Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) for the Geography B.A. and Environmental Geography B.S.
1) Students will demonstrate the ability to answer questions by synthesizing geographic knowledge.*
*Six Elements of Geography: A spatial world view; place and regions; physical systems; human systems; environment and society; and the uses of geography
2) Students will be able to acquire geographic information and assemble ideas and information from geographic literature and scholarship, and from primary and secondary sources.
3) Students will be able to organize geographic information into maps, graphs, and other visual representations and analyze geographic information to seek patterns, relationships, and connections.
4) Students will be able to prepare and deliver clear and convincing written presentations.
5) Students will be able to prepare and deliver clear and convincing oral presentations.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) for the Urban and Regional Planning B.S.
1) Students will understand the basic themes in the planning field and the multidisciplinary aspects of the profession.
2) Students will be able to assemble ideas and information from prior planning practice and scholarship and understand its relationship to plan development.
3) Students will be able to organize planning information into maps, graphs, and other visual representations and analyze that information to seek patterns, relationships, and connections.
4) Students will be able to prepare and deliver clear and convincing written and oral presentations.
