• Attain a basic knowledge of the principles and practices of plant growth, development, production and utilization.
• Attain an understanding of landscape management processes involving plants and people in urban and 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.
• Apply the fundamental principles to their area of emphasis (f

• Illustrate the use of the scientific method to solve problems in wildlife and fish research and make informed conservation decisions.
• Evaluate and apply ecological and quantitative concepts in wildlife and fish ecology and conservation.
• Create and evaluate written, oral, and multimedia materials to communicate the discipline to other scientists, interested stakeholders, and the public.

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• Demonstrate fundamental knowledge in the basic sciences (biology, chemistry, computer sciences, mathematics, physics, statistics)
• Demonstrate core breadth knowledge in the specific sciences of viticulture and enology
• Demonstrate specialized depth knowledge in plant sciences, microbiology and food science, economics and business, foreign language fluency, production practices
• Generate, collect, analyze and interpret data
• Apply principles of scientific inquiry to resolve problematic situations

• Demonstrate understanding of the fundamental concepts in, the physical and social sciences while employing textiles and clothing as a meaningful context; 
• Foster connections between the physical and social sciences using textiles and clothing as a meaningful context. 
• Integrate knowledge among micro (e.g., fiber properties), meso (e.g., consumer behavior and interaction), and macro (e.g., cultural, environmental, and global economic) levels of analysis; 
• Think critically and creatively abo

• Identify and engage with a range of sustainability issues
• Identify stakeholders and their perspectives
• Understand contexts at different scales and evolving over time
• Understand and articulate interrelationships between different professions & stakeholders

• Understand design, planning, policy, and organizing strategies for problem-solving
• Identify alternative courses of action for a give

• 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.

• Understand and integrate fundamental principles, including: development and evolution of modern ocean/earth systems; distribution, diversity and abundance of marine life, and special adaptations to ocean environments; impact of ocean circulation on climate, atmosphere and biosphere; biogeochemical cycles, ocean productivity; processes at terrestrial-marine interface and in the coastal zone; and anthropogenic impacts and management of ocean resources
• Utilize the scientific method to answer questions and investigate the

Understanding of principles: 

• Students will be skilled in critical thinking and decision-making, supported by economic principles and best practices in business. 

Strong quantitative skills: 

• Students will have the ability to use data to inform economic and business decision making. 
• Students will be able to put together quantitative reports as well as to evaluate reports put together by others. 

Effective communication: 

• Communicate about landscapes through written, oral, and graphic means 
• Employ 2D and 3D landscape visualization both by hand and digitally 
• Apply professional conventions in the production of construction documents 
• Landscape Architecture history/theory

• Situate landscape architecture in the context of western and non-western traditions 
• Apply t

• Articulate the basic principles of plant biology, soil science, human nutrition, microeconomics, sociology, agricultural production, and community development.
• Articulate the fundamental principles of at least one area of specialization from the following: Environmental Issues; Rural Communities, Trade and Economic Development; Plant or Animal Production.
• Understand and utilize a variety of project design, and implementation and assessment tools including: SWOT Analysis, Problem trees, etc.; Logica