State University of New York at New Paltz
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts - Printmaking Bachelor of Fine Arts - Printmaking Master of Fine Arts - Printmaking Bachelor of Science - Organismal/Environmental Biology and Cell/Molecular Biology Bachelor of Arts - Biology Bachelor of Arts - Geography program with an environmental concentration Minor in Environmental Studies Bachelor of Science - Environmental Geochemical Science

Printmaking: * Students will learn the culture of recycling and reuse in ongoing material practice and the physical materials of printmaking. Biology: * Students will understand how humans interact with ecological and evolutionary processes. * Students will learn the physical, chemical, and biological organization of aquatic ecosystems and increase quantitative literacy in ecological interpretation of aquatic ecosystems and problem solving. * Students will learn to make scientific predictions about how ecological processes affect human well-being and how human activities affect ecosystems at local, regional, or global scales. * Students will be able to evaluate strategies for environmental solutions and sustainability from a scientific perspective. * Students will be able to describe the important abiotic and biotic factors that determine the structure, composition, function, and dynamics of ecological systems. * Students will be able to make scientific predictions about how ecological processes affect human well-being and how human activities affect ecosystems at local, regional, or global scales. Geography with an Environmental Concentration * Students will learn to define basic concepts and theories in environmental geography; * Students will learn to apply analytical methods used in environmental geography, including: - Distinguishing human from nonhuman factors of environmental change - Linking social and physical processes at multiple scales - Using logic and arithmetic in problem-solving activities - Identifying social causes of human impact on the environment - Thinking critically about environmental issues, including considering relations of power behind negative human impact and the social repercussions of environmental degradation - Asking what motivates people to act on or think about environments in particular ways - Identifying problematic assumptions in popular notions Environmental Studies * Define environmental problems * Describe the social causes of environmental problems * Evaluate possibilities for a “green” economy * Explain how social inequalities relate to environmental risk * Describe political struggles that have emerged around the environment Environmental Geochemical Science * Students will develop a deeper understanding of the interaction between technology and the natural environment that hosts it so that our society can work toward building a sustainable civilization, providing for human needs while still preserving the earth's unique natural heritage.