• Attain a basic knowledge of the principles of plant growth and development.
• Attain an understanding of environmental planning and landscape management processes involving plants and people in natural settings.
• Attain a basic understanding of the interrelationships among the various components of the managed landscape ecosystem, including plants, people, animals, soil, water, air, and microorganisms.
• Aarticulate the fundamental principles of ecological restoration, the different stages of t

• Understand, evaluate and apply social scientific principles to organizational, local, regional, national and transnational development issues. 
• Interpret and analyze oral information, written texts, and data sets regarding community, regional, and organizational development. 
• Work individually and within groups to produce written and oral analysis of development problems. 
• Make oral presentations of research findings to various audiences. 
• Teach skills necessary

• Demonstrate critical thinking skills to analyze data and interpret results in the nutritional sciences. 
• Determine nutritional status of individuals in various life-cycle stages and/or with nutrition-related chronic diseases by applying knowledge of metabolism and nutrient functions, food sources and physiologic systems. 
• Search for, critique and effectively communicate nutrition information. 
• Describe social, multiethnic or environmental dimensions within nutrition and the life sciences.

• Explain the physical laws governing the structure and evolution of atmospheric phenomena spanning a broad range of spatial and temporal scales; 
• Apply mathematical tools to study atmospheric processes; 
• Explain the principles behind, and use of, meteorological instrumentation; 
• Describe, analyze and create graphical depictions of meteorological information;
• Demonstrate critical and analytical skills to interpret and predict weather systems using weather products (model results, maps

• Understand the fundamental principles of molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics.
• Apply the fundamental principles to an area of emphasis (animal, plant or microbial biotechnology, or bioinformatics). 
• Understand how biotechnology is used to make pharmaceuticals, improve agriculture, develop novel biofuels, and clean up the environment.
• Apply the scientific method to all phases of a research project including experimental design, data collection, data analysis and interpretati

• Develop competence in basic environmental sciences, economics, and theory of the policy process.
• Acquire an understanding of how public policy and planning decisions are made and their effectiveness is evaluated. 
• Master a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods for analyzing environmental issues and policies.
• Apply disciplinary knowledge to analyzing actions to address environmental problems.

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• Graduates will understand the fundamental principles of plant biology including plant cell biology, plant development and anatomy, plant physiology and plant genetics.
• Graduates will be able to apply the fundamental principles of plant biology to their area of specialization (crop production, plant breeding or postharvest technology).
• Graduates will have the ability to use modern library search tools to retrieve scientific information related to plant sciences and agriculture.
• Graduates will understand the scien

These Learning Outcomes were developed in consultation with the Entomology and Nematology faculty. The alignment document shows how required elements of the curriculum provide opportunities for students to engage with the program's goals for learning.

• Understanding of the scientific principles and physiological mechanisms associated with the disciplines in animal science as well as an understanding of the principles of managerial economics.
• Ability to describe the application of these principles to the care and sustainable management of domestic and captive animals and the application of these principles to small businesses
• Illustrate the basic skills necessary to interpret, gather, and process information in an agricultural business setting
• De

• Properly describe key concepts, analyze relevant information, and integrate their knowledge of key scientific principles and physiological mechanisms associated with the core disciplines (nutrition, behavior, genetics, reproduction, endocrinology) in Animal Science.
• Apply knowledge of the core disciplines in animal science to the proper care and sustainable management of domestic and captive animals; and be able to describe and demonstrate the basic skills necessary to perform practical tasks associated with animal care.