniques to analyze, implement, envision, assess, and report sustainability efforts. Examples of such tools and techniques are: geographic information systems (GIS) and other monitoring and reporting technology, common sustainability assessment and reporting frameworks, survey design and statistical analysis, and techniques of written and visual communication.

Objective 2.2: Students will be able to use qualitative tools and techniques to analyze, implement, envision, and report sustainability efforts. Examples of such tools and techniques are: creation and interpretation of surveys and interviews, and of artistic, literary, historical, and philosophical works.

Objective 2.3: Students will be able to effectively participate in and contribute to collaborative community engagement projects.

Objective 3.1: Students will develop a sensitivity to the importance of place, history, and culture through place-based learning and community collaboration.

Objective 3.2: Students will demonstrate an understanding of how the arts, humanities, and social sciences create, interpret, and analyze cultural narratives that influence humans’ interactions with their environments.

View a curriculum map showing how each course contributes to the ENS minor educational objectives.

Student Learning Outcomes for the undergraduate Certificate in Sustainable Food Systems can be found here.