Program Specific 

1. Interpret and critically assess the science spanning the scope of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports
2. Understand and quantify processes (including feedbacks) in the climate system
3. Understand past/present/future changes of climate (natural and anthropogenic)
4. Build, use, and analyze models of the climate system
5. Understand the nature of climate impacts and potential solutions in the context of UN development goals
6. Experience how data are collected in the field and analyzed in the lab
7. Use community engagement strategies to identify vulnerabilities and acceptable climate adaptation strategies
8. Consider what types of data are required for specific types of climate impact analyses and how to manipulate widely disparate data types using appropriate software (including GIS)
9. Engage with stakeholders to analyze climate change impacts and solutions
10. Communicate climate change information to a broad range of audiences
11. Pursue further education in leading climate science (and related) graduate programs 

General Transferrable Skills 

1. Data analysis/visualization
2. Computing skills
3. Quantitative reasoning
4. Critical thinking
5. Communication
6. Indigenous cultural acumen
7. Professional practice/ethics
8. Fundamental scientific literacy
9. Translation of science/data into societal actions 

As with other undergraduate programs, offering the program was subject to the approval of the Provincial ministry and outcomes are regularly assessed.