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Outcomes

Students on completion of ENSCI-111 will have the skills and knowledge to:

• Read and critically evaluate relevant professional literature.
• Think critically.
• Present information clearly in written and oral form.
• Work in a team environment.
• Appreciate cultural diversity.
• Possess familiarity with the broad scope of the field of the discipline.
• Understand scientific principles and their application to scientific inquiry and to societal concerns.
• Evaluate discipline-specific techniques and field methods.
• Use appropriate online computing tools to solve discipline-specific problems.
• See how by this course could lead to employment in environmental science and related fields, or to graduate studies.

Assessment Measures

• Demonstrated competency and broad knowledge of the discipline through proposing an acceptable term-paper topic and the successful completion of this both written, and orally presented.
• A mid-term anonymous evaluation of the course by the students.
• Student self-assessment through an exit questionnaire to query their abilities and their overall satisfaction with the program;
• Compilation of data concerning graduation rates, employment rates in discipline-specific fields, and admission rates to graduate schools.
• Alumni survey of relevance of this course to a degree program, to success in later employment, or graduate school;

Created by Hugh Rance, 2004