WHEREAS the Undergraduate Major in Energy and
Environmental Policy addresses the critical issues of the energy sector and its
environmental impacts in the state, nation, and global community; and
WHEREAS the Undergraduate Major in Energy and Environmental
Policy examines the ways in which sustainable energy and environmental policies
are developed and executed, and how such policies should be evaluated and
monitored; and
WHERAS the Path to Prominence has established the goal of
making the University of Delaware a national and international leader in
education and research on energy and environmental sustainability; and
WHEREAS the Undergraduate Major aligns
with the academic priorities of the University’s stated goals to promote
programs which engage in cross-disciplinary (or cross fertilization) efforts to
create integrated and critically reflective solutions to the world’s pressing
energy and environmental challenges; and
WHEREAS the Undergraduate Major in Energy and Environmental Policy
educates and builds core competencies and skills for students so that they may
work effectively at the intersections of business, technology, government,
research and civil society in order to improve energy and environmental policy;
and
WHEREAS the Undergraduate Major in Energy and Environmental Policy
provides students with a solid academic foundation for success for entrance to
graduate programs in the field; and
WHEREAS, the Undergraduate Major in Energy and
Environmental Policy has been based on a critical review of prominent policy
programs nationally and there is no similar program within the region offering
a cross-disciplinary, intercollegiate program of this type, thereby enabling
the University of Delaware to be the national leader in the field; be it therefore
RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate approves
provisionally, for four years, the establishment of a new major entitled
Baccalaureate of Science in Energy and Environmental Policy effective September
1, 2009.