Undergraduate Programs

Student Learning Outcomes

Certificates and Minors


Certificate in Environmental Studies

A student who earns the Certificate in Environmental Studies will demonstrate the following learning outcomes:

  • Describe the major components of the Earth's systems and the role these play in environmental problems and solutions.
  • Apply basic principles of chemistry, geology, and ecology to the identification of environmental problems and solutions.
  • Identify key contaminants that pollute the air, land, water or the built environment and articulate common sources of these materials.
  • Recognize how economics and finance contribute to the creation and solution of environmental problems.
  • Describe techniques that are used to eliminate or control hazards that can cause harm to human health and the environment.

Certificate in Public Health

A student who earns the Certificate in Public Health will demonstrate the following learning outcomes:

  • Describe contemporary environmental issues in terms of sources, effects, and solutions.
  • Characterize the distribution of health effects from environmental contaminants using common epidemiological principles and techniques.
  • Locate and interpret environmental regulations focused on air, land, or water pollution.
  • Apply the commonly used mathematical and scientific principles to the identification and solution of environmental problems.

Minor in Environmental Health Science

A student who earns the Minor in Environmental Health Science will demonstrate the following learning outcomes:

  • Describe the ways humans can have a negative impact on their environment.
  • Identify contaminants and common sources of these contaminants that pollute the air, land, and water, and built environment.
  • Explain ways humans are exposed to environmental pollution and the adverse effects it can have on health and safety.
  • Explain the approaches that are used to assess the scope and extent of risk associated with environmental/occupational hazards.
  • Describe the techniques that are used to eliminate or control hazards that can cause harm to human health and the environment.