Learning Outcomes

Key Knowledge Areas

  • Anthropogenic drivers of environmental problems in our existing social, political, and economic frameworks and institutions
  • Science of Earth’s systems and the physical processes, chemical reactions, and feedback loops behind modern environmental crises
  • History of societies’ complex relationship with built and natural environments 
  • Social systems at the root of environmental inequality. 
  • Sustainable futures forged through new scientific knowledges, public policies, and collective efforts to enact change

Acquired Skills

  • Applying systems-thinking to solve complex socio-environmental problems
  • Communicating knowledge and ideas through critical writing, academic presentation, and constructive dialogue
  • Conducting scientific research, making use of mixed analytical methods
  • Working collaboratively as members of effective teams