Atmospheric-and-Geographic-Sciences-SLOs

Upon completion of the BS degree program, students should be able to:

• Apply mathematics, science, and applied sciences to aviation-related disciplines: Ability to perform simple math problems; Ability to understand the nature of gases; Ability to understand meteorological conditions; Standard of Excellence Score >85%.
• Communicate effectively, using both written and oral communication skills; Ability to communicate effectively, by use of common radio phraseology; Ability to explain aerial maneuvers; Understand the benefits of effective communication among pilots and air traffic controllers; Ability to use the case brief format to explain complex law cases; Standard of Excellence Score >85%
• Analyze and interpret data: Ability to read and understand performance data: Ability to apply formulae to varying conditions; Ability to interpret complex situations and identify right behavior; Standard of Excellence Score >100%, but greater than 70% is minimally acceptable by FAA standards.
• Work effectively in teams: Ability to read and understand performance data; Ability to apply formulae to varying conditions; Ability to interpret complex situations and identify right behavior; Standard of Excellence Score >85%.
• Engage in and recognize the need for life-long learning: Ability to see the benefit of building experience as a pilot; Ability to use historical examples to support right thinking in the cockpit; Ability to understand the benefit of sustained, right behavior; Ability to understand how Capstone opportunities build a person’s confidence in solving operational problems. Excellence Score >85%.
• Assess contemporary issues: Ability to understand how past experiences can help prevent wrong actions; Ability to interpret from NTSB narrative what the key issues were in any aircraft accident report; Ability to understand the benefit of reading Aviation Safety Reporting Systems data sets; Standard of Excellence Score >85%.
• Use the techniques, skills and modern technology necessary for professional practice: Ability to use electronic devices while controlling aircraft. Excellence Score >85%.
• Assess the national and international aviation environment: Ability to understand how the national airspace system works and how to operate within it Excellence Score >85%.
• Apply pertinent knowledge in identifying and solving problems: Ability to solve systems problems and derive a safe course of action when confronted with aircraft malfunctions; Ability to decide when an alternate is necessary and when it is best to proceed to that alternate; Ability to know when an approach is unstable and then to recover; Standard of Excellence Score >85%.
• Apply knowledge of business sustainability to aviation issues: Ability to operate in an IFR environment, while saving fuel and time Excellence Score >85%.
• Practices professional deportment.

Upon completion of the BS degree program, students should be able to:

• Apply simple math equations to solve problems: Ability to use computer programs to create solutions to problems; Standard of Excellence Score >85%.
• Analyze and interpret data.
• Create legal case briefs by reading and interpreting legal explanations and court rulings: Ability to determine how to avoid unethical behavior; Ability to create a research project, devise a method, collect data, and interpret data by use of statistical analysis and critical thinking skills; Standard of Excellence Score >85%.
• Work effectively in teams: Ability to lead a group of diverse individuals.
• An understanding of professional and ethical decision-making.
• Communicate effectively, using both written and oral communication skills: Ability to clearly present case briefs or give oral reports on complex subjects; Ability to manage projects effectively by use of oral and written communication; Ability to write procedures and rules for business; Standard of Excellence Score >85%.
• Engage in and recognize the need for life-long learning: Ability to determine how life experiences can make life easier over time; Ability to understand that bad behavior is as present in life as good behavior, and some people don’t know the difference; Ability to build competencies in the field of choice.
• Assess contemporary issues: Ability to understand how past experiences can help prevent wrong actions; Ability to interpret from NTSB narrative what the key issues were in any aircraft accident report; Ability to understand the benefit of reading Aviation Safety Reporting Systems data sets; Standard of Excellence Score >85%.
• Ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern technology necessary for professional practice.
• An understanding of the national and international aviation environment.
• Apply knowledge of business sustainability to aviation issues: Ability to operate in an IFR environment, while saving fuel and time Excellence Score >85%.
• Practices professional deportment.

Upon completion of the BA degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the intellectual theoretical framework that underpins the drive for sustainability.
• Demonstrate expertise in practical organizational thinking, organizational strategy, and knowledge integration.
• Demonstrate analytical and policy skill sets to help organizations, businesses, institutions, and communities to understand, adapt, and implement sustainability strategies.
• Demonstrate the ability to identify environmental sustainability issues on a global, regional and local scale and crucially assess various perspectives on the issue.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions about environmental sustainability problems including:
  • Demonstrating proficiency in using sustainability principles and life cycle analysis tools.
  • Formulating a research methodology and executing a formal student-led research project.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate environmental sustainability utilizing both oral and written outlets by defending and communicating facts, ideas and research.
• Demonstration of interest in exploring real-world issues and in obtaining practical exposure to those issues.
• Demonstrate satisfactory progress in all courses by maintaining an overall GPA of at least 2.25.

Upon completion of the BS degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the intellectual theoretical framework that underpins the drive for sustainability.
• Demonstrate expertise in practical organizational thinking, organizational strategy, and knowledge integration.
• Demonstrate scientific and policy skill sets to help organizations, businesses, institutions, and communities to understand, adapt, and implement sustainability strategies.
• Demonstrate the ability to identify environmental sustainability issues on a global, regional and local scale and crucially assess various perspectives on the issue.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions about environmental sustainability problems including:
  • Demonstrating proficiency in using sustainability principles and life cycle analysis tools.
  • Formulating a research methodology and executing a formal student-led research project. b. Formulating a research methodology and executing a formal student-led research project.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate environmental sustainability utilizing both oral and written outlets by defending and communicating facts, ideas and research.
• Demonstration of interest in exploring real-world issues and in obtaining practical exposure to those issues.
• Demonstrate satisfactory progress in all courses by maintaining an overall GPA of at least 2.25.

Upon completion of the MS degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an analytical skill set based on spatial statistics to understand, adapt, and implement geographically focused strategies as well as to ask and solve meaningful research questions in an objective fashion.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively through oral, written, and graphical means the purpose, methods, results and significance of their own research and the related published research of others.
• Demonstrate an interdisciplinary set of skills that integrates the theory and practice of physical geography or geospatial analysis.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how the theory and practice of physical geography or geospatial analysis fit into the history and context of the discipline as a whole.

Upon completion of the MA degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an interdisciplinary set of skills that integrates concepts, theories and practices of the geohumanities and/or other forms of socio-cultural, historical and/or environmental geograph.
• Demonstrate an expertise in appropriately designed and articulated creative action related to socio-cultural, historical and/or environmental processes and practices.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively through oral, written, and graphical means the purpose, methods, results and significance of their own research and the related published research of others.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how the theory and practice of theories and practices of the geohumanities and/or other forms of socio-cultural, historical and/or environmental geography fit into the history and context of the discipline as a whole.

Upon completion of the PhD degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an interdisciplinary set of skills that integrates concepts, theories and practices of the geohumanities, other forms of socio-cultural, historical, environmental geography and/or physical geography or geospatial analysis.
• Demonstrate an analytical skill set to understand, adapt, and implement geographically focused strategies as well as to ask and solve meaningful research questions in an objective fashion.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how the theory and practice of their area of expertise within geography or geospatial analysis fit into the history and context of the discipline as a whole.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively through oral, written, and graphical means the purpose, methods, results and significance of their own research and the related published research of others.
• Demonstrate the ability to write a research proposal that abides by professional standards.
• Demonstrate the ability to design and complete a research study and/or scientific experiments including the ability to process and analyze data to make sound interpretations where relevant.

Upon completion of certificate degree students will be able to:

• Demonstrate an interdisciplinary set of skills that integrates the theory and practice of physical geography or geospatial analysis.
• Demonstrate an analytical skill set based on spatial statistics to understand, adapt, and implement geographically focused strategies as well as to ask and solve meaningful research questions in an objective fashion.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how the theory and practice of geospatial analysis fit into the history and context of the discipline as a whole.

Upon completion of the BA degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate comprehension of fundamental concepts and practices of Geographic Information Science and advances in Geospatial Information Science and Technology.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions about geographic problems and information, including proficiency in using geographical research tools focused on quantitative methods, including spatial statistics.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions about geographic problems and information, including proficiency in the use of GIS and Remote Sensing tools to create maps that effectively convey information. 
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions about geographic problems and information, including organizational skills in file and database management, as well as spatial programming.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate geographic information utilizing both oral and written outlets by defending and communicating facts, ideas, and scientific research through graphic and data visualization concepts. 
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions about geographic problems and information, including formulating a research methodology and executing an individual research project.
• Demonstration of interest in exploring real-world issues and in obtaining practical exposure to those issues.
• Demonstrate satisfactory progress in all courses by maintaining an overall GPA of at least 2.25. 

Upon completion of the BS degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate comprehension of fundamental concepts and practices of Geographic Information Science and advances in Geospatial Information Science and Technology.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions about geographic problems and information including:
  • Demonstrating proficiency in using geographical research tools focused on quantitative methods including spatial statistics. 
  • Demonstrate proficiency in the use of GIS and Remote Sensing tools to create maps that effectively convey information. 
  • Demonstrate organizational skills in file and database management, as well as spatial programming. 
  • Formulating a research methodology and executing an individual research project.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate geographic information utilizing both oral and written outlets by defending and communicating facts, ideas and scientific research through graphic and data visualization concepts.
• Demonstration of interest in exploring real-world issues and in obtaining practical exposure to those issues.
• Demonstrate satisfactory progress in all courses by maintaining an overall GPA of at least 2.25.

Upon completion of the BA degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an interdisciplinary set of skills that integrates the theory and practice of physical geography and human geography, including the ability to identify human and environmental issues on global, regional, and local scales and critically assess various perspectives on the issue.
• Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and discuss the impacts of human activities on natural environments and vice versa.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions about geographic problems and information including: 
  • Demonstrating proficiency in using geographical research tools, focused on qualitative or quantitative methods.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions about geographic problems and information, including formulating a research methodology and executing an individual research project.
• Demonstrate an understanding and respect for diversity of perspectives, world-views, and cultures.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate geographic information utilizing both oral and written outlets by defending and communicating facts, ideas and research.
• Demonstration of interest in exploring real-world issues and in obtaining practical exposure to those issues.
• Demonstrate satisfactory progress in all courses by maintaining an overall GPA of at least 2.25.

Upon completion of the BS degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an interdisciplinary set of skills that integrates the theory and practice of physical geography and human geography, including the ability to identify human and environmental issues on global, regional, and local scales and critically assess various perspectives on the issue.
• Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and discuss the impacts of human activities on natural environments and vice versa.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions about geographic problems and information including, formulating a research methodology and executing an individual research project.
• Demonstrate an understanding and respect for diversity of perspectives, world-views, and cultures.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate geographic information utilizing both oral and written outlets by defending and communicating facts, ideas and research.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions about geographic problems and information including, proficiency in using geographical research tools, focused on  quantitative methods and remote sensing or GIS.
• Demonstration of interest in exploring real-world issues and in obtaining practical exposure to those issues.
  
• Demonstrate satisfactory progress in all courses by maintaining an overall GPA of atleast 2.25.

Upon completion of the MA degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an interdisciplinary set of skills that integrates concepts, theories and practices of the geohumanities and/or other forms of socio-cultural, historical and/or environmental geography.
• Demonstrate an expertise in appropriately designed and articulated creative action related to socio-cultural, historical and/or environmental processes and practices.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively through oral, written, and graphical means the purpose, methods, results and significance of their own research and the related published research of others.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how the theory and practice of theories and practices of the geohumanities and/or other forms of socio-cultural, historical and/or environmental geography fit into the history and context of the discipline as a whole.

Upon completion of the MS degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an interdisciplinary set of skills that integrates the theory and practice of physical geography or geospatial analysis.
• Demonstrate an analytical skill set based on spatial statistics to understand, adapt, and implement geographically focused strategies as well as to ask and solve meaningful research questions in an objective fashion.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively through oral, written, and graphical means the purpose, methods, results and significance of their own research and the related published research of others.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how the theory and practice of physical geography or geospatial analysis fit into the history and context of the discipline as a whole.

Upon completion of the BS degree program, students should be able to:

• Upon completion of the degree program, students should be able to:  Develop skills to conduct independent research at a professional level and convey their findings to their peers.
• Upon completion of the degree program, students should have demonstrated the computational problem-solving skills pursue a career across the weather, water, and climate enterprise. 
• Upon completion of the degree program, students will be equipped with the skills necessary to pursue a career across the weather, water, and climate enterprise and related fields, including the private sector, government, broadcast meteorology, graduate school, and beyond.          

Upon completion of the MS degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate skill in oral and written scientific communication.
• Demonstrate skill in scientific research.
• Demonstrate proficiency in programming at a professional level.
• Demonstrate mastery of atmospheric Dynamics.
• Demonstrate mastery of atmospheric Physics.

Upon completion of the PhD degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate skill in oral and written scientific communication.
• Demonstrate skill in scientific research.
• Demonstrate proficiency in programming at a professional level.
• Demonstrate mastery of atmospheric Dynamics.
• Demonstrate mastery of atmospheric Physics.